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'LITTLE COLONEL' BROUGH FAME TO PEEWEE VALLEY.(Kentucky Life: History)

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From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
Date: 20050117
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Annie (Fellows) Johnston, author of popular children's books, was the daughter of the Rev. Albion and Mary (Erskine) Fellows, born on May 15, 1863, in Evansville, Ind.

She attended Evansville Public School, where she taught for one term before attending the University of Iowa in 1881-82. She returned to her teaching position in Evansville for three years and then worked as a stenographer. On Oct. 11, 1888, she married her second cousin, William L. Johnston, a widower with three children: Mary, Rena and John.

During her marriage, Johnston wrote short stories for her ...

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