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    Felix Ocatvius Carr Darley

    Birth: 6-21-1821

    Death: 3-27-1888

Biography

Felix Octavius Carr (F.O.C.) Darley was born in Philadelphia, and began his career in New York City before moving to Claymont, Delaware. He worked as a newspaper, magazine, and book illustrator. He illustrated books for Charles Dickens, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alfred Tennyson. He was one of the first artists to specialize in the field of book illustration. In 1859, he married Jenny Colburn. 

Letter References

Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Sarah Dare Hance, December 18, 1864

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Felix Octavius Carr (F.O.C.) Darley was born in Philadelphia, and began his career in New York City before moving to Claymont, Delaware. He worked as a newspaper, magazine, and book illustrator. He illustrated books for Charles Dickens, James Fenimore Cooper, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alfred Tennyson. He was one of the first artists to specialize in the field of book illustration. In 1859, he married Jenny Colburn. 

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Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
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Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 May 2019), memorial page for Felix Octavius Carr Darley (22 Jun 1821–27 Mar 1888), Find A Grave Memorial no. 8727, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society ("AAS") and may not be reproduced, transferred, commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.