Annie McCarer Darlington (, Biles; after marriage, Mrs. F. J. Darlington; pen name, Gertrude St. Orme; July 20, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American poet. She was a frequest contributor to Cecil County, Maryland periodicals. Darlington died in 1907.

Biography

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, "Annie") McCarer Biles was born July 20, 1836, at Willow Grove, Cecil County, Maryland, about east of the village of Calvert formerly Brick Meeting House, and near the old Blue Ball Tavern. Her parents were Charles Biles and Catharine Ross Biles. Annie was a first cousin of Ida McCormick, their mothers being sisters. On November 20, 1860, she married Francis James Darlington (1840–1897), of West Chester, Pennsylvania, and spent the next five years on a farm near Unionville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The family then took up their residence near Westtown Friends' Boarding School, where they spent the summer season. During the winter, they resided in the town of

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on the banks of Lake Santa Fe. Darlington began to write poetry when about eighteen years of age, and was a frequent contributor to ''The Cecil Democrat'' and the ''Cecil Whig'', under the ''nom de plume'' of "Gertrude St. Orme". Anna McCarer Darlington died January 24, 1907, and was buried in West Chester.

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