[pseudonym “Pearl Rivers”]. American journalist, born near Pearl River, MS; the daughter of J. W. Poitevent. She contributed verses to Lippincott’s and other periodicals under her pseudonym. A volume of her poems was published in 1873. She was given a position on the New Orleans Picayune by A. M. Holbrook, the proprietor of the paper, whom she afterward married. Upon his death she became sole owner of the Picayune, and afterward married George Nicholson, the business manager. She died in New Orleans on the 15th of February 1896.
