Sep 1917 (Unknown San Antonio Newspaper) -
NOTED SOUTHERN AUTHORESS WHO FORMERLY LIVED HERE DIES IN HER VIRGINIA HOME.
Mrs. Frances Courtenay Baylor Barnum a noted southern author and writer for the press, passed away suddenly a few days ago at her home in Winchester, VA. As Frances Courtenay Baylor she was widely know as the author of "On Both Sides", Juan and Juanita", "Behind the Blue Ridge", and many other charming works. She was a frequent contributor to the London "Times", the "Ladies Home Journal" and New York and Baltimore papers. Mrs. Barnum was a great granddaughter of Walker Baylor, a captain in the Revolutionary War. Many years ago Mrs. Barnum was a resident of New Orleans. She married George S. Barnum who was, for a number of years, an official of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later of the Georgia Central. Mrs. Barnum is survived by her sister, Mrs. Sophia Walker, widow of the late General John G. Walker. Mrs. Barnum was a cultured, brilliant woman, and enjoyed the friendship of the leading literary people of the country. The "Star of Winchester" said of her: "Mrs. Barnum represented what was the highest type of Southern womanhood; cultured and charming in manner, of sweet and gentle disposition; possessed of a brilliant intellect; she lived her long life in an atmosphere of refinement and in the companionship of those of similar endowments."
Mrs. Barnum came with her parents to San Antonio in the early forties, where she lived almost continuously until after the Civil War. The old Baylor homestead stood where Elmira Street crosses North Flores. Just a little south on Flores Street lived Augusta J. Evans, another Texas writer of note.
