Virginia Louisa Minor
Born: March 27, 1824
Birthplace: Caroline County, Virginia
Father: Warner Washington Minor 1792 – 1830
Mother: Maria Madison Timberlake 1797 – 1853
Husband: Francis Minor 1820 – 1892
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Married: August 31, 1843 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Children:
Francis Gilmer Minor 1852 – 1866
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)
Life Events before War:
1826: Birth of her sister Lucy Ellen Minor Swann
1827: Birth of her sister Maria Warner Minor Workman
1829: Birth of her sister Harriet Ann Minor
1830: Death of her sister Harriet Ann Minor
1830: Birth of her brother Warner M. Minor
1830: Death of her father Warner Washington Minor
1832: Death of her brother Warner M. Minor
1843: She married her cousin Francis Minor
1844: Moved to Saint Louis, Missouri with her husband.
1852: Birth of her son Francis Gilmer Minor
1853: Death of her mother Maria Madison Timberlake Minor
Civil War Events:
Active Member of Saint Louis, Missouri Ladies Union Aid Society
Life Events after Civil War:
1866: Death of her son Francis Gilmer Minor.
1867: Co – Founder of Women's Suffrage Association of Missouri
President of Women's Suffrage Association of Missouri
She sided with National Women's Suffrage Association resigning as President of Women's Suffrage Association of Missouri
1869: She stated, "The Constitution of the United States gives me every right and privilege to which every other citizen is entitled."
1869: Drafted and Circulated pamphlets arguing for Women's Suffrage based on the newly passed Fourteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
1870: Death of her brother Lewis Madison Minor
1872: Death of her sister Lucy Ellen Minor Swann
1872: Attempted to register to vote in Saint Louis, Missouri, she was turned down by Saint Louis Registrar Reese Happersett. She filed suit in the Missouri State Courts all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled "That the Constitution of the United States does not confer the right of suffrage upon anyone."
1885: Death of her older sister Mary Mildred Minor Woodward.
1889: Testified before the United States Senate on Women's Suffrage.
1892: Honorary Vice President of Interstate Woman Suffrage Convention.
1892: Death of her husband Francis Minor
1892 – 1894: Widow of Attorney Francis Minor
Died: August 14, 1894
Place of Death: Saint Louis, Missouri
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
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