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Nellie Treanor Stokes
A Nashville writer with close family ties to the Hermitage, she brought firsthand local memory and careful historical research to her portrait of Rachel Jackson. Her work has endured as a concise, readable introduction to one of Tennessee's most storied families.
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Rachel Jackson
by Nellie Treanor Stokes
About the author
Nellie Treanor Stokes was an American writer remembered for Rachel Jackson, a short biography published by the Ladies' Hermitage Association. The book presents the life of Andrew Jackson's wife and reflects Stokes's strong connection to Tennessee history and to the world surrounding the Hermitage.
The introduction to Rachel Jackson says she spent part of her girlhood at Tulip Grove, a plantation next to the Hermitage, and that she was a frequent visitor to the mansion in those years. It also notes that she maintained an ongoing association with members of the Jackson family, which helps explain the personal, local perspective of her writing.
Available records place her life from 1862 to 1948, and sources connected with Nashville history identify her as part of the Treanor and Stokes families there. While not much widely published biographical detail survives, her writing remains of interest to readers drawn to Tennessee history, Andrew Jackson's circle, and early 20th-century historical biography.