Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . stof mothers. The Pegram home was as much sought bythe more mature society as by the best gilded of the youth,and it was especially popular with the foreign officers whohad offered their swords to Lee. One and all, these found double attraction in the brightand gracious younger members of the family. Miss JenniePegram, the younger sister, was a belle whose unsoughtreign had scarcely a compeer in war days. Dignified, gentleand quiet, she was never disparaged as a coquette, but therewere rumors unceasing of serious beaux rising disconsolatefrom her feet. An
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . stof mothers. The Pegram home was as much sought bythe more mature society as by the best gilded of the youth,and it was especially popular with the foreign officers whohad offered their swords to Lee. One and all, these found double attraction in the brightand gracious younger members of the family. Miss JenniePegram, the younger sister, was a belle whose unsoughtreign had scarcely a compeer in war days. Dignified, gentleand quiet, she was never disparaged as a coquette, but therewere rumors unceasing of serious beaux rising disconsolatefrom her feet. And in those happy parlors were cousinswith the family traits, petite Miss Fanny and laughing MissMary Truxton Johnston—Truxie to half of the state;pretty and musical Miss Mattie Paul, and many anothercame and went—and conquered? After the war Miss Pegram became the wife of GeneralJoseph R. Anderson, whose Tredegar Works made the Hamp-ton Roads tug of Monitor and Merrimac a possibility and 126 BELLES, BEAUX AND BBAINS OF THE SIXTIES. aided in the long life of the struggling Confederacy. Nowwidowed, after ten years of happy married life, Mrs. Ander-son resides in the elegant Richmond home, where she dispensesold-time hospitality. Miss Jennie also surrendered and to another good old Reb-el. She married Colonel David Gregg Mcintosh, of SouthCarolina, who from Sumter to Appomattox illustrated hisstates high traits on red fields that brought his well-earned promotion. In her long-* time Baltimore home she repeats the gentle tri-umphs of her youth overthe hearts of both one would suspect herof being a first daughter, namedfor and very like her,died unmarried. The sec-ond, Margaret, is the wifeof William Waller Morton,of Richmond, and hashosts of friends there andin Baltimore. This mar-riage gives Mrs. Mcintoshher double claim to playthe venerable: her onlyson and youngest child recently married the popular MissCharlotte Lowe Rieman, also of Baltimore. Miss
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