Evening Star (Washington, DC)
14 July 1933
MRS. SUSAN F. IDEN DIES AT AGE OF 91
Mrs. Susan F. Iden, 91, whose home, at Manassas, Va., was used by Gen. Beauregard as his headquarters for some time during the Civil War, died yesterday at her home, 3223 Sixth street. She was a member of the Hooe family, prominent in the pre-Civil War social and political life in Virginia, and had been ill since May 29, when she suffered a stroke.
The daughter of John Hooe of Manassas, Mrs. Iden twice went to her family and a retinue of slaves, to Southern Virginia to escape the invading Union armies. Her father's home was burned during the battle of Bull Run, and since she visited the field immediately after the second battle there before the dead had been buried.
She is survived by her husband, William G. Iden, and to sons, Frank H. Iden, a civil engineer in the employ of the District, and V. Gilmore Iden, director of public relations for the American Iron and Steel Institute and the American Institute of Steel Construction, New York.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Manassas Episcopal Church, followed by burial in the cemetery at Manassas.
Nice old age!
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