Standard. In recognition of her literary attainments Carr-Burdett College for young ladies of Sherman, Texas, founded in 1890, took her name as part of its title.

Mrs. Burdett was a chaste and scholarly writer and her poetry and short stories, both in style of expression and in sentiment, were the products of the accomplished artist. Personally she was quiet and gentle in manner, a lover of nature, and a devout Christian. Loyalty in friendship and sincerity in all that she said or undertook were among the leading traits of her character. She took an active part in the civic and social circles of Clarksville, and also was prominently identified with the work of the Christian Church there, of which she was a member. She was married Mar. 31, 1875, to Judge George F. Burdett of St. Louis, Mo., and they had one child, the wife of Geo. W. Whiteman. Mrs. Burdett died in Clarksville, May 16, 1925.

[The Donoho Family]

While Clarksville was noted in the early days as the educational center of all this section of the country "around about", we must call to mind the old saying "that through the stomach and appetites of men the heart is more often reached". One of the early settlers of Clarksville was one William Donoho. He was a man of great sympathy and kind-hearted. He was a native of Missouri. He founded at Clarksville in 1842 what is long to be remembered, the Donoho Hotel. He came directly from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where