Aunt Fanny
Frances Elizabeth Barrow (pen name, Aunt Fanny; nickname, "Frankie Blue";[1] February 22, 1822 – May 7, 1894)[2] was an American author of children's stories. Frances Elizabeth Mease was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 22, 1822.[4][
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Frances Elizabeth Barrow (pen name, Aunt Fanny; nickname, "Frankie Blue";[1] February 22, 1822 – May 7, 1894)[2] was an American author of children's stories. Frances Elizabeth Mease was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 22, 1822.[4][3][5] Her parents were Charles Benton Mease,[6] of Charleston, and Sarah Matilda Graham of Boston.[7] Barrow's sister, Alexina Black Mease married Richard Grant White in 1850.[8]
When her father committed suicide after losing his money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Frances became a twelve-year-old orphan. She cashed in a train ticket which was meant to take her to her aunt's home, jumped onto a freight train, and lived as a penniless hobo, disguised as a boy.[9][10] She befriended another hobo, Stewpot.
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