Adeline Palmier Wagoner

Adeline Palmier Wagoner (February 14, 1868 – April 21, 1929) was an American volunteer organizational leader and author. She served as president of the St. Louis, Missouri, branch of the National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, a charity for the poor and afflicted, and as president of the Shakespeare Tercentenary Society.

Early life Adeline Palmier Myers was born on February 1, 1868, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of Frederick Myers and Louisa Palmier (b. 1837). Myers's mother wrote the words for Let Us Sing of Old Missouri, music by Johanna Mohr, arranged by Esther M. Harkins.

Myers had one sister who married Walter Dray, of Chicago. Wagoner's mother was the daughter of Michel Beaulier Palmier (1800–1851), granddaughter of Jean Beaulieu (dit Palmier), a captain of the War of 1812, and great-granddaughter of Michel Joseph Beaulieu, captain of the first regularly organized militia of Illinois, and Angelique Chauvin, daughter of a French officer of Fort de Chartres, Illinois.

Myers graduated from the Central High School and the Normal High School. She was elected class historian, representative, and wrote and delivered the class poem. as a seven-member sorority at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It was the second sorority to be founded in the U.S.

In St. Louis, Wagoner was the president of The National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, whose motto was "When we can and what we can". The members of the guild headed by Wagoner asked for donation of fruit, flowers, magazines, delicacies for the table, clothing, etc. These articles were then distributed regularly, and particularly on anniversaries and holidays. The honorary president was Dr. Denton J. Snider, a Shakespeare scholar. Originally a study club, dedicated to a consideration of Snider's Hegelian interpretation of Shakespeare, it became, after Wagoner took over the management, more and more social in orientation. In 1916 Wagoner curated the exhibition Shakespeare Tercentenary Celebration at the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney auditorium, St. Louis, of which she also curated the catalogue: curious, instructive and beautiful objects pertaining to Shakespeare and the stage. She was also vice-president of the National Shakespeare Federation.

On December 6, 1917, World News published Little Orphant Annie's Tale of the War by Wagoner, dedicated to the National Council of Defense.

During World War I, Wagoner took part in the Liberty bond campaign and volunteered for the Red Cross.

On August 10, 1921, Wagoner chaired the celebration commemorating Missouri's admission to the Union and was secretary of the Lafayette Celebration Committee.

Personal life In 1890 Adeline Myers married Harry Epply Wagoner, insurance broker and president of the Wagoner Mercantile Company, a mail order house, son of Henry Hoover Wagoner (1824–1906) and Sophronia L. Wilson. They had one son, Stanley Blewett (September 9, 1891 – April 16, 1949, buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery), a graduate of Yale College (B.A. 1913), where he had been most prominent during the four years, having won many gold medals in all Eastern college meets.

Wagoner won several prizes as a golf player at Glen Echo Country Club and Algonquin Golf Club. She was also a swimmer, diver, and equestrienne. In 1914, Wagoner wrote Madame Beaulieu: A Colonial Dame.