Jane T. Worthington (1821–1847) was a 19th-century essayist and poet of Southern United States literature. [1]
Jane Tayloe [a] Lomax was born in Norfolk, Virginia, February 2, 1821, [3] and descended from a distinguished family of the State of Virginia. Her parents were Colonel Mann Page Lomax (1787–1842), of the United States Army, [1] and Elizabeth Virginia (Lindsay) Lomax (1796–1875). Jane had several younger siblings: Elizabeth, Lunsford, William, Mann, Ann, Mattie, Eleanor, Julia, Mary, and Lunsford. [4]
She was educated in different parts of the country, as the exigencies of the military service led to changes of residence by her father. While this gave her exposure to various parts of society, her love of Virginia never faltered. [5] [1]
Nearly all her writings, in prose and verse, appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger, which was edited by a personal friend, at Richmond, Virginia. She excelled most in the essay, with numerous compositions of this kind written in the four or five years of her literary life. Her poems, simple, graceful, and earnest. [1] Her story, "Life and Love", took the prize of US$100 from one of the Philadelphia papers, where there were more than 50 competitors. [6] While no collection of her works was published, [5] more than 50 years after her death, her fugitive (uncollected) verse [7] continued to be published. [8]
In 1843, she married the physician, [9] Dr. Francis Asbury Worthington (1819–1849), [1] son of Thomas Worthington, Governor of Ohio. [10]
The couple resided in Chillicothe, Ohio. [11] Jane Worthington died in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 26, 1847. [3]
Jane T. Worthington (1821–1847) was a 19th-century essayist and poet of Southern United States literature. [1]
Jane Tayloe [a] Lomax was born in Norfolk, Virginia, February 2, 1821, [3] and descended from a distinguished family of the State of Virginia. Her parents were Colonel Mann Page Lomax (1787–1842), of the United States Army, [1] and Elizabeth Virginia (Lindsay) Lomax (1796–1875). Jane had several younger siblings: Elizabeth, Lunsford, William, Mann, Ann, Mattie, Eleanor, Julia, Mary, and Lunsford. [4]
She was educated in different parts of the country, as the exigencies of the military service led to changes of residence by her father. While this gave her exposure to various parts of society, her love of Virginia never faltered. [5] [1]
Nearly all her writings, in prose and verse, appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger, which was edited by a personal friend, at Richmond, Virginia. She excelled most in the essay, with numerous compositions of this kind written in the four or five years of her literary life. Her poems, simple, graceful, and earnest. [1] Her story, "Life and Love", took the prize of US$100 from one of the Philadelphia papers, where there were more than 50 competitors. [6] While no collection of her works was published, [5] more than 50 years after her death, her fugitive (uncollected) verse [7] continued to be published. [8]
In 1843, she married the physician, [9] Dr. Francis Asbury Worthington (1819–1849), [1] son of Thomas Worthington, Governor of Ohio. [10]
The couple resided in Chillicothe, Ohio. [11] Jane Worthington died in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 26, 1847. [3]