Elisha Pepper II

Historical marker location:

McMinnville, Tennessee

( Marker is on East Court Square north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1976

Pioneer. 1777-1869.

The first self-made female millionaire in the United States was Sarah Breedlove, also known as Madam C.J. Walker. She was born on a plantation near Delta, Tennessee, in 1867.