Dulcina Minerva Mason Jordan (July 21, 1833 – April 25, 1895) was an American poet and journalist.
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| Born | July 21, 1833  Marathon |
| Died | April 25, 1895 (aged 61) Richmond |
| Occupation | Writer |
Dulcina Minerva Mason was born on July 21, 1833 in Marathon, New York and her parents relocated to Indiana in 1843. She married James J. Jordan, a Richmond, Indiana businessman, in 1851.[1][2]
She published a single volume of poetry, Rosemary Leaves (1873). One poem from that collection, a humorous account of the unveiling of the Tyler Davidson Fountain, was reprinted in the London Times.[1][2]
In addition to publishing in magazines and newspapers, she served as an associate editor of Cincinnati Saturday Night for three years and an editor at the Richmond Independent for ten years.[1][2] At the latter newspaper, her friend James Whitcomb Riley enlisted her to write an article to support his hoax claiming that his poem "Leonainie" was a lost poem written by Edgar Allan Poe.[3]
Dulcina Mason Jordan died on 25 April 1895 in Richmond, Indiana.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the city of Richmond, Indiana; from the earliest historical times down to the present, including a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in Wayne County. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Madison, Wis. : Western Historical Association.
- ^ a b c d "Indiana Authors and their books, 1816-1980". webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ Van Allen, Elizabeth J. (1999). James Whitcomb Riley : a life. Internet Archive. Bloomington : Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33591-3.