Margaret Hunt Brisbane (, Hunt; after marriage, Hunt, though also known as, Mrs. Howard; pen names, Johny Hunt and Mrs. Johny Hunt Brisbane; February 11, 1858 – January 5, 1925) was an American poet of the Confederacy. She was also a magazine writer of national repute, and a popular contributor to

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, she came from a literary family. She was married in 1883, and for many years made her home in New Orleans. ''Poems by Margaret Hunt Brisbane'' was published in 1925.

Early life and education

Margaret Hunt was born in Vicksburg, February 11, 1858. She was the youngest daughter of Col. Harper P. Hunt, a Southerner, whose wife was Margaret Tompkins, a member of a well-known

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family of that name. Her childhood was passed in the enjoying outdoor sport, amid the trees that surrounded the "old house on the hill," as the Hunt mansion was called. She grew up with a poetic temperament, fully developed by her surroundings.

Career

Early in life, Brisbane began to express her musings in verse, and some of her earliest poems gave evidence of the poetical qualities she revealed in her later and more important work.

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ans were proud of her achievements in literature. "Easter day" and "With you" were both published in 1905. Her "Silhouettes" describe the

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which she experienced in childhood. Brisbane published using

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s including "Johny Hunt" and "Mrs. Johny Hunt Brisbane". She was a member of the Mississippi Press Association, a frequent contributor to the newspapers in

while she lived in the State, and after her removal to New Orleans, contributed poems to various leading periodicals. Brisbane was a versatile woman who sympathized with women's causes. She was a leader in Vicksburg society. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1883, she married Dr. Howard P. Brisbane, of

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, a grandson of

Albert Brisbane Albert Brisbane (August 22, 1809 – May 1, 1890) was an American utopian socialist and is remembered as the chief popularizer of the theories of Charles Fourier in the United States. Brisbane was the author of several books, notably ''Social D ...

, of

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fame. After marriage, they moved to New Orleans. Their family consisted of three children, Sherad Brisbane, Miles Brisbane, Mrs. David Comers, Jr.; and an adopted son, Hunt Capers. She died in New Orleans, January 5, 1925. ''Poems by Margaret Hunt Brisbane'' (Boston, 1925) were published posthumously by Florence Frances Huberwald.

Selected works

By Margaret Hunt Brisbane

* ''Poems'' (Boston, 1925)

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