Margaret Cockburn Steele

Given Name
Margaret Cockburn
Surname
Steele
Maiden Name
Conkling
Birth Date
January 27, 1814
Death Date
July 29, 1890
Biographical Information
Margaret Cockburn Conkling (a.k.a. Mrs. Steele; born 27 January 1814; died 1890) became an accomplished author, with works such as The American Gentleman's Guide To Politeness and Fashion, Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington (Auburn, N. Y., 1851-1853), Isabel; or, Trials of the Heart and a translation of Florian's History of the Moors of Spain. She married Albert Steele. She dedicated a poem to Frances in her book, Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington, published at Auburn by Derby, Miller and Company in 1850.
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Additional notes: BURIAL Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA PLOT Lot 17959, Section 152
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Ancestry Library. Last modified June 25, 2014. Accessed on June 25, 2014.