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Mary Newton Stanard
1865–1929
A Virginia historian with a gift for making the colony’s early years feel vivid and human, she wrote popular works on Richmond, colonial life, and notable figures from the state’s past.
2 Audiobooks
The Story of Bacon's Rebellion
by Mary Newton Stanard
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe
by Mary Newton Stanard
About the author
Mary Newton Stanard, born Mary Mann Page Newton in 1865, was an American historian and author known for writing about Virginia’s colonial and early national history. She was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the daughter of John Brockenbrough Newton and Roberta Page Williamson Newton, and later married William Glover Stanard.
Her books include The Story of Virginia's First Century, Colonial Virginia: Its People and Customs, and a study of John Marshall. Contemporary reference sources describe her as a specialist in Virginia history, and her work is still remembered for bringing together research on everyday life, local history, and important people from the state’s past.
She died on June 5, 1929, after a long illness. I found reliable biographical information about her, but I could not confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included.