Katie
Daswell Cabell Currie Muse
Katie Daswell Cabell was born
January 3, 1861, at Fort Cobb in Indian Territory, the daughter of
Confederate General William L. and Harriet Rector Cabell. The family
moved to Arkansas when Katie was very young. They moved to Texas and
lived in Austin during the War; moving to Dallas in 1872. As the
daughter of a Confederate veteran – General William Lewis Cabell – she
was instrumental in shaping the organization we know today as the United
Daughters of the Confederacyâ
(UDC).
One of her biggest projects
was spearheading the fund raising for the Confederate monument that was
unveiled and dedicated in City Park in April 1897. That monument is now
in Pioneer Park in downtown Dallas, having been restored and rededicated
by Dallas 6 in April 1997.
Elected President General at the
Fourth Annual Convention in Baltimore in 1897, she served two years,
1898-1899. “The Angel of Grief” monument over Winnie Davis’ grave at
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond was unveiled during her second convention
in November 1899. Other highlights during her term as
President General include:
§
Approval of the design of the Southern Cross of Honor;
order for 2,500 of these crosses placed in 1898.
§
Admission of the Grand Division, Daughters of the
Confederacy of West Virginia.
§
Chartering of 195 chapters.
She was nominated for a
third term but withdrew her name.
Katie’s civic-minded “resume”
also includes these organizations: President of the Pierian Club for 25
years (an outgrowth of The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Club),
Member of: Southern Memorial Association; Dallas Patriotic Society;
Founders and Patriots; United States Daughters of 1812, Jane Douglas
Chapter, DAR, President twice of the City Federation of Women’s Clubs,
and President of the Sunshine Club.
Katie, the wife of Dallas
Judge J.C. Muse, died in her sleep, July 11, 1927, and is interred in
the Cabell family plot in Greenwood Cemetery, not far from the Dallas
Chapter 6 plot.
Katie Cabell Muse worked tirelessly
for the United Daughters of the Confederacy and to perpetuate the
Confederate heritage of her father and all the other men and women who
fought and supported the Southern Cause.
As members of Dallas 6, we are
proud of her accomplishments and, therefore, proud to be known as
“Katie’s Ladies.”
