Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Kenton County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 610. MRS. ALICE SMITH WINSTON, Nee Smith, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, but since 1850, a resident of Covington, Ky., except about two years spent in Boone co., is a lady of elegante culture, of fine poetic taste, and as retiring and modest about the productions of her pen as she is beautiful in person. The earliest published pieces we have seen, all short, were written about 1860, some years after her marriage to Alex. V. Winston, a Cincinnati merchant; and gave promise of the undisguised popularity of many of her pieces over the signature of "Ecila," in the Cincinnati Enquirer. Her latest pieces have been over another signature. From the limited number of pieces we find preserved by an appreciative friend, the following are selected as among the sweetest, but are probably not the best or most original in expression: [Note: Poems shown: "The Little Brown House," "After The Summer," "When Will Women Vote?" and "John's Letter."] Smith Winston = OH Boone-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/kenton/winston.as.txt