Ella Brantley

Ella Thomas Foreacre Brantley ( Foreacre; also known as Mrs. A. P. Brantley; 1864–1948) was an American clubwoman and civic leader.

Early life and education Ella Thomas Foreacre was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24, 1864. and Delia H. (Nichols) Foreacre (died 1917 in Charlotte, North Carolina). Col. Foreacre was one of the upbuilders of railroads in Georgia and a pioneer citizen of Atlanta, who became a resident of the city in 1850. He was a captain in the Confederate army in the seventh Georgia regiment, Company B, which was mustered into service in Atlanta. Mrs. Foreacre was one of the pioneer Reconstruction era leaders in social and church work in Atlanta.

She was educated at Mrs. Ballard's School for Girls, Atlanta. She finished her education at the Mt. Vernon Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.

In 1950, a memorial book shelf in the Passie Fenton Ottley Library at Tallulah Falls, Georgia was named in Brantley's honor.