City: Memphis
ASHE, Cora Henry, educator; born Brownsville, Tenn.; English-Irish descent and a direct descendant of the house of Heytesbury, Wilts, England; daughter of Sheppard Montfort and Martha S. (ROGERS) ASHE; paternal grandparents Samuel Porter and Mary (SHEPPARD) ASHE, maternal grandparents John and Martha S. (ROGERS) ROGERS; her paternal grandfather was the son of John Baptista ASHE, who was lieutenant-colonel in the revolutionary war, and afterwards became governor of North Carolina; educated in the private schools of Memphis, Tenn.; honorary president and founder of the Teachers’ Educational League, Memphis, Tenn.; member of Nineteenth Century Club, Perry Chapter D. A. R., and Harvey Mathes Chapter, U. D. C.; editor of “Cornerstone Magazine” three years; contributor to local press and literature of D. A. R. and U. D. C.; principal of St. Paul school, Memphis, Tenn., for past twenty years.
