Mary's friends

[Anita]

(04-07-2015 03:54 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  

(04-02-2015 01:27 PM)Anita Wrote:  

(03-30-2015 10:02 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  Speaking of which -- does anyone remember the name of the lady who wrote about Mary at school? Later in life, she moved to Louisville, Kentucky. I can not find her name anywhere!

Donna, the name you're looking for is Miss Bodley, afterwards Mrs. Owsley of Louisville, Kentucky. "Mary, Wife of Lincoln" by Katherine Helm, pg. 31

Thank you. It seems we have the name of two of Mary's classmates at Ward's. I am digging into the Todd family files. "Bodley" is a surname that appears in the Parker family files. It may be that Miss Bodley was actually a cousin. I am not sure yet.

Looking forward to your book and seeing how you pull it all together. There are many of Mary's letters to friends but not that many letters from them to her. Did she keep correspondence sent to her?