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Susan Arnold Elston Wallace was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on December 25, 1830. After going to school in Quaker Hill, New York, Susan returned to Crawfordsville and later married Lew Wallace and became a mother.
Since her husband's career took the family to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Constantinople, Turkey, Susan had a great deal of material to write about. She wrote several books, including The Land of the Pueblos, and contributed to The Atlantic Monthly, The Independent, Literature, The New York Tribune, and other periodicals. In addition to his political work, Lew Wallace was an author who penned Ben-Hur. Zerelda Gray Wallace, his stepmother, was a temperance reformer, woman suffragist, and author. She is also in A Woman of the Century.
The Wallaces retired to Crawfordsville, Indiana. Both wrote, and their home was "a literary and social center" (A Woman of the Century, 742). Susan passed away on October 1, 1907.
Since her husband's career took the family to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Constantinople, Turkey, Susan had a great deal of material to write about. She wrote several books, including The Land of the Pueblos, and contributed to The Atlantic Monthly, The Independent, Literature, The New York Tribune, and other periodicals. In addition to his political work, Lew Wallace was an author who penned Ben-Hur. Zerelda Gray Wallace, his stepmother, was a temperance reformer, woman suffragist, and author. She is also in A Woman of the Century.
The Wallaces retired to Crawfordsville, Indiana. Both wrote, and their home was "a literary and social center" (A Woman of the Century, 742). Susan passed away on October 1, 1907.
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Both of the Susan Arnold Elston Wallace images are courtesy of The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum.
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Susan Ellston Wallace. General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. - includes a photo
Susan Arnold Elston Wallace Find A Grave - includes a photo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]), April 01, 1886, Page 5, Image 5
A very interesting letter from Susan about the writing of Ben-Hur.
A very interesting letter from Susan about the writing of Ben-Hur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), October 06, 1907, Page 8, Image 24
Funeral information and a detailed obituary
Funeral information and a detailed obituary
Bibliography
- Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.), 15 April 1888. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076999/1888-04-15/ed-1/seq-2/>
- The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 29 Sept. 1883. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1883-09-29/ed-1/seq-5/>
- The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 01 April 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1886-04-01/ed-1/seq-5/>
- Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah), 01 Nov. 1886. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015137/1886-11-01/ed-1/seq-7/>
- The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 30 July 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1887-07-30/ed-1/seq-4/>
- The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis), 14 Dec. 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87056600/1887-12-14/ed-1/seq-6/>
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| This Item | Contributor | Item: Atlantic Monthly |
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