Diana Redman graduated from Ohio State University and works in the Ohio Department of Human Services. After she won a Daughters of the American Revolution essay contest in high school, her grandmother Ida Mae Young Redman told her of her connection to Thomas Jefferson. She has a love of history, especially about the lives and contributions of “everyday” people, and is proud of her family: “Whatever you want to do, the family is here to support and help you accomplish what you want.”
Ancestry
Elizabeth Hemings
1735-1807Sally Hemings
1773-1835Madison Hemings
1805-1877Sarah Hemings Byrd
1835–1884Diana Redman
1948-
Interview Information
19 July 1995, Chillicothe, OH
Interviewee: Diana Redman
Also present: Rosemary Ghoston, Beverly Gray, Patti Jo Harding, Terry Leonard, Indiga Medley, Monica Steed