American poet and author
Belle R. Harrison (1856-1940) was a poet and short story author of the American South, as well as an educator.
Biography.
Lucy Belle Richardson was born October 20, 1856, at Camden, Alabama. She was the daughter of Professor Warfield Creath Richardson (1823-1914) and Catherine Cole (Jones) Richardson (1833-1911). Her siblings were Clement (b. 1859) and Ida (b. 1861). She was educated at Stafford school and the Tuscaloosa female college. 
Harrison was the author of, "Poems", 1898, as well as a collection of "negro" short stories. She was a Methodist and a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Harrison served as president of the Kettledrum Club of Tuscaloosa.
On July 21, 1881, she married John Calhoun Harrison, of Tuscaloosa. They resided in that city. Their children were Katie (b. 1882) and Adeline (b. 1888). Belle R. Harrison died in Tuscaloosa, December 4, 1940.
The Belle R. Harrison Literary Society was named in her honor.
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