Ethel Hillyer Harris was a writer of Southern United States literature. [1]
Ethel Hillyer Harris was a writer of Southern United States literature. [1]
Ethel Hillyer was born and reared in Rome, Georgia. A daughter of Dr. Eben Hillyer and a granddaughter of Judge Junius Hillyer, she comes from one of the best known families in Georgia. Her grandfather served five years in Congress and was the friend of such men as Stephens, Toombs, Hill and Cobb. She was a niece of Judge George Hillyer, of Atlanta, a prominent member of the Georgia bar. On her grandmother's side she was a lineal descendant of Lyman Hall and George Walton, two of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and consequently, she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. [1]
She was educated in Shorter College (now Shorter University), and while still a student, was regarded as a bright and original writer. She graduated after taking the full course, including music, Latin and French. [1]
She married T. W. Hamilton Harris, a lawyer, of Cartersville, Georgia. They had two children, a son, and a daughter. [1]
Harris contributed to some of the leading papers of the country, and many of her negro dialect and pathetic sketches were praised by eminent critics [1]
Harris was also a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. [2]
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