Litchfield, Grace Denio, 1849-1944

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Birth 1849-11-19

Death 1944-12-04

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Grace Denio Litchfield, author and poet, was born in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of New York City, Nov.19,1849.

She was the daughter of Edwin Clark and Grace Hill (Hubbard) Litchfield and the sister of Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull (Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull). Miss Litchfield was tutored privately at home and abroad and spent much of her early life in Europe. She returned to Europe after her father's death in 1882 and remained there until 1888. Her first book, "Only an incident" was published in 1883. In the following years she published many novels, collections of poems, and contributed verse and stories to leading magazines. In later years, Miss Litchfield made her home in Washington D.C. She died December 4, 1944.

From the description of Grace Denio Litchfield scrapbooks, 1871-1936. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 52539518