Jean Moncure Wood

Wood was born on May 22, 1753, the third daughter of Reverend John Moncure and Frances Brown, Scottish immigrants.[4][9] The Executive Mansion was not yet built during this period, so during her husband's term as governor they lived at Chelsea Hill and also resided at their Glen Burnie estate.[15][16][17] Wood was a noted poet and writer,[18][19] and several of her works were posthumously published in an 1859 volume entitled Flowers and Weeds of the Old Dominion.[20][21][22] After her death, her unpublished volume of poems in manuscript was favorably reviewed by the Southern Literary Messenger.[26] After her death, a charitable relief association at Hampden–Sydney College was named as the "Jean Wood Society" in her honor.
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