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Florence Morse
Kingsley (July 14, 1859 – November 7, 1937) was an American authoress of
popular and religious fiction. Florence Morse Kingsley was born in Poe,
Medina County, Ohio, to artists Eleanor Ecob and Jonathan Bradley Morse.
Florence grew up in Brecksville Township, Ohio where her parents were educators
in the local school district.
Florence Morse was a student at Wellesley College
from 1876 to 1879. However, she had to leave before graduating because of a
severe eye problem. She married Reverend Charles Rawson Kingsley, son of
Frances Elizabeth Rawson and Charles Clark Kingsley on July 12, 1882 in Utica,
New York. Dr. Charles and Mrs Florence Kingsley had five children: Charles
Rawson Kingsley, Jr., Donald Morse Kingsley, Grace Ecob Kingsley, James Morse
Kingsley, and John Bradley Kingsley. Florence Morse Kingsley was a
contemporary of fellow writer Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur.
When Kingsley was thirty-five, a publisher held a
writing competition to obtain the best manuscript that would inspire a child’s
faith for Christ. It was in this contest that Florence Kingsley submitted her
manuscript for Titus: A Comrade of the Cross. In six weeks, 200,000 copies had
been printed to meet demand. She later published two other works of Christian
fiction: the sequel to her original entitled Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross,
and the epic tale The Cross Triumphant. Kingsley was featured in, and a
contributing writer to, the Ladies' Home Journal.