Background
Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke was born on November 20, 1870 in at Atchison, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jacob Schell and Amma (Carter) Hoke.
Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke was born on November 20, 1870 in at Atchison, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Jacob Schell and Amma (Carter) Hoke.
Educated under direction of maternal grandmother. Studied music in New York and afterward in France.
Became member Frank Mayos theatrical company, 1886. Left stage, 1887; special correspondent New York Worlds in Europe, 1889, returned to France on professional missions, 1891-1892, and 1897-1898. Special writer for Sunday Times, New York, 1901-1902.
Author: Illinois Ne’er Consent, 1888.
Juggernaut, (with George Gary Eggleston, 1891. The Soul of a Woman, 1897.
The Diary of a Musician, 1904. A King’s Divinity; Crumbs and His Times.
Old New England Churches.
Songs Every Child Should Know. Hymns Every Child Should Know. Operas Every Child Should Know, 1906.
Pictures Every Child Should Know, 1908.
Plays (produced): Juggernaut. The End of the Century.
Dead Heroes and Live Ones. Contributor to magazines*‡.
Member Frank Mayos theatrical company
Married Charles East. Bacon, of Essex, New York, October 1, 1898.