| Show GREAT WESTERN WRITER DEAD literary world loses leader in mrs mary H catherwood mary hartwell catherwood re carded as the foremost writer of west ern historical romance died at chi cago cag 0 last week mary hartwell catherwood was born in luray ohio dec 16 1847 her parents died when she was 10 years old she was educated at the worn wom ans college granville 0 from which she graduated in 1868 she settled at newburg N Y on the hudson where she earned her living by writing stones stories for the new york weekly pa pers and later for the magazines her earliest stories were for fot children and were published in wide awake mrs Cather catherwood came to illinois in 1877 from her new york home and located at hoopeston Hoo peston III where she was married to james steele gather cather wood twenty five years ago from hoopeston Hoo peston the Cathe removed to indianapolis but returned to hoop eston in 1885 where they lived until 1800 1900 when they went to chicago her first great success was achieved through a historical romance called romance of the dollard founded on AW W MEIZ ca events in canadian history and h her r last and most famous book lazarre in her short stories some of which are published in a volume entitled queen of the swamp mrs gather cather wood depicted depleted country life in ohio kentucky and illinois with an art and fidelity equal to the new england character drawings of mary wilkins |
