About Bella Zilfa Spencer
Lived 1840 – 1867 (aged 26–27). Bella Zilfa Spencer was a writer.
Bella Zilfa Spencer ( – ) was an English-born American novelist and early editor of the Saturday Evening Post, She was the first wife of future US Senator George Eliphaz Spencer.
Bella Zilfa Spencer was born on in London.
She published numerous short stories in magazines like Godey's Lady's Book and Harper's Magazine and several novels and collections of stories.
In 1862, she married George E. Spencer. George Spencer was a Union Army General during the American Civil War. Following the war, he practiced law in Alabama before becoming a politician there. Bella Spencer died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on 1 August 1867.
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Who was Bella Zilfa Spencer?
1840-1867
When was Bella Zilfa Spencer born?
Bella Zilfa Spencer was born in 1840 in London.
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Bella Zilfa Spencer died in 1867 in Tuscaloosa.
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Bella Zilfa Spencer was a writer.
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