Julia K. Wetherill Baker
| Julia K. Wetherill Baker | |
|---|---|
 Circa 1897 | |
| Born |
July 15, 1858 Woodville, Mississippi |
| Died |
July 25, 1931 (aged 73) New Orleans |
Julia Kein Wetherill Baker (July 15, 1858 – July 25, 1931) was an American writer and poet.
Biography
She was born in Woodville, Mississippi, educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1884 moved to New Orleans. In 1886, she married Marion A. Baker, editor of the newspaper New Orleans Times-Democrat. In 1916, she was recorded as being Sunday editor of that newspaper. She wrote Literary Pathways, a book review column, and Innocent Bystander, a column concerning the theater and music, both of which appeared in the New Orleans newspapers. She published a number of short stories in publications including Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Century Magazine, and The Critic, often under the name Julie K. Wetherill.
Her funeral was held in Christ Church Cathedral, and she was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ "Z 1032.000 Wetherill (Thomas M.) and Family Papers". mdah.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ↑ Rightor, H. (1900). Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana, Giving a Description of the Natural Advantages, Natural History ... Settlement, Indians, Creoles, Municipal and Military History, Mercantile and Commercial Interests, Banking, Transportation, Struggles Against High Water, the Press, Educational ... Etc. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 379. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ↑ Willard, F.E.; Livermore, M.A.R. (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton. p. 48. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
- ↑ Julie Wetherill Baker, The Magazine of Poetry, Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 64-65 (January 1892)