Born: January 9, 1856, Waverly, Baltimore, Maryland.
Died: December 17, 1935, Baltimore, Maryland.
Buried: St. John’s Episcopal Church, Beltsville, Maryland.
Reese taught school 1873–1918, and rose to literary prominence in the 1920’s.
A good deed knows nor age nor winding-sheet;
The centuries find and leave it quick and sweet;
Even the miser is rememberèd
By that one time he gave the beggar bread.
Lizette Woodworth Reese
A Handful of Lavender, 1891