Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | May 8, 1835 |
Birth Place | Columbus, GA |
Age | 184 YEARS OLD |
Died On | May 9, 1909 (age 74) |
Birth Sign | Taurus |
Net worth: $100K - $1M
About
A nineteenth-century southern Writer, she published nine novels, including Inez (1850), Beulah (1859), Macaria (1863), St. Elmo (1866), and Vashti (1869). She is known for her sentimental, Victorian literary style and for the domestic themes of her works.
Before Fame
She was a staunch supporter of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Her 1863 novel, Macaria, in fact, is considered a masterpiece of Confederate propaganda.
Trivia
She wrote her first novel at the age of fifteen.
Family Life
She was engaged to James Reed Spalding, but broke off the engagement because Spalding had Union sympathies. She married Confederate veteran Lorenzo Madison Wilson in 1868.
Associated With
She was a supporter of the Confederacy and opposed Abraham Lincoln.