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Kate Flannery Semmes lived from 1868 to 1958. She was born into the Irish Catholic community of Savannah, Georgia. She inherited nearly a million dollars from her father, Captain John Flannery, a native of Ireland and citizen of Savannah, Georgia. She married Raphael Semmes of Mississippi and Atlanta, Georgia. They had no children. Both Mrs. Semmes and her father, Capt. Flannery, were awarded the "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifici" medal from the pope of the Roman Catholic Church for their benefactions to the Church. Kate Semmes was also the cousin and benefactress of the Southern author, Flannery O'Connor.
Publication Date
11-29-1989
Recommended Citation
Stewart, Dorothy H., "Kate Flannery Semmes" (1989). Savannah Biographies. 136.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/136
