Corinne Stocker Horton | |
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Born | Corinne R. Stocker August 21, 1871 Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | September 12, 1947 (aged 76) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Nickname | "Mrs. Thaddeus Horton" |
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | College of Music of Cincinnati |
Subject | Southern historical people and places |
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Corinne Stocker Horton (née, Stocker; after first marriage, Horton; after second marriage, Smith; pen name, Mrs. Thaddeus Horton; August 21, 1871 – September 12, 1947) was an American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor, and clubwoman. For years, she was the society editor of The Atlanta Journal, but withdrew from the staff after her first marriage. She continued to write for magazines,[1] but was also a successful fiction writer.[2] Horton was affiliated with the Players' Club of Atlanta, the Atlanta Woman's Club, and the Georgia Women's Press Club.