MCCARTER, MARGARET HILL (MRS. WILLIAM A.): 1860-1938.
Margaret Hill , daughter of Thomas Thornburg and Nancy Davis Hill, was born in Charlottesville, Ind., on May 2, 1860, and graduated from the State Normal School at Terre Haute. She also received honorary degrees from Baker and Washburn universities and from the College of Emporia. She married William Arthur McCarter.
Mrs. McCarter taught in the Indiana schools and was later head of the English department of Topeka (Kan.) High School. In addition to her books she contributed short stories to magazines and was a lecturer on literary and educational subjects.
She died on Aug. 31, 1938.
Information from Who Was Who in America.
- The Cottonwood's Story. Topeka,
Kan., 1903.
- Cuddy's Baby, Story of Kansas Folks.
Topeka, Kan., 1907.
- Cuddy, and Other Stories. Topeka,
Kan., 1908. (4th ed.).
- In Old Quivira. Topeka, Kan.,
1908.
- The Price of the Prairie: a Story of Kansas.
Chicago, 1910.
- The Peace of the Solomon Valley.
Chicago, 1911.
- A Wall of Men. Chicago, 1912.
- A Master's Degree.
Chicago, 1913.
- Winning the Wilderness. Chicago,
1914.
- The Corner Stone. Chicago, 1915.
- Vanguards of the Plains, a Romance of the Old Santa F6
Trail. New York, 1917.
- The Reclaimers. New York, 1918.
- Paying Mother; the Tribute Beautiful. New
York, 1920.
- Homeland. New York, 1922.
- Widening Waters. New York, 1924.
- The Candle in the Window.
Chicago, 1925.
