Eugenia Dunlap Potts | |
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![]() Eugenia Dunlap Potts in the late 19th-century. | |
Born | Lancaster, Kentucky, U.S. | 14 April 1840
Died | February 29, 1912 Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 71)
Resting place | Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Kentucky |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Spouse | Richard Potts |
Children | George Dunlap Potts |
Parents |
George W. Dunlap Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings |
Eugenia Dunlap Potts (April 14, 1840 - February 29, 1912) was a writer in Lancaster, Kentucky. [1] [2] [3] She owned and edited the Illustrated Kentuckian. She wrote poetry and historical works. Potts was recognized by the State of Kentucky for her contributions as a Kentucky author with a plaque outside the site of her former home. [4]
Potts was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, the daughter of lawyer and statesman George W. Dunlap and Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings. [4] She graduated from the Franklin Female Institute in Lancaster. [4] She also attended a finishing school in Philadelphia, where she studied music and French. [4]
Her "Song of Lancaster" was described as a "metrical history after the style of Hiawatha". Longfellow corresponded with her approvingly about it. She also wrote the essay "Women's Work in Kentucky". [5]
In May 1892, Potts joined a new monthly publication focused on "literature, education and art", called the Illustrated Kentuckian. [6] [7] The paper was managed by a journalist from New York, Ben La Bree; [6] Potts joined the editorial staff, [4] [6] and was responsible for the "belles lettres and social features". [6] The paper was eventually.relocated to Louisville and became the Illustrated South. [8]
Potts was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [9] She served as a state officer for its Kentucky branch, and as a delegate from its Lexington chapter to the seventh annual convention of the organisation in 1900. [9] She was a member of the Episcopal Church.
She married Major Richard Potts, a surgeon who served in first the U.S. Army and then in the Confederate Army. [4] [9] They had one son, named George Dunlap Potts, who was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1865. [4] [9] She became a widow. [10]
Eugenia Dunlap Potts | |
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![]() Eugenia Dunlap Potts in the late 19th-century. | |
Born | Lancaster, Kentucky, U.S. | 14 April 1840
Died | February 29, 1912 Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 71)
Resting place | Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Kentucky |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Spouse | Richard Potts |
Children | George Dunlap Potts |
Parents |
George W. Dunlap Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings |
Eugenia Dunlap Potts (April 14, 1840 - February 29, 1912) was a writer in Lancaster, Kentucky. [1] [2] [3] She owned and edited the Illustrated Kentuckian. She wrote poetry and historical works. Potts was recognized by the State of Kentucky for her contributions as a Kentucky author with a plaque outside the site of her former home. [4]
Potts was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, the daughter of lawyer and statesman George W. Dunlap and Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings. [4] She graduated from the Franklin Female Institute in Lancaster. [4] She also attended a finishing school in Philadelphia, where she studied music and French. [4]
Her "Song of Lancaster" was described as a "metrical history after the style of Hiawatha". Longfellow corresponded with her approvingly about it. She also wrote the essay "Women's Work in Kentucky". [5]
In May 1892, Potts joined a new monthly publication focused on "literature, education and art", called the Illustrated Kentuckian. [6] [7] The paper was managed by a journalist from New York, Ben La Bree; [6] Potts joined the editorial staff, [4] [6] and was responsible for the "belles lettres and social features". [6] The paper was eventually.relocated to Louisville and became the Illustrated South. [8]
Potts was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [9] She served as a state officer for its Kentucky branch, and as a delegate from its Lexington chapter to the seventh annual convention of the organisation in 1900. [9] She was a member of the Episcopal Church.
She married Major Richard Potts, a surgeon who served in first the U.S. Army and then in the Confederate Army. [4] [9] They had one son, named George Dunlap Potts, who was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1865. [4] [9] She became a widow. [10]