HAIRSTON, Laura Peters (Mrs. John Townes Hairston), Waynesboro, Miss. Born Columbus, Miss.; dau. of James H. and Regina (Borders) Peters; grad. Athenaeum, Columbia, Tenn., as mistress of English (honor pupil), 1872-73, 1875-76; m. in Miss., Dec., 1876, John Townes Hairston; children: L. Regina (now Mrs. Flournoy), Peter C., Judge J. M. Hairston. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Sociological Congress called together by Gov. of Tenn., Titanic Memorial Fund. Recreations: Driving, baseball. Pres. Fortnightly Club of Waynesboro; mem. Civic Com. of Miss. Fed. of Clubs; former pres. United Daughters of Confederacy Chapter. Actively engaged in civic improvement work and progressive movements.
(Source: Woman's Who's Who of America. ed. John William Leonard (American Commonwealth Company, 1914), page 352)
(Source: Woman's Who's Who of America. ed. John William Leonard (American Commonwealth Company, 1914), page 352)
HAIRSTON, Laura Peters (Mrs. John Townes Hairston), Waynesboro, Miss. Born Columbus, Miss.; dau. of James H. and Regina (Borders) Peters; grad. Athenaeum, Columbia, Tenn., as mistress of English (honor pupil), 1872-73, 1875-76; m. in Miss., Dec., 1876, John Townes Hairston; children: L. Regina (now Mrs. Flournoy), Peter C., Judge J. M. Hairston. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Sociological Congress called together by Gov. of Tenn., Titanic Memorial Fund. Recreations: Driving, baseball. Pres. Fortnightly Club of Waynesboro; mem. Civic Com. of Miss. Fed. of Clubs; former pres. United Daughters of Confederacy Chapter. Actively engaged in civic improvement work and progressive movements.
(Source: Woman's Who's Who of America. ed. John William Leonard (American Commonwealth Company, 1914), page 352)
(Source: Woman's Who's Who of America. ed. John William Leonard (American Commonwealth Company, 1914), page 352)
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