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In 1912 he married Susanah Kiefer Robinson of Dayton, who survived him by twenty years. In the absence of children of his own, he saw a good deal of Donald, John, and Booth Jameson, the sons of his sister Hauté (Mrs. Ovid Butler Jameson), and of their children.
Tarkington's second marriage was to Susanah Keifer Robinson in 1912. They had no children. Tarkington began losing his eyesight in the 1920s. He continued producing his works by dictating to his secretary Elizabeth Trotter.
Nov 4, 2019 · Susanah Robinson was a mature woman who had had some business success and was well equipped to create a cushioned environment in which her writer husband could flourish.
Susanah S. Keifer. Tarkington. Birth. 13 Jun 1871. Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. Death. 12 Jan 1966 (aged 94) Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA.
Tarkington was married to Laurel Louise Fletcher in 1902. The couple was divorced in 1911. One daughter, Laurel, died as a child. He would go on to marry Susanah Kiefer Robinson of Dayton. She would outlive Tarkington by two decades.
Nov 21, 2018 · After divorcing his first wife, Tarkington was remarried to Susanah Keifer Robinson in 1912 (they met at a house party in Dayton, Ohio in 1912). They had no children. Tarkington died at the age of 76 in 1946, and despite being nearly blind, he was three-quarters of the way through a new novel at the time, later posthumously published as The ...
Photographs of Tarkington number twenty, ranging from childhood to old age, alone and in groups. Other photographs are those of his wife, Susanah (Keifer) Robinson Tarkington, and their families; the homes and boat of Tarkington; and Elizabeth Trotter, his secretary.
