Sally Bruce Kinsolving

Sally Bruce Kinsolving (born February 14, 1876) was an American poet.

Life
Kinsolving was born 'Sally Archer Bruce in Richmond, Virginia. Her grandfather was Charles Bruce, a former Virginia State Senator. Other notable relatives included her uncles William Cabell Bruce, a former U.S. Senator from Maryland; Thomas Nelson Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry; Philip Alexander Bruce, Virginia historian; and James Douglas Bruce, Arthurian scholar.

She was educated at her grandfather's home and in private schools.

She married Rev. Arthur Barksdale Kinsolving, a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria and rector at Christ Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, on February 5, 1886. The couple moved to Baltimore in 1906, where Rev. Kinsolving served as rector at Old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, living at the rectory at 24 Saratoga Street. They had 7 children: Arthur Lee, Sally, Herbert, Mary Bruce, Anne Seddon, Lucinda, and Eleanor. Anne Seddon (m. Anne Seddon Kinsolving Brown) also became a writer.