American magazine writer and novelist, born at Washington, PA, on the 24th of June 1831; wife of L. Clark Davis, a journalist. Her early days were spent in West Virginia, and her first notable story was called Life in the Iron Mills, which appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in 1861. After her marriage she removed to Philadelphia, PA, and in 1869 was given a place on the editorial staff of the New York Tribune. She has published a number of novels, the best known being Margaret Howth (1861); Waiting for the Verdict (1867); Dallas Galbraith (1868); John Andross (1874); Berrytown (1876); Kitty’s Choice (1876); A Law Unto Herself (1878); Naubasqua (1886); Dr. Warrick’s Daughters (1896).
