This Day in Georgia History
August 06, 1914
Ellen Axson Wilson Died
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, wife of Pres. Woodrow Wilson, died. Four days later, a funeral train bearing her body passed through Atlanta on the way to Rome, where she was buried in the Axson family plot in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.
To view an image from the funeral in Rome, see the Digital Library of Georgia.
