A noted female author, poet, and amateur actress of the antebellum South, she was a regular contributor to various newspapers and serials.
Her published novels include "Eleanor Morton, or Life in Dixie" (1865), "Sodom Apples" (1866), "Fireside Gleamings" (1866), "Dead Under the Roses" (1867), "Wearing the Cross" (1868), "As by Fire" (1869), "Passion, or Bartered and Sold" (1876), and "A Criminal through Love" (1882).
In addition, she published two collective volumes of poetry: "A Bunch of Violets" and "Leaves from the Book of My Heart".
She married John Johnson McAfee, a captain in the Confederate Army, on February 13, 1871. He was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and they resided in Louisville. They had one son, Julius McAfee, born May 1, 1879 in Louisville.
Note that her name may also be spelled "Nellie".
Upon her death, much of Mrs. McAfee's work was unfortunately forgotten and not reprinted. One of her stories, "Destiny, or Hounded Down", may be read in the Yorkville Enquirer weekly editions from January 1 to April 9, 1874.
A PARTING
Nelly Marshall McAfee, 1873
And didst thou mean those cruel words
That letter bore to me?—
That this dear love I've treasured so
"Must be a Memory"?—
That thro' the weary last of life—
Thro' long and dreary years—
Its grave alone shall be my own,
Kept green by constant tears?
Her published novels include "Eleanor Morton, or Life in Dixie" (1865), "Sodom Apples" (1866), "Fireside Gleamings" (1866), "Dead Under the Roses" (1867), "Wearing the Cross" (1868), "As by Fire" (1869), "Passion, or Bartered and Sold" (1876), and "A Criminal through Love" (1882).
In addition, she published two collective volumes of poetry: "A Bunch of Violets" and "Leaves from the Book of My Heart".
She married John Johnson McAfee, a captain in the Confederate Army, on February 13, 1871. He was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and they resided in Louisville. They had one son, Julius McAfee, born May 1, 1879 in Louisville.
Note that her name may also be spelled "Nellie".
Upon her death, much of Mrs. McAfee's work was unfortunately forgotten and not reprinted. One of her stories, "Destiny, or Hounded Down", may be read in the Yorkville Enquirer weekly editions from January 1 to April 9, 1874.
A PARTING
Nelly Marshall McAfee, 1873
And didst thou mean those cruel words
That letter bore to me?—
That this dear love I've treasured so
"Must be a Memory"?—
That thro' the weary last of life—
Thro' long and dreary years—
Its grave alone shall be my own,
Kept green by constant tears?
A noted female author, poet, and amateur actress of the antebellum South, she was a regular contributor to various newspapers and serials.
Her published novels include "Eleanor Morton, or Life in Dixie" (1865), "Sodom Apples" (1866), "Fireside Gleamings" (1866), "Dead Under the Roses" (1867), "Wearing the Cross" (1868), "As by Fire" (1869), "Passion, or Bartered and Sold" (1876), and "A Criminal through Love" (1882).
In addition, she published two collective volumes of poetry: "A Bunch of Violets" and "Leaves from the Book of My Heart".
She married John Johnson McAfee, a captain in the Confederate Army, on February 13, 1871. He was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and they resided in Louisville. They had one son, Julius McAfee, born May 1, 1879 in Louisville.
Note that her name may also be spelled "Nellie".
Upon her death, much of Mrs. McAfee's work was unfortunately forgotten and not reprinted. One of her stories, "Destiny, or Hounded Down", may be read in the Yorkville Enquirer weekly editions from January 1 to April 9, 1874.
A PARTING
Nelly Marshall McAfee, 1873
And didst thou mean those cruel words
That letter bore to me?—
That this dear love I've treasured so
"Must be a Memory"?—
That thro' the weary last of life—
Thro' long and dreary years—
Its grave alone shall be my own,
Kept green by constant tears?
Her published novels include "Eleanor Morton, or Life in Dixie" (1865), "Sodom Apples" (1866), "Fireside Gleamings" (1866), "Dead Under the Roses" (1867), "Wearing the Cross" (1868), "As by Fire" (1869), "Passion, or Bartered and Sold" (1876), and "A Criminal through Love" (1882).
In addition, she published two collective volumes of poetry: "A Bunch of Violets" and "Leaves from the Book of My Heart".
She married John Johnson McAfee, a captain in the Confederate Army, on February 13, 1871. He was a native of Mercer County, Ky., and they resided in Louisville. They had one son, Julius McAfee, born May 1, 1879 in Louisville.
Note that her name may also be spelled "Nellie".
Upon her death, much of Mrs. McAfee's work was unfortunately forgotten and not reprinted. One of her stories, "Destiny, or Hounded Down", may be read in the Yorkville Enquirer weekly editions from January 1 to April 9, 1874.
A PARTING
Nelly Marshall McAfee, 1873
And didst thou mean those cruel words
That letter bore to me?—
That this dear love I've treasured so
"Must be a Memory"?—
That thro' the weary last of life—
Thro' long and dreary years—
Its grave alone shall be my own,
Kept green by constant tears?
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