From the Washington Post, 16 Oct 1920:
MRS. BARNUM, AUTHOR, DEAD
Wrote Many Books Under Maiden Name, Frances Courtenay Baylor.
Special to The Washington Post.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 15. – Mrs. Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum, novelist and American-Bristish newspaper and magazine contributor, died today of apoplexy, following a stroke suffered while reading last night at the Handley Library. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Walker, widow of Gen. John G. Walker, U.S.A., survives. Mrs. Barnum’s husband, George Barnum, of Savannah, Ga., died some years ago.
Mrs. Barnum wrote under her maiden name. Three of her best books were “on Both Sides”, “Behind the Blue Ridge”, and “Juan and Juanita”. The last-named story of Mexican and Spanish life. She also wrote a southern school story and for years contributed reminiscences entitled “Over the Nuts and Wine” to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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From Woman of the Century/Frances Courtenay Baylor: BAYLOR, Miss Frances Conrtenay, author, born in Fayetteville, Ark., 20th January, 1848. She is descended from an old Virginian family of English strain. Her childhood was spent in San Antonio and New Orleans, where her father, an Army officer, was stationed. She was educated principally by her mother and her aunt, in her own home. After the Civil War was ended, she went to Europe and spent the years 1865 to 1867 in travel and residence in England and on the Continent. She spent 1873-74 in Europe, and during her sojourn there she gathered the materials for her literary work. Since 1876 she has lived in an old home near Winchester, Va. Her literary career began with articles in various newspapers, and she contributed to "Lippincott's Magazine," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Princeton Review." Among her earlier productions was a play, "Petruchio Tamed." She won a prominent position by her novel. "On Both Sides" (Philadelphia, 1880), in which she contrasts the American and English characters, manners and social creeds. Her second book was "Juan and Juanita" (Boston, 1886). Her third was "Behind the Blue Ridge" (Philadelphia, 1887). All these volumes were highly successful, passing through many editions in a short time. The first, "On Both Sides." was republished in Edinburgh. Miss Baylor deservedly ranks high as an author of remarkable powers of observation, of judgment, of humorous comment, and of philosophic generalization.
MRS. BARNUM, AUTHOR, DEAD
Wrote Many Books Under Maiden Name, Frances Courtenay Baylor.
Special to The Washington Post.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 15. – Mrs. Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum, novelist and American-Bristish newspaper and magazine contributor, died today of apoplexy, following a stroke suffered while reading last night at the Handley Library. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Walker, widow of Gen. John G. Walker, U.S.A., survives. Mrs. Barnum’s husband, George Barnum, of Savannah, Ga., died some years ago.
Mrs. Barnum wrote under her maiden name. Three of her best books were “on Both Sides”, “Behind the Blue Ridge”, and “Juan and Juanita”. The last-named story of Mexican and Spanish life. She also wrote a southern school story and for years contributed reminiscences entitled “Over the Nuts and Wine” to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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From Woman of the Century/Frances Courtenay Baylor: BAYLOR, Miss Frances Conrtenay, author, born in Fayetteville, Ark., 20th January, 1848. She is descended from an old Virginian family of English strain. Her childhood was spent in San Antonio and New Orleans, where her father, an Army officer, was stationed. She was educated principally by her mother and her aunt, in her own home. After the Civil War was ended, she went to Europe and spent the years 1865 to 1867 in travel and residence in England and on the Continent. She spent 1873-74 in Europe, and during her sojourn there she gathered the materials for her literary work. Since 1876 she has lived in an old home near Winchester, Va. Her literary career began with articles in various newspapers, and she contributed to "Lippincott's Magazine," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Princeton Review." Among her earlier productions was a play, "Petruchio Tamed." She won a prominent position by her novel. "On Both Sides" (Philadelphia, 1880), in which she contrasts the American and English characters, manners and social creeds. Her second book was "Juan and Juanita" (Boston, 1886). Her third was "Behind the Blue Ridge" (Philadelphia, 1887). All these volumes were highly successful, passing through many editions in a short time. The first, "On Both Sides." was republished in Edinburgh. Miss Baylor deservedly ranks high as an author of remarkable powers of observation, of judgment, of humorous comment, and of philosophic generalization.
From the Washington Post, 16 Oct 1920:
MRS. BARNUM, AUTHOR, DEAD
Wrote Many Books Under Maiden Name, Frances Courtenay Baylor.
Special to The Washington Post.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 15. – Mrs. Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum, novelist and American-Bristish newspaper and magazine contributor, died today of apoplexy, following a stroke suffered while reading last night at the Handley Library. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Walker, widow of Gen. John G. Walker, U.S.A., survives. Mrs. Barnum’s husband, George Barnum, of Savannah, Ga., died some years ago.
Mrs. Barnum wrote under her maiden name. Three of her best books were “on Both Sides”, “Behind the Blue Ridge”, and “Juan and Juanita”. The last-named story of Mexican and Spanish life. She also wrote a southern school story and for years contributed reminiscences entitled “Over the Nuts and Wine” to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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From Woman of the Century/Frances Courtenay Baylor: BAYLOR, Miss Frances Conrtenay, author, born in Fayetteville, Ark., 20th January, 1848. She is descended from an old Virginian family of English strain. Her childhood was spent in San Antonio and New Orleans, where her father, an Army officer, was stationed. She was educated principally by her mother and her aunt, in her own home. After the Civil War was ended, she went to Europe and spent the years 1865 to 1867 in travel and residence in England and on the Continent. She spent 1873-74 in Europe, and during her sojourn there she gathered the materials for her literary work. Since 1876 she has lived in an old home near Winchester, Va. Her literary career began with articles in various newspapers, and she contributed to "Lippincott's Magazine," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Princeton Review." Among her earlier productions was a play, "Petruchio Tamed." She won a prominent position by her novel. "On Both Sides" (Philadelphia, 1880), in which she contrasts the American and English characters, manners and social creeds. Her second book was "Juan and Juanita" (Boston, 1886). Her third was "Behind the Blue Ridge" (Philadelphia, 1887). All these volumes were highly successful, passing through many editions in a short time. The first, "On Both Sides." was republished in Edinburgh. Miss Baylor deservedly ranks high as an author of remarkable powers of observation, of judgment, of humorous comment, and of philosophic generalization.
MRS. BARNUM, AUTHOR, DEAD
Wrote Many Books Under Maiden Name, Frances Courtenay Baylor.
Special to The Washington Post.
Winchester, Va., Oct. 15. – Mrs. Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum, novelist and American-Bristish newspaper and magazine contributor, died today of apoplexy, following a stroke suffered while reading last night at the Handley Library. A sister, Mrs. Sophie Walker, widow of Gen. John G. Walker, U.S.A., survives. Mrs. Barnum’s husband, George Barnum, of Savannah, Ga., died some years ago.
Mrs. Barnum wrote under her maiden name. Three of her best books were “on Both Sides”, “Behind the Blue Ridge”, and “Juan and Juanita”. The last-named story of Mexican and Spanish life. She also wrote a southern school story and for years contributed reminiscences entitled “Over the Nuts and Wine” to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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From Woman of the Century/Frances Courtenay Baylor: BAYLOR, Miss Frances Conrtenay, author, born in Fayetteville, Ark., 20th January, 1848. She is descended from an old Virginian family of English strain. Her childhood was spent in San Antonio and New Orleans, where her father, an Army officer, was stationed. She was educated principally by her mother and her aunt, in her own home. After the Civil War was ended, she went to Europe and spent the years 1865 to 1867 in travel and residence in England and on the Continent. She spent 1873-74 in Europe, and during her sojourn there she gathered the materials for her literary work. Since 1876 she has lived in an old home near Winchester, Va. Her literary career began with articles in various newspapers, and she contributed to "Lippincott's Magazine," the "Atlantic Monthly," and the "Princeton Review." Among her earlier productions was a play, "Petruchio Tamed." She won a prominent position by her novel. "On Both Sides" (Philadelphia, 1880), in which she contrasts the American and English characters, manners and social creeds. Her second book was "Juan and Juanita" (Boston, 1886). Her third was "Behind the Blue Ridge" (Philadelphia, 1887). All these volumes were highly successful, passing through many editions in a short time. The first, "On Both Sides." was republished in Edinburgh. Miss Baylor deservedly ranks high as an author of remarkable powers of observation, of judgment, of humorous comment, and of philosophic generalization.
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