Wife of James Walker Benet.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 09, 1940Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet. New York, July 8 [Special].--Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet, writer of essays and poetry, died today at Amagansett, N. Y., at the age of 80. She also was the mother of three well-known writers, Laura Benet, who received the medal as honor poet from the National Poetry center in 1936; Stephen Vincent Benet, author of "John Brown's Body," which received the Pulitzer prize for the best volume of verse in 1928, and William Rose Benet, author and contributing editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. Mrs. Benet in 1883 was married to the late James Walker Benet, former colonel, U. S. A. Burial will take place at Arlington National cemetery.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 09, 1940Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet. New York, July 8 [Special].--Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet, writer of essays and poetry, died today at Amagansett, N. Y., at the age of 80. She also was the mother of three well-known writers, Laura Benet, who received the medal as honor poet from the National Poetry center in 1936; Stephen Vincent Benet, author of "John Brown's Body," which received the Pulitzer prize for the best volume of verse in 1928, and William Rose Benet, author and contributing editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. Mrs. Benet in 1883 was married to the late James Walker Benet, former colonel, U. S. A. Burial will take place at Arlington National cemetery.
Wife of James Walker Benet.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 09, 1940Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet. New York, July 8 [Special].--Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet, writer of essays and poetry, died today at Amagansett, N. Y., at the age of 80. She also was the mother of three well-known writers, Laura Benet, who received the medal as honor poet from the National Poetry center in 1936; Stephen Vincent Benet, author of "John Brown's Body," which received the Pulitzer prize for the best volume of verse in 1928, and William Rose Benet, author and contributing editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. Mrs. Benet in 1883 was married to the late James Walker Benet, former colonel, U. S. A. Burial will take place at Arlington National cemetery.
Chicago Tribune (IL) - July 09, 1940Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet. New York, July 8 [Special].--Mrs. Frances Neill Rose Benet, writer of essays and poetry, died today at Amagansett, N. Y., at the age of 80. She also was the mother of three well-known writers, Laura Benet, who received the medal as honor poet from the National Poetry center in 1936; Stephen Vincent Benet, author of "John Brown's Body," which received the Pulitzer prize for the best volume of verse in 1928, and William Rose Benet, author and contributing editor of the Saturday Review of Literature. Mrs. Benet in 1883 was married to the late James Walker Benet, former colonel, U. S. A. Burial will take place at Arlington National cemetery.
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