Mansfield Tracy Walworth (December 3, 1830 – June 3, 1873) was an American writer.
Biography
Born in 1830, the son of
Reuben H. Walworth, State Chancellor of New York, and Maria Ketchum Averill.
In 1852, he married
Ellen Hardin Walworth
Ellen Hardin Walworth (October 20, 1832 – June 23, 1915) was an American author, lawyer, and activist who was a passionate advocate for the importance of studying history and historic preservation. Walworth was one of the founders of the Daugh ...
, his step sister. The marriage would break up due to his abusive tendencies.
In 1873, Walworth was murdered by his son, Frank Walworth, at the Sturdevant House Hotel,
Manhattan
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.
He was buried in
Greenridge Cemetery
Greenridge Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Notable burials
* Seymour Ainsworth (1821–1890)
* George Sherman Batcheller (1837–1908)
* George S. Bolster (1913–1989)
* Charles Brackett (1892–1969)
* Edgar T. Br ...
in
Saratoga Springs, New York
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.
Bibliography
*'' The Mission of Death: A Tale of the New York Penal Laws'' (1850)
*'' Hotspur.: A Tale of the Old Dutch Manor'' (1864)
*'' Warwick: or, The Lost Nationalities of America. A Novel'' (1869)
*'' Stormcliff. A Tale of the Highlands'' (1871)
*'' Lulu. A Tale of the National Hotel Poisoning'' (1871)
*'' Delaplaine: or, The Sacrifice of Irene. A Novel'' (1872)
*'' Beverly; or, The White Mask'' (1872)
*'' Married in Mask: A Novel'' (1888)
*''Zahara, or A Leap for Empire'' (1888)
References
1830 births
1873 deaths
People murdered in 1873
19th-century American male writers
19th-century American novelists
19th-century people from New York (state)
American male novelists
American murder victims
Burials at Greenridge Cemetery
Patricides
People murdered in New York City
Novelists from New York (state)
Writers from Albany, New York
Writers from Manhattan
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