Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924

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Name (Latin)
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924
Other forms of name
Porter, Gene Stratton, 1863-1924
Porter, Gene Stratton-, 1863-1924
Date of birth
1863-08-17
Date of death
1924-12-06
Occupation
Artists
Authors
Naturalists
Photographers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100244177
Wikidata: Q5531480
Library of congress: n 79127897
Sources of Information
  • Gene Stratton Porter, 1977:title page (Gene Stratton Porter) page 2 of cover (Mrs. Jeannette Porter Meehan; [daughter and biographer of Gene Stratton Porter]) page 4 (fiction writer, naturalist, artist, and photographer; married Charles Darwin Porter) page 16 (with her husband designed and built 'Limberlost Cabin' in 1894; it was presented to the State of Indiana in 1947 and maintained by the State as 'Limberlost State Memorial' since then) page 17 (later home built after 1913, was called Wildflower Woods ... Mrs. Porter's home in Wildflower Woods is now known as the 'Gene Stratton Porter State Memorial')
  • Indiana Historical Society Website, September 13, 2000:Gene Stratton-Porter page (Geneva Grace Stratton married Charles D. Porter; The couple's only child, Jeannette, was born in 1887; in 1920 she moved to Calif. where she organized her own movie company and based a number of films on her books)
  • born on Hopewell Farm, Wabash County, Indiana, Aug. 17, 1863; lived in Rome City from 1913; moved to California in 1920; died Dec. 6, 1924, Los Angeles ( (Indiana Historical Society website, December 6, 2017) )
  • Her What I have done ... 1907.
  • Access Indiana Information Network, Official Website of the State of Indiana, September 13, 2000:Gene Stratton-Porter's Life & Home in Geneva, Indiana link (Gene (born Geneva) Stratton-Porter is one of Indiana's most famous female authors; born near Wabash, Indiana in 1863, she lived until 1924)
  • Indiana Historical Society Website, September 13, 2000:Gene Stratton-Porter page (Geneva Grace Stratton married Charles D. Porter; The couple's only child, Jeannette, was born in 1887; in 1920 she moved to Calif. where she organized her own movie company and based a number of films on her books;