Julia C. (RIPLEY) DORR, b. 1825 SC
Source: "American Women Vol I" (Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1897)
DORR, Mrs. Julia C.R., poet, born in Charleston, South Carolina, 13 February 1825.Her mother Zulma De Lacy THOMAS, was the daughter of French refugees who fled from San Domingo during the insurrection of the slaves near the close of the last century.The mother died during Mrs. DORR's infancy, and her father William Young RIPLEY, who was a merchant in Charleston returned in 1830 to Vermont, his native state.There he engaged in business again, and devoted himself chiefly to the development of the Rutland marble quarries.There his daughter grew to womanhood, in a home of culture and refinement.
When the poet was a little child, she began to write, but none of her poems were printed until she became a woman grown.In 1847 she became the wife of Hon. Seneca M. DORR of New York.Himself a man of wide culture, he gave to Mrs. DORR the encouragement and stiumulus which directed her to a literary life.In 1847 he sent one of her poems, without her knowledge, to the "Union Magazine" and this was her first published poem.In 1848 her first published story, "Isabel Leslie" gained a one-hundred dollar prize offered by "Sartain's Magazine".
In 1857 Mr. DORR took up his residence in Rutland, VT and since that date the author's pen has rarely been idle. . .
This biography is quite lengthy and goes into her published works.It does not list her children's names or date of her husband's death.I also have an electronic copy of her portrait if interested.
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