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essays and stories for national periodicals, including "The Old Stone Fort at
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Lee Cohen married her first cousin once removed Jacob "Jack" de la Motta Harby in 1869. They had two children, Marx Edwin Harby and Lily Lee Harby, and lived in New York from 1890 to 1900. She was widowed in 1916 and she died in 1918, aged 69 years, in
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Harby moved to Texas as a new bride. She wrote for local newspapers there, including an 1873 essay, "Christmas Before the War". Her 1883 essay, "On Women and Their
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reunions, and was honored by that organization for her contributions. "I love everything
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