Wilma Frances Minor

Wilma Frances Minor Meredith was a novelist, short story writer and biographer. In 1928 she was involved in "one of the most notorious journalistic forgeries of the twentieth century", faking and publishing letters and a diary "proving" the love and relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge.

Early life Wilma Frances Minor was a native of California,

After the scandal Wilma Frances Minor used the pen-name of Wilma Minor Meredith, her husband being Ernest Meredith of Chula Vista, California. In 1941 she started a collaboration with The Chula Vista Star where she interviewed business, professional and outstanding citizens of Chula Vista.

Personal life Wilma Frances Minor lived in New York City and Chicago, and moved to San Diego in 1923 and lived at Casa Caldiego, 4020 Forty-seventh St., San Diego, California. She married Ernest L. Meredith (died 1956), a chef at Fredericka Home, Chula Vista, for eleven years, and then owner of the Bonita Cafe. They first lived in Chula Vista and after 20 years moved to Atascadero, California.