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Felicia Porter (Grundy)

Also Known As: "Eakin"
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Birthplace: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1889 (68-69)
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Daughter of Felix Grundy, U.S. Senator and Attorney General and Ann Philips Grundy
Wife of William Eakin and Robert Massengill Porter
Mother of Felix Grundy Eakin; Ann Grundy Eakin; Jane Walker Eakin and William Eakin, Jr.
Sister of Louisa Caroline McGavock; Malvina Chenault Bass; Martha Ann Winder; James Priestly Grundy and John Rogers Grundy

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About Felicia Porter

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Felicia Grundy Eakin Porter was the daughter of Senator Felix Grundy (1777 - 1840) and Ann Phillips Rodgers Grundy (1779 - 1847). A native and life-long resident of Nashville, she devoted herself to volunteer associations. She was President of the Protestant Orphan Asylum (as was her sister, Louisa Grundy McGavock).

After Federal troops occupied Nashville, beginning in 1862, she organized the Women's Relief Society, to aid Confederate soldiers, and she, along with her other members, urged women throughout Tennessee to help Confederate soldiers. After the war, she founded the Benevolent Society, to aid Confederate amputees. She then formed the Ladies' Memorial Society, to help provide a beautiful setting for Confederate graves at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.

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Felicia Porter's Timeline

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Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Age 69
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