Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell | |
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Born | Eliza ("Lizzie") Phelps Estabrook August 27, 1836 Arlington, Massachusetts, US |
Died | March 20, 1922 Arlington, Massachusetts, US | (aged 85)
Pen name | Esta Brook; Aunt Nabby; Mrs. Peleg Newsb;, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans |
Occupation | Novelist; short-story writer |
Language | English |
Spouse |
Andrew Allison Evans
(m. 1863)George Howe Hansell (m. 1893) |
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Eliza P. Evans-Hansell (née, Estabrook; pen names, Esta Brook, Aunt Nabby, Mrs. Peleg Newsby, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans; August 27, 1836 – March 20, 1922) was an American novelist and short-story writer from Massachusetts. Under the pen name of "Aunt Nabby", she wrote articles with dialect humor in the columns of the Boston Commonwealth and other newspapers, before aggregating the stories into an illustrated volume. Evans-Hansell was interested in historical and genealogical research.