Belle R. Harrison

Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940) was a poet and short story author, and educator from Alabama. She was educated at Stafford school and the Tuscaloosa female college. Writing about the American South, she was the author of a collection of poems and a collection of short stories. She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) and was honored with a literary society named in her honor.

Biography Lucy Belle Richardson was born October 20, 1856, at Camden, Alabama. She was the daughter of Professor Warfield Creath Richardson (1823-1914) and Catherine Cole (Jones) Richardson (1833-1911). She was educated at Stafford school and the uscaloosa female college.

Harrison was the author of, Poems, 1898, She was a Methodist and a member of the UDC.

On July 21, 1881, she married John Calhoun Harrison, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and they resided in that city.

Selected works

Poems "Pomp's Defense", The Banner Weekly, 1893 "How Many Cats Have We", The Chicago Ledger, 1898

Poetry collections Poems, 1898 (text)

Short story collections Pomp's People, 1929