Pocahontas Wight Edmunds (November 8, 1904-1999) was an author and civic leader in the United States. She wrote a two volume history of Halifax County, Virginia.[1][2] She wrote about E. H. Harriman and another on Rutherford B. Hayes with H. J. Eckenrode.[3][1]
She was born in Richmond. She graduated from St. Catherine’s School and Agnes Scott College. She also studied in Paris.[4]
She founded the Halifax County Garden Club and served as its president. She led home tours. In 2015, the Halifax County Historical Society republished two of her books.[5]
She was a descendant of Pocahontas.[6][7] She knew and wrote about John Powell.[6] She married Richard Cole Edmunds.[8][5] Richard Cole Edmunds Jr. was her son and she had two daughters.[9]
- ^ a b Farrar, Emmie Ferguson (July 7, 1941). "Flower Arrangements in Virginia". Dietz Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Bracey, Susan L. (1979). "Reviewed work: History of Halifax, Pocahontas Wight Edmunds". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 87 (3): 365–367. JSTOR 4248324.
- ^ "Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ Morton, Richard Lee (July 7, 1964). "Virginia Lives: The Old Dominion Who's who". Historical Record Association – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Halifax County Historical Society has republished two of Pocahontas Wight Edmunds’ books: “The Pocahontas — John Smith Story” and “Land of Sand — Legends of the North Carolina Coast.
- ^ a b Leidholdt, Alexander S. (May 1, 2002). Editor for Justice: The Life of Louis I. Jaffé. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2751-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Gregory, Angela; Penrose, Nancy L. (February 26, 2019). A Dream and a Chisel: Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925–1928. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-978-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ Meriwether, Nelson Heath (July 7, 1991). "The Meriwethers and Their Connections". Meriwether Society – via Google Books.
- ^ Homes, Affinity Funeral. "Richard Coles Edmunds Jr". Affinity Funeral Service | Richmond VA Funeral Home.