Sara Beaumont Kennedy
Sara Beaumont Kennedy | |
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 Sara Beaumont Kennedy, from a 1902 publication | |
| Born | Sara Beaumont Cannon 1859 Somerville, Tennessee |
| Died | March 12, 1920 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor |
| Relatives | Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke (aunt) |
Sara Beaumont Kennedy (1859 – March 12, 1920), born Sara Beaumont Cannon, was an American writer and newspaper editor.
Early life[edit]
Cannon was born in Somerville, Tennessee, the daughter of Robert Hines Cannon and Nora Devereux Cannon. Her parents were both from North Carolina; her father was a doctor, and her mother was a teacher.[1] One of her aunts was writer Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke.[2] She counted among her ancestors Philip Livingston and William Samuel Johnson.[3] She attended St. Mary's Hall in Raleigh, North Carolina.[4]
Career[edit]
Kennedy wrote in various genres, publishing poems,[5] children's books, and historical fiction.[6][7] She also wrote newspaper articles and short stories.[8][9] She worked as an editor at the Memphis Commercial Appeal, a Tennessee newspaper.[10] She was described as "the only woman paragrapher in the South".[11] She lectured to women's organizations,[12][13] and organized community groups.[4] She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.[14] She favored prohibition and woman's suffrage.[1]
Selected publications by Sara Beaumont Kennedy[edit]
- "The Sign of the New Covenant" (1892)[15]
- "The Master of Brookfield" (1896)[16]
- The Assembly Ball (1897)[17]
- Redcoat and Continental (1897)[18]
- Doris: A Story of the Regulators (1898)[19]
- A Christmas Message from Ocracoke: A Legend of Colonial Days (1900)[20]
- "Colonial New Bern" (1901)[21]
- The Wooing of Judith (1902)[22]
- Joscelyn Cheshire: A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas (1902)[23]
- "How Earl Hargis Went A-shopping" (1904)[24]
- "When Tarleton Rode his Raid" (1904)[8]
- "At the Old Horse Sale" (1905)[9]
- Told in a Little Boy's Pocket (1908)[25]
- Cicely; a Tale of the Georgia March (1911)[26]
- One Wish, and other poems of love and life (1915)[27]
- Poems (1919)[28]
Personal life[edit]
Cannon married fellow writer Walter Kennedy in 1888. Her husband died in 1909. She died in 1920.[1][10] Nashville's Nineteenth Century Club held a "Friendship Day" in memory of Kennedy in December 1920.[29] There is a collection of her papers in the collection of the Memphis Public Libraries.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "A Woman's Remarkable Career". The News and Observer. 1920-03-21. p. 35. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux". NCPedia. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book (1897): 303.
- ^ a b c "Sara Beaumont Kennedy Literary Collection with Papers of Walker Kennedy". Dig Memphis: The Digital Archive of Memphis Public Libraries. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ "Charming Poems by Sara Beaumont Kennedy". The Courier-Journal. 1920-01-04. p. 61. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McKinney, Annie B. (1902-12-20). "Mrs. Sara Beaumont Kennedy's Book 'The Wooing of Judith'". Knoxville Sentinel. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Knight, Lucian L. (1901-06-09). "Literature". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1904-04-09). "When Tarleton Rode his Raid". The Buffalo Times. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1905-09-11). "At The Old Horse Sale". Portage Daily Democrat. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Gifted Woman Writer Dead in Memphis Home". The Paris Morning News. 1920-03-13. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Owen, Marie Bankhead (1911-10-22). "Author of 'Cicely', a Newspaper Woman". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Program for Convention of Federation is Announced". The Daily Commonwealth. 1916-11-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "All in Readiness for the Woman's Congress". Nashville Banner. 1902-08-02. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Rambler". The Book Buyer. 25: 106. September 1902.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1892). The Sign of the New Covenant. Wills and Crumpton Printers.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1896). The Master of Brookfield. Outing Publishing Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1897). The Assembly Ball. Harper & Brothers.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1897). Redcoat and Continental. Outing Publishing Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1898). Doris: A Story of the Regulators. Outing Publishing Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1900). A Christmas Message from Ocracoke: A Legend of Colonial Days. Outing Publishing Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1901). Colonial New Bern. Capital Printing Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1902). The wooing of Judith. New York: Doubleday, Page.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1902). Joscelyn Cheshire; a story of revolutionary days in the Carolinas. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1904-11-01). "How Earl Hargis Went A-Shopping". The Platteville Journal and Grant County News. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1908). Told in a Little Boy's Pocket. Moffat, Yard & Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1911). Cicely; a Tale of the Georgia March. Doubleday, Page & Company.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1915). One wish, and other poems of love and life. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
- ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1919). Poems. New York: The Cameo press and publishing company.
- ^ "Club Memorial to Sara Beaumont Kennedy". Nashville Banner. 1920-12-05. p. 33. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
