Julia K. Wetherill Baker

• Name — Julia K. Wetherill • Birth Name — Julia Kein Wetherill • Pen Name — Julia K. Wetherill, J.K.W. • Occupation — Writer, poet • Born — 15 July 1858 • Died — 25 July 1931 • Birthplace — Woodville, Mississippi, U.S • Place of death — New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. • Spouse — Marion A. Baker (m. 1886)

Julia Kein Wetherill was born in Woodville, Mississippi and educated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1884, she moved to New Orleans where two years later she married Marion A. Baker, editor of the newspaper New Orleans Times-Democrat. In 1916, she was recorded as being Sunday editor of that newspaper. She wrote "Literary Pathways", a book review column, and "Innocent Bystander", a column concerning the theater and music, both of which appeared in the New Orleans newspapers. She published a number of short stories in publications including Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Century Magazine, and The Critic, often under the name Julie K. Wetherill. Baker's funeral was held in Christ Church Cathedral, and she was buried in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3.