Eugenia Dunlap Potts

Eugenia Dunlap Potts (April 14, 1840 - February 29, 1912) was a writer in Lancaster, Kentucky.[1][2][3] She owned and edited the Illustrated Kentuckian. She wrote poetry and historical works. Potts was recognized by the State of Kentucky for her contributions as a Kentucky author with a plaque outside the site of her former home.[4]

Eugenia Dunlap Potts
Eugenia Dunlap Potts in the late 19th-century.
Born(1840-04-14)14 April 1840
Lancaster, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedFebruary 29, 1912(1912-02-29) (aged 71)
Fayette County, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeLancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Kentucky
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry
SpouseRichard Potts
ChildrenGeorge Dunlap Potts
ParentsGeorge W. Dunlap
Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings

Early life and education

Potts was born in Lancaster, Kentucky, the daughter of lawyer and statesman George W. Dunlap and Nancy (Nannie) E. Jennings.[4] She graduated from the Franklin Female Institute in Lancaster.[4] She also attended a finishing school in Philadelphia, where she studied music and French.[4]

Career

Her "Song of Lancaster" was described as a "metrical history after the style of Hiawatha". Longfellow corresponded with her approvingly about it. She also wrote the essay "Women's Work in Kentucky".[5]

In May 1892, Potts joined a new monthly publication focused on "literature, education and art", called the Illustrated Kentuckian.[6][7] The paper was managed by a journalist from New York, Ben La Bree;[6] Potts joined the editorial staff,[4][6] and was responsible for the "belles lettres and social features".[6] The paper was eventually.relocated to Louisville and became the Illustrated South.[8]

Personal life

Potts was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.[9] She served as a state officer for its Kentucky branch, and as a delegate from its Lexington chapter to the seventh annual convention of the organisation in 1900.[9] She was a member of the Episcopal Church.

She married Major Richard Potts, a surgeon who served in first the U.S. Army and then in the Confederate Army.[4][9] They had one son, named George Dunlap Potts, who was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1865.[4][9] She became a widow.[10]

Bibliography
  • Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
  • Song of Lancaster, Kentucky; To the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard county (1874)
  • Idle hour stories / Stories for Children (1909)
  • The old South (1909)
  • A collection of four papers, The old South, Slavery, Secession, The Southern Confederacy
  • A Kentucky girl in Dixie: a diary
  • Journal of the daily life, travels and war-time experiences of the author, wife of a surgeon in the Confederate army
  • Historic homes of Lancaster, Kentucky[11]

References
  1. Smith, Zachariah Frederick (December 5, 1892). "The History of Kentucky: From Its Earliest Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Date ... Its Military Events and Achievements, and Biographic Mention of Its Historic Characters". Courier-journal job printing Company – via Google Books.
  2. "The Filson Club History Quarterly". Filson Club. December 5, 1961 – via Google Books.
  3. Gallagher, William Davis (December 5, 1892). "Four Score and One, in Blades O' Bluegrass: Choiceselections of Kentucky Poetry, Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Authors". Chadwyck-Healey Incorporated – via Google Books.
  4. Brown, Richard C. (23 February 2003). "Dunlap was a Lancaster author". The Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. p. 32. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. Eagle, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham (December 5, 1895). "The Congress of Women Held in the Woman's Building: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893". International Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  6. Fitzhugh, Daisy (17 April 1892). "In a Whirl". The Daily Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 3. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. "Prominent People". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. 16 March 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  8. Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests. Fourth Estate Publishing Company. 1900. p. 38.
  9. "Notes of the Convention". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. 15 November 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  10. "Eugenia Dunlap Potts". www.goodreads.com.
  11. "Potts, Eugenia Dunlap [WorldCat Identities]".
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