Dr. Wm. A. Caruthers Early American Novelist
N 32° 04.567 W 081° 05.592
17S E 491204 N 3548876
Dr Caruthers (1802-46) who spent the latter years of his life in a house near hear writing and helping the community.
Waymark Code: WM2V8X
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/24/2007
Views: 45
One block west of this marker -- at the northwest corner of Hull and Whitaker Streets -- stood, formerly, the residence of William Alexander Caruthers, Virginia's earliest significant novelist. He resided in Savannah for several years before his death in 1846. Dr. Caruthers, who married Louisa Catherine Gibson of Whitemarsh Island, Chatham County, moved in 1837 to this city where he successfully practiced medicine. He took a prominent part in affairs in Savannah as a realtor; was one of the founders of the Georgia Historical Society and while an Alderman, 1841-1844, was instrumental in giving Savannahians direct election of their Mayors.
As one of the South's pioneering historical romancers, Caruthers rewrote and first published at Savannah his last and finest novel, "The Knights of the Golden Horse-Shoe" (1841), one of the earliest novels to be published in book form in Georgia. His first novel, "The Kentuckian in New-York" (1834), contains an admiring description of Savannah. Dr. Caruthers died of tuberculosis at Marietta, Ga., in 1846 and is buried there in an unlocated grave in St. James' churchyard.
025-31 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 25-31
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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