Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Daveiss, Maria

DAVEISS, Maria (Thompson), author, b. in Harrodsburg, Ky., 31 Oct., 1814; d. there, 19 Dec., 1896. Her early education was received in Harrodsburg. In 1839 she married William Daveiss. Her poem in compliment to a bride was extensively copied, and was followed by “The Nun” and “A Harvest Hymn.” “Roger Sherman, A Tale of '76,” and “Woman's Love,” are her best-known stories. She received from the Kentucky state agricultural society a premium for an essay on the “Cultivation and Uses of the Chinese Sugar-Cane,” which she was successful in introducing into the state. Mrs. Daveiss published a “History of Mercer and Boyle Counties, Ky.” (1886).