Anne Virginia Culbertson

Anne Virginia Culbertson (November 16, 1857 – December 7, 1918) was an American writer, known chiefly as the author of dialect poems, and as a public reader of her own productions. Culbertson attempted numerous dialects; however, her work was not confined to dialect alone; she also wrote a good deal of serious verse. Others writings included occasional short stories and articles to various publications including the Cosmopolitan, Munsey's, Pearson's, the Puritan, Outing, Dixie, the Ladies' Home Journal, and prominent newspapers, such as the Boston Transcript, The Washington Post, and The Baltimore Sun.

Early life and education Anne Virginia Culbertson was born in Zanesville, Ohio, November 16, 1857. She came from a family prominently identified with Ohio. Her grandfather, the Rev. James Culbertson, came from Pennsylvania to Zanesville in the early part of the nineteenth century and for 30 years was recognized as an eminent and scholarly divine in this section. He was popularly known all over the state as "Parson Culbertson". Her father, Capt. Howard Culbertson, M.D. (1828–1890), was a surgeon who served through the Revolutionary War and afterward in the regular army. On his retirement, he became a noted specialist in diseases of the eye and at one time occupied the chair of ophthalmology in Columbus Medical College. Her father being a military man, Anne's childhood was spent in going from one military post to another. Her mother, Louisa Maria (Safford) (1836–1885), was a Southener, hence Anne's interest in Southern dialects. Later, she studied in Washington. "The Woman Who Married an Owl" "Mr. Hare Tries to Get a Wife"

Poems "Whar Dem Sinful Apples Grow" "Quit Yo' Worryin'" "When We Hear the Organ Down the Street"