1835–1894

We spe­cu­late this au­thor might be Fan­ny Mur­daugh Down­ing (1831–1894), a not­ed writ­er and po­et, bur­ied in Ce­dar Grove Ce­me­te­ry, Ports­mouth, Virg­in­ia (not­with­stand­ing the dif­fer­ent re­port­ed birth year).

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