LAURA ROBERTS PILLANS
Daughter of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts. She was born at the Territorial capital, Cahawba, before Alabama became a state, qualifying her descendants for First Families of Alabama designation by the Alabama Genealogical Society.
Her first cousin was another Willis Roberts who was the great-great-grandfather of actress Julia Roberts and actor Eric Roberts, the father of Emma Roberts.
A brochure published by the Friends of Magnolia Cemetery listing notable ladies interred at Magnolia Cemetery credits Laura Pillans with being the founder of Confederate Rest.
Her son the Hon. Harry Pillans served as mayor of Mobile and married Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower.
Notable Men of Alabama (1904), vol. 1, by Joel C. Dubose, p. 126: Mrs. Pillans "enjoyed a distinguished lineage, being descended from the Henshaws of Massachusetts and Isbells of Virginia."
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 4 by Thomas M. and Marie Bankhead Owen, p. 1365: "Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla."
LAURA ROBERTS PILLANS
Daughter of Dr. Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts. She was born at the Territorial capital, Cahawba, before Alabama became a state, qualifying her descendants for First Families of Alabama designation by the Alabama Genealogical Society.
Her first cousin was another Willis Roberts who was the great-great-grandfather of actress Julia Roberts and actor Eric Roberts, the father of Emma Roberts.
A brochure published by the Friends of Magnolia Cemetery listing notable ladies interred at Magnolia Cemetery credits Laura Pillans with being the founder of Confederate Rest.
Her son the Hon. Harry Pillans served as mayor of Mobile and married Elizabeth Henshaw Torrey, a descendant of John Alden of the Mayflower.
Notable Men of Alabama (1904), vol. 1, by Joel C. Dubose, p. 126: Mrs. Pillans "enjoyed a distinguished lineage, being descended from the Henshaws of Massachusetts and Isbells of Virginia."
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 4 by Thomas M. and Marie Bankhead Owen, p. 1365: "Mrs. Pillans is a descendant of the Henshaws of Massachusetts and of the Isbells of Virginia, her New England ancestry running back to John Alden and his wife Priscilla."
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