Biography

Margaret Cockburn Conkling (a.k.a. Mrs. Steele; born 27 January 1814; died 1890) became an accomplished author, with works such as The American Gentleman's Guide To Politeness and Fashion, Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington (Auburn, N. Y., 1851-1853), Isabel; or, Trials of the Heart and a translation of Florian's History of the Moors of Spain. She married Albert Steele. She dedicated a poem to Frances in her book, Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington, published at Auburn by Derby, Miller and Company in 1850.