Geneva Grace (Stratton) Stratton-Porter (1863 - 1924)

Born 17 Aug 1863 in Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Dorwin Porter — married 21 Apr 1886 in Wabash, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1924 at age 61 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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Biography

Gene (Stratton) Stratton-Porter is Notable.

American author, naturalist, nature and wildlife photographer. Best remembered for her love of the Limberlost Swamp in Indiana, she was also a silent film-era producer who founded her own production company, Gene Stratton Porter Productions in 1924. Several of her books were made in motion pictures.

Geneva Grace Stratton was born August 17, 1863 in Wabash County, Indiana, USA. She was the daughter of Mark Stratton and Mary Shellenbarger.

She married Charles Dorwin Porter on August 21, 1886 in Wabash County.^[1][2]

They were the parents of 1 child, daughter Jeannette Porter Meehan (1887 - 1977).

Gene Stratton-Porter died at the age of 61 on December 6, 1924 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California as the result of a traffic accident. Her original place of interment was Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California. Plot: Abbey of the Psalms, Foyer F (1st Lobby West), Crypt 217 ^[3]

In 1999, Stratton-Porter’s body and that of her daughter Jeannette were buried on the grounds of the Gene Stratton-Porter Historic Site in Rome City, Indiana.^[4]

Writings

NOVELS

• The Song of the Cardinal, 1903
• Freckles, 1904
• At the Foot of the Rainbow, 1907
• A Girl of the Limberlost, 1909
• The Harvester, 1911
• Laddie, 1913
• Michael O'Halloran, 1915
• A Daughter of the Land, 1918
• Her Father's Daughter, 1921
• The White Flag, 1923
• The Keeper of the Bees, 1925
• The Magic Garden, 1927

NATURE BOOKS

• What I Have Done with Birds, 1907
• Birds of the Bible, 1909
• Music of the Wild, 1910
• Moths of the Limberlost, 1912
• After the Flood, 1912
• Birds of the Limberlost, 1914
• Homing with the Birds, 1919
• Wings, 1923
• Tales You Won't Believe, 1925

POETRY & ESSAYS

• Morning Face, 1916
• The Fire Bird, 1922
• Jesus of the Emerald, 1923
• Let Us Highly Resolve, 1927

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KL-X5V : accessed 25 May 2016), Charles D Porter and Geneva Stratton, 21 Apr 1886; citing Wabash, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,314,046.
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJC-W36 : accessed 25 May 2016), Gene Stratton in entry for G Blaine Monroe and Jeannette H Porter, ; citing Adams, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,321,467
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #2053
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5840

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6N-K9Q : Tue Aug 22 00:02:16 UTC 2023), Entry for M Stratton and M Stratton, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHSK-3D6 : Thu Aug 03 01:41:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Mark Stratton and Flora Stratton, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMBW-CG8 : accessed 25 May 2016), Genet S Porter in household of Charles D Porter, Wabash Township (west part) Geneva town, Adams, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,357.

• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLP-NV6 : Tue Jul 18 15:36:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles D Porter and Gene Stratton Porter, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF4W-C69 : accessed 25 May 2016), Gene S Porter in household of Charles D Porter, Orange, Noble, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,459.

SEE ALSO:

• Wikipedia:Gene_Stratton-Porter

• Gene Stratton-Porter: A Celebration of Women Writers
• Gene Stratton-Porter IMDb
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gene-stratton-porter-americas-fading-natural-beauty-180974161/
• https://www.in.gov/history/state-historical-markers/find-a-marker/gene-stratton-porter/

VIEW:

• Gene Stratton-Porter: Voice of the Limberlost