Together with Ellen Call Long, she raised significant funds for the acquisition and restoration of Mount Vernon.

Col. Willis paid little attention to the management of the plantation and instead spent his time fox hunting, racing, and attending parties.

Vice Regent was the title given the principal person in each state in charge of organizing the association's work.

Despite her staunch Unionism, she was named master of ceremonies during the celebrations of the Florida Secession Convention in 1861.

Later, during the American Civil War, Murat participated in the local "Soldiers Aid Societies," who met as sewing circles to clothe the southern troops.

[4] Atchison died of malaria at Wakefield within a few months of his wedding, and is buried in the Gray family cemetery at Travellers' Rest.

On 8 September 1831,[7] Catherine was present at the coronation of William IV of the United Kingdom and was given a seat in Westminster Abbey.

Early in 1866, Napoleon III of France, a maternal first cousin of her husband, granted Murat an annuity from the French government in consideration of her losses during the Civil War.