Today in Wheeling History: September 29--Rebecca Harding Davis, author, journalist, and Wheeling resident from the age of five to fourteen years old, died (1910).
Rebecca Harding Davis lived in Wheeling from age 5 to 14. During her formative years in Wheeling, she witnessed the city transform from an idyllic Virginia village to an industrial mill town. This influenced her pioneering work in literary realism, including her acclaimed 1861 story "Life in the Iron Mills" which depicted the grim lives of immigrant industrial workers. In March 1863, during a snowstorm, Davis married L. Clarke Davis at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wheeling before moving to Philadelphia. She went on to a successful career as an author and journalist fighting for human rights and reform. One of her three children was Richard Harding Davis, who became the most famous journalist of his day. (https://tinyurl.com/3fpbaubp) (https://tinyurl.com/2x8uv7aj)
Rebecca Harding Davis lived in Wheeling from age 5 to 14. During her formative years in Wheeling, she witnessed the city transform from an idyllic Virginia village to an industrial mill town. This influenced her pioneering work in literary realism, including her acclaimed 1861 story "Life in the Iron Mills" which depicted the grim lives of immigrant industrial workers. In March 1863, during a snowstorm, Davis married L. Clarke Davis at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wheeling before moving to Philadelphia. She went on to a successful career as an author and journalist fighting for human rights and reform. One of her three children was Richard Harding Davis, who became the most famous journalist of his day. (https://tinyurl.com/3fpbaubp) (https://tinyurl.com/2x8uv7aj)
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