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Nellie Treanor Stokes
Best known for a short, sympathetic biography of Rachel Jackson, this Nashville writer helped preserve a piece of Tennessee history in an accessible, personal way. Her work reflects a strong interest in the people and stories surrounding Andrew Jackson’s world.
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Rachel Jackson
by Nellie Treanor Stokes
About the author
Born in 1862 and dying in 1948, Nellie Treanor Stokes was a Tennessee writer associated with Nashville. She is best remembered as the author of Rachel Jackson, a brief biography published by the Ladies' Hermitage Association in 1942.
That book focuses on the life of Rachel Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, and was created as part of an effort to keep her story alive for general readers. The surviving record easily confirms the book and its publisher; beyond that, detailed biographical information about Stokes herself appears to be limited in widely available sources.
A few historical references also place her in the Stokes family of Nashville and connect her with Breezemont, the family home. Even with the gaps in the record, her name endures through Rachel Jackson, a concise work of regional and historical biography.