23 Facts About Francis Church

Francis Pharcellus Church was an American publisher and editor.

Francis Church was a war correspondent for The New York Times during the American Civil War.

Francis Church worked at The New York Sun in the early 1860s and again from 1874 till his death, writing thousands of editorials.

In 1897, Church wrote the editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".

Francis Church died in New York City and is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

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Francis "Frank" Pharcellus Church was born in Rochester on February 22,1839, to Pharcellus Church, a Baptist minister, and Chara Emily Church.

Francis Church had three sisters; an older brother, William Conant Church; and a younger brother, John Adams Church.

Francis Church's education was centered around math and foreign languages.

Francis Church matriculated at Columbia College in New York City, where he graduated with honors in 1859.

In 1866, the brothers founded the Galaxy literary magazine as a competitor to The Atlantic Monthly; Francis Church was a publisher for two years and an editor there until 1872 or 1878.

In 1870, Francis Church proposed that Mark Twain contribute a "Memoranda" column in the magazine, a request Twain accepted; he edited the column from May 1870 to March 1871.

Francis Church managed the Internal Revenue Record and Customs Journal with his brother from 1870 to 1895.

Francis Church was re-hired as a part-time editor and writer at the New York Sun in 1874.

Francis Church started working full-time there after leaving The Galaxy.

One of his more popular editorials was in response to a maid asking about etiquette, after which Francis Church wrote a series of additional replies to letters asking for advice.

Francis Church continued to work for The Sun until his death in 1906.

In 1897, Mitchell gave Francis Church a letter written to the Sun by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, who wanted to know whether there truly is a Santa Claus.

Mitchell reported that Francis Church, who was initially reluctant to write a response, produced it "in a short time" during an afternoon.

In 1882 or 1883, Francis Church moved from 107 East 35th Street to the Florence Apartment House, located at East 18th Street and East Union Place.

Francis Church was a member of the Sons of the Revolution, the National Sculpture Society, and the Century Association.

Francis Church died in New York City on April 11,1906, at the age of 67, at his home on 46 East 30th Street.

Francis Church had an unknown illness for several months before his death.

Francis Church was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.