Hague, Parthenia Antoinette

Parnethia Antoinette Hague (Vardaman) was born in late 1838 at Dowdels Mill, Harris County, Georgia, the second child of Thomas and Emily Vardaman. Her father was of Dutch descent and served as high sheriff of Harris County; her mother was a native of Scotland and a lineal descendant of the famous Scottish theologian, John Knox, and a great-granddaughter of Jerome Miller, who fought in the Colonial Army during the American Revolutionary War. Antoinette, as she was known, was raised in Harris County, and finished her education there at Hamilton Female College, the first chartered school in that...