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Sara Beaumont Kennedy

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Sara Beaumont Kennedy
A white woman with hair in a bouffant updo, wearing a high-collared white lacy blouse or dress
Sara Beaumont Kennedy, from a 1902 publication
Born
Sara Beaumont Cannon

1859
Somerville, Tennessee
DiedMarch 12, 1920
Memphis, Tennessee
Occupation(s)Writer, editor
RelativesMary Bayard Devereux Clarke (aunt)

Sara Beaumont Kennedy (1859 – March 12, 1920), born Sara Beaumont Cannon, was an American writer and newspaper editor.

Early life

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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

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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

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  • "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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c "A Woman's Remarkable Career". The News and Observer. 1920-03-21. p. 35. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Clarke, Mary Bayard Devereux". NCPedia. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  3. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book (1897): 303.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Charming Poems by Sara Beaumont Kennedy". The Courier-Journal. 1920-01-04. p. 61. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Knight, Lucian L. (1901-06-09). "Literature". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 40. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Owen, Marie Bankhead (1911-10-22). "Author of 'Cicely', a Newspaper Woman". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Program for Convention of Federation is Announced". The Daily Commonwealth. 1916-11-03. p. 3. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "All in Readiness for the Woman's Congress". Nashville Banner. 1902-08-02. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "The Rambler". The Book Buyer. 25: 106. September 1902.
  15. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1892). The Sign of the New Covenant. Wills and Crumpton Printers.
  16. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1896). The Master of Brookfield. Outing Publishing Company.
  17. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1897). The Assembly Ball. Harper & Brothers.
  18. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1897). Redcoat and Continental. Outing Publishing Company.
  19. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1898). Doris: A Story of the Regulators. Outing Publishing Company.
  20. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1900). A Christmas Message from Ocracoke: A Legend of Colonial Days. Outing Publishing Company.
  21. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1901). Colonial New Bern. Capital Printing Company.
  22. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1902). The wooing of Judith. New York: Doubleday, Page.
  23. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1902). Joscelyn Cheshire; a story of revolutionary days in the Carolinas. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1908). Told in a Little Boy's Pocket. Moffat, Yard & Company.
  26. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1911). Cicely; a Tale of the Georgia March. Doubleday, Page & Company.
  27. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1915). One wish, and other poems of love and life. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.
  28. ^ Kennedy, Sara Beaumont (1919). Poems. New York: The Cameo press and publishing company.
  29. ^ "Club Memorial to Sara Beaumont Kennedy". Nashville Banner. 1920-12-05. p. 33. Retrieved 2021-09-16 – via Newspapers.com.
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