Maria Josephine Poynter

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MRS. W. A. POYNTER

Surnames: Poynter, Kice, McCorkle, Bickford, Campbell

Maria Josephine McCorkle Poynter, of Lincoln, wife of the former governor of the state, is one of Nebraska pioneers, having located in Boone county in 1879, before there were railroads in that part of the state. She was born in Washington, Ill., April 4, 1849, the daughter of Joseph Byram and Cynthia Ann (Kice) McCorkle. Her father and grandfather were ministers, her father's family moving to Illinois from Kentucky in 1830. Her paternal grandmother was a Campbell and traced her ancestry to the Campbell Clan of Scotland. Her mother's people were also Illinois pioneers, going to that state from Virginia in about 1830. Mrs. Poynter was educated in Eureka College, graduating in 1868. On Oct. 12, 1869, she was married at Eureka, Ill., to William A. Poynter. Two children were born of them, Charles W. McCorkle Poynter and Josephine Mary (Poynter) Bickford. Mrs. Poynter is a member of the Church of Christ, and active in all of its interests. She is a member of the Century Club of which she has been president. For several years she was vice-president of the Lincoln Woman's Club; for ten years she has been a member of the board of Directors of the Y. W. C. A.; she is a member of the W. C. T. U.; an active worker in the City Improvement Society and served on the advisory boards for state institutions. She is a member of the Nebraska Ladies' Legislative League, by virtue of her husband having been a member of the Legislature, a state senator and governor of Nebraska.

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