Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette

Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Evelyn May Magruder March 4, 1842 Glenmore, Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	March 1914 "Pine Forest", Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.
Resting place	"Pine Forest" private cemetery
Occupation	author
Language	English
Nationality	American
Spouse	Elliott Hawes DeJarnette ​ ​ (m. 1864)​

Evelyn Magruder DeJarnette (née, Magruder; March 4, 1842 – March, 1914) was an American Southern author of the long nineteenth century, who wrote stories in African American dialect.^[1] She contributed to Frank Leslie's Magazine, The Century Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, and The Youth's Companion.