Maria T. Daviess

Maria Thompson Daviess
Born
Maria Thompson

October 31, 1814
DiedDecember 19, 1896 (aged 82)
Harrodsburg
Pen nameunspecified
Occupationauthor
LanguageEnglish
Genrepoetry
Subjectlocal history
Spouse
William Newton Daviess
(m. 1839; died 1881)
ChildrenHannah Daviess Pittman
Relatives

Maria T. Daviess (née, Thompson; also known as, Mrs. Maria Thompson Daviess; misspelled, Daveiss; pen names, unspecified; October 31, 1814 – December 19, 1896) was a 19th-century American author from Kentucky. Among her publications were Roger Sherman, a Tale of '76; Woman's Love; a volume of Poems; and History of Mercer and Boyle Counties.