Frances Elizabeth Barrow (née, Mease; pen name, Aunt Fanny; February 22, 1822 – May 7, 1894)[1] was a 19th-century American children's writer.[2]
Biography
Frances (nickname, "Frankie Blue"[3]) Elizabeth Mease was born in Charleston, South Carolina, February 22, 1822.[4][2][5] Her parents were Charles Benton Mease,[6] of Charleston, and Sarah Matilda Graham of Boston.[7] Barrow's sister, Alexina Black Mease married Richard Grant White in 1850.[8]
Barrow's nom de plume of "Aunt Fanny",[5] first appeared in 1855, when she began to write books for children. There were twenty-five in all, and some were translated in Europe. They included Six Night Caps, Aunt Fanny's Story Book, Four Little Hearts, and Take Heed. Barrow also wrote The Wife's Stratagem, a novel, and The Letter G.[6]
On December 7, 1841, she married James Barrow, Jr.[7] He died at the age of 53 at Maison Labeyrie, rue Bernadotte, Pau, France,[9] November 18, 1868 and was interred in Pau. She died at 30 East Thirty-fifth street, in New York City,[6] May 7, 1894.[2] The interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery.[6] Two daughters, Mrs. S. L. Holly and Mrs. Theodore Connoly, survived her.[6]
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Howard Lockwood (1894). The American Stationer. Vol. 35 (Public domain ed.). Howard Lockwood.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Publishers' Weekly (1895). The Annual Literary Index (Public domain ed.). Office of the Publishers' Weekly.
