Anna Maria Mead Chalmers
Anna Maria Mead Chalmers | |
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| Born | July 23, 1809  |
| Died | December 8, 1891 (aged 82) |
Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (born Anna Maria Campbell Hickman July 23, 1809 – December 8, 1891) was an American journalist and children's literature writer.
Biography
Anna Maria Mead Chalmers was born on July 23, 1809, in Detroit.[1]
In February 1830, she married George Alexander Otis, Jr. He died in 1831. In 1837, she married Rev. Zachariah Mead.[2] He died on 27 November 1840. In 1841, she opened a Richmond boarding school, Mrs. Mead's School.[3] On 3 January 1856, she married David Chalmers. In 1863, she moved to New York.[2]
She wrote children's books. Her work appeared in the Boston Home Journal, the New York Churchman, the New York Tribune, and the Southern Literary Messenger.[3]
Chalmers died on 8 December 1891 in Albemarle County, Virginia. She was buried in Shockoe Cemetery.
Selected works
- The Good Son, 1834
- The Good Resolution, 1834
- The Sisters, 1834
- Sketches By A Christian's Way-side, H. Hooker 1846.
- Brown and Arthur, 1861
References
- ^ Massachusetts, Colonial Society of (1907). Transactions of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. The Society.
- ^ a b "The Unstoppable Anna Maria Mead Chalmers | Beehive". www.masshist.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ a b "Renee Savits – Encyclopedia Virginia". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
Further reading
- Edward Campbell Mead, A Biographical Sketch, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers: In Memoriam, E. Waddey Company, 1893
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