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About Fanny Murdaugh Downing
Fanny Murdaugh Downing was a 19th-century American author and poet. She was the first resident novelist of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Downing's principal publications included: Nameless, a novel, 1865; Perfect though Suffering, a Tale, 1867; Florida, a Tale of the Land of Flowers; Pluto, or the Origin of Mint Julep, a story in verse. Most of her poems described her love and devotion for Confederate soldiers. In addition to Pluto, her best known poems were "The Legend of Catawba" and "Dixie".
Everything about Fanny Murdaugh Downing →- Occupation
- poet, writer, novelist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1835, October 19, 1831
- Died
- 1894, May 6, 1894