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About Margaret Worth Sartin
Margaret Worth Porter was O. Henry's only child. She was born on 9/30/1889, in Austin, Texas.
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She was only seven when her mother died of tuberculosis. Less than a year later, her father was sent to jail and she was taken care of by her maternal grandparents. She was told he was travelling for business. She only found out he had been in jail after his death. They eventually moved from Austin, TX to Pittsburgh, PA.
During the three years he was in jail, O. Henry wrote to his daughter frequently, and she wrote back to him. Some of their letters can be found online:
http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/Departments/Library/ohenry/Historical+...
Margaret was nearly twelve when her father was released from jail and came back to live with them in Pittsburgh, PA, on July 24, 1901.
Less than a year later, O. Henry was offered a contract to write one story per week for the New York World and he moved to NYC.
O. Henry resented the fact that he never had a chance to attend college. He made sure he gave the opportunity to his daughter, by regularly sending money to pay for her college.
Margaret had a short writing career, from 1913 to 1916.
In July, 1916, she married the famous NYC cartoonist, Oscar Cesare. They divorced four years later, and she eventually moved to California and married A. J. Sartin in 1927. She died of tuberculosis three days after her wedding.
From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31844856/margaret-worth-sartin
She was cared for by Alec J Sartin and eventually married him on her death bed. She died three days after the marriage. In her will, she left all she had to her husband, A J Sartin, which included royalties from the works of her father.
From http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/
A funeral was held in New York City. He [O. Henry] now lies buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, North Carolina. His daughter was later buried beside him.
Citations
- "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QX-B37 : 10 February 2018), Oscar Cesare and Margaret Porter, 15 Jul 1916; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,614,516
- Margaret Porter in the New York, State Census, 1925Name: Margaret PorterBirth Date: abt 1889Birth Place: United States Age: 36 Gender: Female Residence Place: New York, New YorkRelationship: Head Color or Race: White Assembly District: 10 House Number: 211 Line Number: 01 Page Number: 6 Household Members: Name Age Margaret Porter 36 Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1925; Election District: 07; Assembly District: 10; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 6 Residence: 211 West 11th Street. Occupation: musician link
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31844856/margaret-worth-sartin
- https://m.facebook.com/ohenrymuseum/posts/2104840229546501
- https://www.austintexas.gov/department/o-henry-museum
(Some biographies state that Margaret studied at Princeton University, but the University archives have no record of her attendance. In fact, Princeton was all male at the time.)
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Margaret Worth Sartin's Timeline
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September 30, 1889
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Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
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| 1927 |
May 9, 1927
Age 37
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Riverside, Riverside County, California, United States
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Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States
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