Mary Virginia Terhune

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Mary Virginia Hawes

Hawes circa 1900-1910
Born December 21, 1830
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Died June 3, 1922
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Occupation Writer
Spouse Edward Payson Terhune
Children Christine Terhune Herrick
Albert Payson Terhune

Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (December 21, 1830 – June 3, 1922) was an American author who wrote under the penname Marion Harland.

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[edit] Biography

She was born as Mary Virginia Hawes and was raised in Dennisville, Virginia where she had a brother: George P. Hawes. [1] She married Edward Payson Terhune, a New Jersey clergyman. In 1844 she moved to Richmond, Virginia, then moved to Newark, New Jersey in 1859. She later wrote with her daughter Christine Terhune Herrick, and her son, Albert Payson Terhune was also a writer. [2] She died in New York City in 1922. [3] She started publishing household advice and cookbooks in 1871, starting with the successful Common Sense in the Household.

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  • Alone (Morris, 1854)
  • The Hidden Path (Derby, 1855)
  • Moss - Side (Derby & Jackson, 1857)
  • Nemesis (Derby & Jackson, 1860)
  • Miriam (Sheldon, 1863)
  • Husks; or Colonel Floyd's Wards (Sheldon, 1865)
  • Husbands and Homes (Sheldon, 1865)
  • Colonel Floyd's Wards (Sheldon, 1866)
  • Sunnybank (Sheldon, 1866)
  • The Christmas Holly (Sheldon, 1867)
  • Phemie's Temptation (Sheldon, 1869)
  • Ruby's Husband (Sheldon, 1869)
  • Against Odds (Hearth and Home, 1869)
  • At Last (Carleton, 1870)
  • Helen Gardner's Wedding Day; or, Colonel Floyd's Wards (Carleton, 1870)
  • Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery (Scribners, 1871)
  • The Empty Heart: or, Husks (Carleton, 1871)
  • True As Steel (Carleton, 1872)
  • Jessamine (Carleton, 1873)
  • From My Youth Up (Carleton, 1874)
  • Breakfast, Luncheon & Tea (Scribners & Armstron, 1875)
  • My Little Love (Carleton, 1876)
  • The Dinner Yearbook (Scribners, 1878)
  • Loiterings in Pleasant Paths (Scribners, 1880)
  • Our Daughters: What Shall We Do With Them? (Carleton, 1880)
  • Handicapped (Scribners, 1880)
  • Eve's Daughters (Anderson & Allen, 1875)
  • The Cottage Kitchen (Scribners, 1883)
  • Judith (Our Continent, 1883)
  • Housekeeping & Homemaking (Lovell, 1883)
  • Cookery for Beginners (Lothrop, 1884)
  • Common Sense In The Nursery (Scribners, 1885)
  • Not Pretty, But Precious (Watson, 1887)
  • Our Baby's First & Second Years (Reed & Carnick, 1887)
  • A Gallant Fight (Dodd, Mead, 1888)
  • House & Home (Ziegler, 1889)
  • Two Ways Of Keeping A Wife (Walker, 189-)
  • Country Living For City People (American Bank Note Company, 1890)
  • Stepping Stones (Street & Smith, 1890)
  • With The Best Intentions (Scribners, 1890)
  • His Great Self (Scribners, 1890)
  • The Story Of Mary Washington (Houghton, Mifflin, 1892)
  • Mr. Wayt's Wife's Sister (Cassell, 1894)
  • The Premium Cook Book (American Technical Book Company, 1894)
  • The Royal Road (Randolph, 1894)
  • The Home Of The Bible (Monarch, 1895)
  • Talks Upon Practical Subjects (Warner Bros., 1895; with a chapter by Dr. Fiske Bryson, the mother of Albert Payson Terhune's first wife)
  • Under The Flag Of The Orient (Historical Publishing Company, 1896)
  • The Art Of Cooking By Gas (American Technical Book Company, 1896)
  • The Ladies' Home Cook Book (Manufacturers, 1896)
  • The Secret Of A Happy Home (Christian Herald, 1896)
  • The National Cook Book (Scribners, 1896)
  • An Old - Field School - Girl (Scribners, 1897)
  • Ruth Bergen's Limitations (Revell, 1897)
  • Some Colonial Homesteads And Their Stories (Putnam, 1897)
  • The Comfort Of Cooking And Heating By Gas (Crane, 1898)
  • Where Ghosts Walk (Putnam, 1899)
  • Charlotte Bronte At Home (Putnam, 1899)
  • Cooking Hints (Home Topics, 1899)
  • Home Topics (Home Topics, 1899)
  • Household Management (Home Topics, 1899)
  • Health Topics (Home Topics, 1899)
  • More Colonial Homesteads And Their Stories (Putnam, 1899)
  • When Grandmama Was New (Lothrop, 1899)
  • William Cowper (Putnam, 1899)
  • Marion Harland's Cook Book Of Tried And True Recipes (International, 190-)
  • 365 Desserts (George W. Jacobs, 1900)
  • Dr. Dale: A Story Without A Moral (Dodd, Mead, 1900; with Albert Payson Terhune)
  • Hannah More (Putnam, 1900)
  • John Knox (Putnam, 1900)
  • In Our Country (Putnam, 1901)
  • Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book (Bobbs - Merrill, 1903)
  • Everyday Etiquette (Bobbs - Merrill, 1905)
  • The New England Cook Book (Chas. E. Brown, 1905)
  • The Distraction Of Martha (Scribners, 1906)
  • Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette (Bobbs - Merrill, 1907, with Virginia Terhune van der Water)
  • The Housekeeper's Week (Bobbs - Merrill, 1908)
  • The Housekeeper's Guide And Family Physician (Bobbs - Merrill, 191-)
  • Marion Harland's Autobiography (Harpers, 1910) (Currently in print.)
  • The Story Of Canning And Recipes (National Canners Association, 1910)
  • Home Helps: A Pure Food Cook Book (N. K. Fairbank Co., 1910)
  • House Making (Hall & Locke, 1911)
  • Colonial Homesteads And Their Stories (Putnam, 1912)
  • The Helping Hand Cook book (Moffat, Yard, 1912)
  • Looking Westward (Scribners, 1914)
  • A Long Lane (Hearsts, 1915)
  • The Carringtons Of High Hill (Scribners, 1919)
  • The New Common Sense In the Household (Stokes, 1926)

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  1. ^ "Colonel George P. Hawes. Brother of Late Mrs. E.P. Terhune Dies in South at 86.", New York Times, January 27, 1932, Wednesday. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. 
  2. ^ "Albert P. Terhune Dies.", New York Times, February 19, 1942, Thursday. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. "Writer of Stories About Dogs. Stricken at Pompton Lakes. His Kennel Famous. Dis Screen Work. Published 'Lad: A Dog,' First in Canine Series, in 1919." 
  3. ^ "Marion Harland, Author, Dies at 91", New York Times, June 4, 1922, Sunday. Retrieved on 2007-05-24. "Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune, Writer Since Childhood, Succumbs at Her City Home. A home making Genius. Her Fame Gained, Aside From Her Novels, on Books on Cookery and Household Management. Mrs. Mary Virginia Terhune, widow of the Rev. Edward Parson Terhune and known to many thousand readers throughout the United States by her pen name, Marion Harland, died Friday night of old age at her home, 311 ..."