Jeanne Fox Weinmann

Jeanne Fox Weinmann (September 19, 1874 – August 6, 1962) was an American clubwoman, socialite, and historian who served as President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and as President National of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. She was also a charter member of the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, the first woman to serve on the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas, and the president of the Arkansas Historical Association.

Early life and family Weinmann was born Jeanne Fox on September 19, 1874, in Little Rock, Arkansas to John Wesley Fox and Ann Jeannette Compton. She descended from the pilgrim Thomas Fox of Concord, Massachusetts.

U.S. Daughters of 1812

Weinmann organized the General George Izard Chapter of the U.S. Daughters of 1812. She served as the eighth president national of the United States Daughters of 1812 for many years. On April 26, 1936, she presented an 1812 banner at the Washington National Cathedral. In April 1935, she presented the national society with a mast from the U.S.S. Constitution to be displayed at the United States Daughters of 1812, National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

She presented a paper to the national society's 1953 session titled The War of 1812 Moved Into Arkansas, emphasizing the role the War of 1812 had in the lives of early prominent figures in Arkansas history.

Personal life She married John Francis Weinmann, a prominent business leader in Little Rock, Arkansas and owner of the J. F. Weinmann Milling Company, in 1902. Together, they raised her son, Cecil, from a previous marriage. They lived in a large Tudor Revival house in the Central High School Neighborhood Historic District of Little Rock.

Weinmann died in hospital on August 6, 1962. She was buried next to her husband in Mount Holly Cemetery.