Owen Wister (1860-1938)

of Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Author, the "Father of Western Fiction"

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Dr. Owen Jones Wister

Physician, of Germantown, Pennsylvania

1825-1896

Sarah (Butler) Wister

Mrs Sarah (Butler) Wister

1835-1908

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Mary (Wister) Wister

Mrs Mary Channing (Wister) Wister

1870-1913

Owen Wister: Chronicler of the West, Gentleman of the East By Darwin Payne The Virginian By Owen Wister

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