She was educated in Shorter College (now Shorter University), and while still a student, was regarded as a bright and original writer. She graduated after taking the full course, including music, Latin and French.[1]
She married T. W. Hamilton Harris, a lawyer, of Cartersville, Georgia. They had two children, a son, and a daughter.[1]
Harris contributed to some of the leading papers of the country, and many of her negro dialect and pathetic sketches were praised by eminent critics[1]
ethel, hillyer, harris, writer, southern, united, states, literature, woman, century, biography, editethel, hillyer, born, reared, rome, georgia, daughter, eben, hillyer, granddaughter, judge, junius, hillyer, comes, from, best, known, families, georgia, grand. Ethel Hillyer Harris was a writer of Southern United States literature 1 A Woman of the Century Biography editEthel Hillyer was born and reared in Rome Georgia A daughter of Dr Eben Hillyer and a granddaughter of Judge Junius Hillyer she comes from one of the best known families in Georgia Her grandfather served five years in Congress and was the friend of such men as Stephens Toombs Hill and Cobb She was a niece of Judge George Hillyer of Atlanta a prominent member of the Georgia bar On her grandmother s side she was a lineal descendant of Lyman Hall and George Walton two of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and consequently she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution 1 She was educated in Shorter College now Shorter University and while still a student was regarded as a bright and original writer She graduated after taking the full course including music Latin and French 1 She married T W Hamilton Harris a lawyer of Cartersville Georgia They had two children a son and a daughter 1 Harris contributed to some of the leading papers of the country and many of her negro dialect and pathetic sketches were praised by eminent critics 1 Harris was also a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy 2 References edit a b c d e Willard Frances Elizabeth Livermore Mary Ashton Rice 1893 HARRIS Mrs Ethel Hillyer A Woman of the Century Fourteen Hundred seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life Charles Wells Moulton p 359 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain PLANS FOR THE BROWN HARRIS WEDDING Birmingham Post Herald 10 January 1915 p 26 Retrieved 10 October 2022 via Newspapers com External links edit nbsp Works related to Woman of the Century Ethel Hillyer Harris at Wikisource Works by or about Ethel Hillyer Harris at Internet Archive nbsp Biography portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ethel Hillyer Harris amp oldid 1189261064, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
