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Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.heritech.com/soil/genealogy/potts/shorthist.htm )〕 (July 8, 1835 — February 14, 1884) was an American socialite. She was also the mother of US President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a great-granddaughter of Archibald Bulloch, grandniece of William Bellinger Bulloch, and granddaughter of General Daniel Stewart. A true southern belle, she is thought to have been one of the inspirations for Scarlett O'Hara.〔McCullouch, p.47.〕 ==Childhood== Mittie was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 8, 1835 to Major James Stephens Bulloch (1793—1849) and Martha P. "Patsy" Stewart (1799—1864). She had an elder sister, Anna Louisa Bulloch (1833—1893), and two younger brothers, Charles Irvine Bulloch (1837—1840) and Civil War Confederate veteran Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842—1898). Through her father's first marriage to Hester Amarintha "Hettie" Elliott (1797—1831), she had two elder half brothers: *John Elliott Bulloch (1819—1821) *James Dunwoody Bulloch (1823—1901), Civil War Confederate veteran Through her mother's first marriage to Senator John Elliott (father of Hettie), she also had four elder half siblings: *Susan Ann Elliott (1820—1895) *Georgia Amanda Elliott (1822—1848) *Charles William Elliott (1824—c.1825) *Daniel Stewart "Dan" Elliott (1826—1861), Civil War Confederate casualty When Mittie was four, Major Bulloch moved the family to Cobb County, Georgia and the new village that would become Roswell, Georgia. It lies just north of the Chattahoochee River and the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and Major Bulloch had gone there to become a partner in a new cotton mill with Roswell King, the town's founder. Bulloch had a mansion built, and soon after it was completed in 1839, the family moved into Bulloch Hall. As a significant antebellum structure, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Bullochs were a wealthy planter family, members of the Georgia elite. In 1850, they held thirty-one negro slaves, most of whom worked in their cotton fields.〔http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ga/cobb/census/1850/1850slaveschedules〕 Others were assigned to such domestic tasks as cooking, sewing, and related work. Recent research in Bulloch records identified 33 slaves who were owned by the family. They have been commemorated on a plaque on the mansion grounds.〔http://www.bullochhall.org/permanentexhibits.asp〕 Mittie, like all her siblings, was assigned a personal slave, or a "shadow," to act as companion. Mittie's companion, Lavinia, for example, went everywhere with her, stopping outside the classroom when Mittie went inside, and sleeping on a mat by her side at night. For the family, the stress was on the pleasure of the companionship rather than on the hostage implications in the arrangement. After Major Bulloch's death in 1849, the family's fortunes declined somewhat, but Mittie was given a grand wedding to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. in 1853. Later, as was expected of young southern gentlemen, Mittie's brothers Irvine and James fought in the Civil War as Confederate officers. They both lived in England after the war.〔http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/life/familytree/Mittie.htm〕 Her brother Dan also fought as a Confederate but was killed in action. It is believed by some that the character of Scarlett O'Hara, in Margaret Mitchell's novel, Gone With the Wind, was based partly on Mittie.〔 (Another inspiration is said to have been Mitchell's own businesswoman grandmother.) Mittie was a true southern belle, a beautiful and spirited woman at her best, not unlike the fictional Scarlett. Mitchell had, in fact, interviewed Mittie's closest childhood friend and bridesmaid, Evelyn King, for a story in the ''Atlanta Journal'' newspaper in the early 1920s.〔Mitchell, Peggy. – ''Atlanta Journal''. – June 10, 1923〕 In that interview, Mittie's beauty, charm, and fun-loving nature were described in detail.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martha Bulloch Roosevelt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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