ANCIENT DAYS IN AUGUSTA

Jeanie (Ida Jane) Benson
[Jeanie Benson Program Book 83-44]

“My sister Jeanie would practice
exercises etudes and what not on
her fiddle, going over and over
difficult phrases to gain
perfection.” (p.22)

“So she went to New York for
seven winters and would have
been famous had not my mother
died in 1900 and Jeanie stayed to
take her place.” (p.69)

Daisy Berry Fleming ca. 1895
[Shirley Moragne Fleming Genealogy 09-02]

“Miss Daisy was a “plumb beauty”,
and today would be rated as
“outstanding” in looks, disposition,
accomplishments and all else that
goes into feminine perfection. We
have a large photograph of her
taken about the time she married
Mr. Fleming, and if anyone
questions my judgment that picture
will prove that it is good.” (p.60)