Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs
| Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs | |
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| Born |
Sally Ward September 29, 1827 Scott County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1896 (aged 68) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stomach ulcer |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery |
| Residence |
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Other names | Sallie Ward |
| Spouse(s) |
Timothy Bigelow Lawrence (m. 1849; div. 1850) Robert P. Hunt (m. 1852) Vene P. Armstrong George F. Downs (m. 1885) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Robert Johnson Ward Emily Flournoy |
| Relatives |
Richard Mentor Johnson (paternal great-great-uncle) Abbott Lawrence (father-in-law) |
Sally Ward Lawrence Hunt Armstrong Downs, also known as Sallie Ward, (September 29, 1827 – July 8, 1896) was a "Southern belle." Born into the Southern aristocracy of Kentucky in the Antebellum South, she married four times. After a failed marriage into the Boston Brahmin elite, she married three more times and became a socialite in New Orleans and Louisville, Kentucky. She was one of the first women in the United States to wear cosmetics, and she wore daring outfits. She embodied "an old Kentucky way of life."
Sally Ward was born on September 29, 1827 in Scott County, Kentucky. Her father, Colonel Robert Johnson Ward, was a planter and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the Assembly of Kentucky. Her mother, Emily Flournoy, was a native of Georgetown, Kentucky.
Her paternal grandfather, William Ward, married Sally Johnson, a sister of Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson. Her paternal uncle, Junius Richard Ward, resided at Ward Hall in Georgetown, Kentucky, as well as the Junius R. Ward House in Erwin, Mississippi. On her maternal side, she was of Huguenot descent. Her maternal grandfather, Major Matthew Flournoy, served in the American Revolutionary War.
Ward grew up in Louisville, Kentucky with her seven siblings. She was educated in a French finishing school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1844.
Ward was a Southern belle and socialite. She spoke French and played several instruments. She became one of the first women in the United States to wear cosmetics and wore daring outfits. She organized one of the first fancy dress balls in Kentucky. She paved the way for wearing several dresses during a given society ball. She married several times, a trend which later became widespread.
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