Cornelia Branch Stone

Cornelia Branch Stone (1840–1925) was an American clubwoman and suffragist from Texas. She served as President-General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and President of the Texas Woman's Press Association.

Early life Cornelia Branch was born in Nacogdoches, Republic of Texas, on February 13, 1840.

After her husband's death in 1887, Stone devoted her time to the education of her only son, Harry D. Stone, and when he had graduated in medicine, she took up her active work in the UDC. Her first official position was president of the Texas Division of the UDC. While Stone was president, the Texas Division increased twenty-six chapters in two years. For two terms (1907–09), she served as president-general of the UDC and during that administration, she kept in touch through correspondence with all the members and the heads of departments, writing every letter with her own hand. During Stone's tenure as president-general of the UDC, her only son died.

In 1925, the UDC established a scholarship in Stone's name at the Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Virginia.

Selected works 1904, U. D. C. Catechism for Children