[1][4] During her tenure as president general, she inaugurated a movement to organize members of the DAR for war relief work and advocated for universal military training.

[5] She married a second time to William Cumming Story, the vice president of the American Savings Bank in New York, on February 8, 1881, in Manhattan.

[1] Her husband also served as the first vice president of the Standard Statistics Company of New York and was an active member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

[6] They were accused of participating in a profiteering scheme that redirected funds designated for comfort kits for U.S. soldiers to a solicitor from which they received a percentage.

[1] Her funeral at Christ Episcopal Church in Pelham Manor was attended by local, state, and national leaders of the Daughters of the American Revolution.