Adelia Pope Branham

Adelia Pope Branham (October 13, 1861 – January 12, 1917) was an American writer of poetry and prose. Many of her poems were set to music by composers, and were published. She became a short story writer after 1899.

Early life and education Adelia Pope was born in Greenfield, Indiana, October 13, 1861, and lived all her life at Greenfield. She had at least one sibling, a sister, Mrs. James F. Reed. She was a member of the Loyal Women's Bible Class, Greenfield.

Death A few days before her death, Branham had been staying at a sanitarium at Indianapolis, where she had undergone a surgical operation. She died at Greenfield, Indiana, January 12, 1917.

Selected works

Books Grandma Tales and Others, (1899, poetry collection) A Daughter of April, 1903 April Showers (prose)

Poems "Resurgo" "The Day We Threshed" "Out in God's Fields"

Short stories "More Stately Mansions" "The House on the Sand "The Other Prodigal" "In the Far County"