Wife of Senator Conway R. Sands Sr. Daughter of Dr. Charles Bowcock and Margaret Maria Branch, Keswick, VA.
She attended Edgehill School near Charlottseville, Va. Two of her teachers there were the granddaughters of President Thomas Jefferson. She was a neighbor of a fellow classmate, Nancy Langhorne of "Mirador". They remained close over the years, and would luncheon together in later years at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond. Nancy Langhorne married Lord Waldorf Astor and became one of the first women elected to the British House of Parliament.
Mary Sands was very close to her son Charles, he was the child of her heart- he was killed in France at the end of the First World War. Their letters survive and are still with the family. The letters he wrote to his mother are endearing, they all bear the greeting "Hello, Lady Mine".
Her son sent this to her from the battlefield- he copied down Rudyard Kipling's poem:
"If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!"
She was a rare person, as lovely on the inside as she was lovely on the outside. Truly, she was always a lady, in the very best sense of the word.
She attended Edgehill School near Charlottseville, Va. Two of her teachers there were the granddaughters of President Thomas Jefferson. She was a neighbor of a fellow classmate, Nancy Langhorne of "Mirador". They remained close over the years, and would luncheon together in later years at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond. Nancy Langhorne married Lord Waldorf Astor and became one of the first women elected to the British House of Parliament.
Mary Sands was very close to her son Charles, he was the child of her heart- he was killed in France at the end of the First World War. Their letters survive and are still with the family. The letters he wrote to his mother are endearing, they all bear the greeting "Hello, Lady Mine".
Her son sent this to her from the battlefield- he copied down Rudyard Kipling's poem:
"If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!"
She was a rare person, as lovely on the inside as she was lovely on the outside. Truly, she was always a lady, in the very best sense of the word.
Wife of Senator Conway R. Sands Sr. Daughter of Dr. Charles Bowcock and Margaret Maria Branch, Keswick, VA.
She attended Edgehill School near Charlottseville, Va. Two of her teachers there were the granddaughters of President Thomas Jefferson. She was a neighbor of a fellow classmate, Nancy Langhorne of "Mirador". They remained close over the years, and would luncheon together in later years at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond. Nancy Langhorne married Lord Waldorf Astor and became one of the first women elected to the British House of Parliament.
Mary Sands was very close to her son Charles, he was the child of her heart- he was killed in France at the end of the First World War. Their letters survive and are still with the family. The letters he wrote to his mother are endearing, they all bear the greeting "Hello, Lady Mine".
Her son sent this to her from the battlefield- he copied down Rudyard Kipling's poem:
"If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!"
She was a rare person, as lovely on the inside as she was lovely on the outside. Truly, she was always a lady, in the very best sense of the word.
She attended Edgehill School near Charlottseville, Va. Two of her teachers there were the granddaughters of President Thomas Jefferson. She was a neighbor of a fellow classmate, Nancy Langhorne of "Mirador". They remained close over the years, and would luncheon together in later years at the Commonwealth Club in Richmond. Nancy Langhorne married Lord Waldorf Astor and became one of the first women elected to the British House of Parliament.
Mary Sands was very close to her son Charles, he was the child of her heart- he was killed in France at the end of the First World War. Their letters survive and are still with the family. The letters he wrote to his mother are endearing, they all bear the greeting "Hello, Lady Mine".
Her son sent this to her from the battlefield- he copied down Rudyard Kipling's poem:
"If I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!"
She was a rare person, as lovely on the inside as she was lovely on the outside. Truly, she was always a lady, in the very best sense of the word.
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