Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Writer, Author
1860 – 1936
Who was Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews?
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews was an American writer. She is best known for a widely read short story about US President Abraham Lincoln, "The Perfect Tribute", which was adapted for film twice and sold 600,000 copies when published as a standalone volume.
Andrews was born in Mobile, Alabama, the oldest child of the Reverend Jacob Shipman, rector of Christ Episcopal Church. She grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, where her father was rector of another Christ Church. Her younger brother, Herbert Shipman, later became suffragan bishop of New York. In 1884, she married William Shankland Andrews, a young lawyer who would become judge of the New York Court of Appeals and spent most of the rest of her life in Syracuse, New York. They lived on an estate named Wolf Hollow in nearby Taunton, New York. They had one child, Paul Shipman Andrews, who became dean of the Syracuse University College of Law.
For thirty years, the Andrewses spent summers at a wilderness camp about a hundred miles outside Quebec. In 1926, Andrews qualified as big game hunter.
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- Born
- Apr 2, 1860
United States of America - Also known as
- Mary Raymond Shipman
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- William Shankland Andrews
(1884 - 1936/08/02)
- William Shankland Andrews
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 2, 1936
Syracuse
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on July 23, 2013
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