Knoxville in Knox County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Mary Boyle Temple
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 10, 2022
1. Mary Boyle Temple Marker
Mary Boyce Temple
1856 1929
Daughter of Judge and Mrs O P Temple
Organizing Regent Bonny Kate Chapter
Oct. 7, 1893
Vice president General N.S.D.A.R. 1898-9
State Regent of Tennessee, 1906-7 1920-21
Honorary State Regent - 1921
Life Regent of chapter - 1927
As Regent in 1925 her personal cheque
saved Blount Mansion
Organizer and first president of
Governor William Blount
Mansion Association
Placed by Bonny Kate Chapter, N.S.D.A.R.
1936
Erected 1936 by Bonny Kate Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Women. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.
Location. 35° 58.433′ N, 83° 55.47′ W. Marker is in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Knox County. It can be reached from North Broadway (U.S. 441) south of Tyson Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is on her grave marker in Old Gray Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal
this page online
Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Old Gray Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Old Gray Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Lizzie Crozier French 1851-1926 (within shouting distance of this marker); St. John's Lutheran Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Catherine Wiley (approx. 0.2 miles away); Central United Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); A National Cemetery System (approx. Ό mile away); Knoxville National Cemetery (approx. Ό mile
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 10, 2022
2. Mary Boyle Temple Marker
Also see . . .
1. Biography of Mary Boyle Temple. Short biography includes details about her home and the D.A.R. chapter she organized. (Bonny Kate Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution) (Submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Mary Boyce Temple. Wikipedia entry on the Knoxville philanthropist, activist and socialite. (Submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
via Tennessee Centennial Poems, Annie Somers Gilchrist (ed.) (public domain), 1897
3. Mary Boyle Temple
She was the first president of the Ossoli Circle, the oldest federated women's club in the South. She also co-founded the Tennessee Woman's Press and Author's Club, the Knoxville Writer's Club, and the Knox County chapter of the League of Women Voters. Her efforts to save the Blount Mansion from demolition launched the historic preservation movement in Knoxville.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 281 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 13, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
