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Wait, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946


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    • Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait (Smith), 1859-1946
    • Waite, Frona Eunice, 1859-1946
    • Colburn, Frederick H., Mrs., 1859-1946
    • Colburn, Frona Waite, 1859-1946
    • Smith, Eunice Sophronia, 1859-1946
    • Smith, Frona, 1859-1946
    • Colburn, Frona Eunice Smith, 1859-1946
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1859-08-19
    • Death Date

        1946-11-17
    • Birth Place

        Woodland (Calif.)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Occupation

      Authors

      Journalists

      Editors

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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait (Smith), 1859-1946
  • Sources

    • found: nuc89-32725: Her Yermah the Dorado [MI] 1897(hdg. on LCP rept.: Colburn, Mrs. Frona Eunice Wait (Smith), 1859- ; usage: Frona Eunice Wait)
    • found: LC data base, 4-16-90(hdg.: Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait (Smith), 1859-1946; usage: Frona Eunice Wait)
    • found: An interesting and authentic description of a mule-back ride through the quaint, little- known department of Soconusco, Mexico, c1901:t.p. (Mrs. Frederick H. Colburn) p. 26 (Frona Waite Colburn)
    • found: Wikipedia, website viewed March 20, 2019(Frona Eunice Wait; American author and newspaper writer, journalist, editor of the Overland Monthly; born Eunice Sophronia "Frona" Smith on August 19, 1859 in Woodland, Yolo County, California; died 1946; married John Courtland Wait in August 1875 in Dayton, Washington; later divorced; in 1887 she was one of only two female staff journalists in San Francisco, working for the San Francisco Examiner; she married Frederick Henry Colburn on October 31, 1900; she joined the staff of the Overland Monthly in November 1923 and rose to become an associate editor; she was the subject of a poem by Ambrose Bierce entitled A Competitor, published in his book The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce)
    • found: Find A Grave, via WWW, March 20, 2019(Frona Eunice Smith Colburn; born 19 August 1859 in Woodland, Yolo County, California; died 17 November 1946 in Washington, D.C.; cremated, ashes scattered on the Potomac River at Washington, D.C.; her name at birth was Eunice Sophronia Smith; "Frona" was a nick-name taken from her middle-name, which she used throughout her life as her first-name; famous Authoress)
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    • 1990-04-16: new
    • 2019-03-21: revised
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