Carrie Jenkins Harris (American writer and editor)
Caroline Aiken Jenkins Harris | |
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| Born | March 27, 1847 Williamsboro, North Carolina |
| Died | December 28, 1903 (aged 56) Rockville, Maryland |
| Resting place | St. John's Episcopal Churchyard |
| Pen name | Charles Edward Lloyd |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Notable works | Margaret Rosselyn |
| Spouse | Cicero Willis Harris |
Caroline Aiken Jenkins Harris (March 27, 1847 โ December 28, 1903) was an American writer and magazine editor from North Carolina.
Background
Caroline "Carrie" Aiken Jenkins was born on March 27, 1847, possibly on the Jenkins family farm on the outskirts of Williamsboro, North Carolina.[1] Her father owned a tobacco factory, and her mother taught school and was a musician. She was the eldest of ten children of her father's second wife. She may have attended the Henderson Female Academy.
In 1873, Harris was teaching music, drawing, and other arts, at the
Harris wrote a serialized novel called Margaret Rosselyn,[1] and in November 1877 founded and began editing a magazine, the South Atlantic,[3] which published poetry (including Harris's own), political texts (including by her husband), and various other literary and historical material, such as an account of the formerly enslaved Muslim man, Omar ibn Said from Futa Toro in modern-day Senegal,[1] and work by Paul Hamilton Hayne.[4] Her husband edited the Wilmington Star and the Wilmington Sun, and in 1881 the South Atlantic moved to Baltimore, still edited by Jenkins Harris. By 1888, she had moved to Washington, D.C., and wrote as a free-lancer for New York papers, for $8 per column. In the 1890s she was writing books inspired by the Celtic Revival. She died on December 28, 1903, in Rockville, Maryland,[5][6] and was buried in Williamsboro.[7]
Bibliography
- Margaret Rosselyn (published serially in Our Living and Our Dead)[8]
- State Trials of Mary Queen of Scots. FB&C Limited. 1899. ISBN 978-1332200283.
- Scots), Mary (Queen of (1899). Sir Walter Raleigh. Creative Media Partners, LLC. ISBN 9781376291247.
- Charles Edward Lloyd (1899). Captain William Kidd.
condensed from Francis Hargrave's 1776 book
Further reading
- "Mrs Carrie Jenkins Harris (13242)". Lineage Book. Vol. 14. Daughters of the American Revolution. 1902. p. 90.
References
- ^ a b c d Macfie, John (1988). "Harris, Caroline (Carrie) Aiken Jenkins". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ Mooring, Phillip Arthur (2006). "Wilson Collegiate Institute". In Powell, William S. (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ISBN 9780674395527.
- JSTOR 40576849.
- ^ "A Horn Riseth Up from Missouri". The News & Observer. December 29, 1903. p. 1.
- ^ "Very Sad Death". The Gold Leaf. Henderson, NC. December 31, 1903. p. 3.
- ^ "Mrs. Harris Laid to Rest". The News & Observer. December 31, 1903. p. 1.
- ^ Margaret Rosselyn. 1874โ1875.
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