Catharine H. Waterman

Catharine H. Waterman
Born	Catharine Harbison Waterman April 12, 1812 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 6, 1897 (aged 84) Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting place	Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia
Occupation	author
Genre	poetry hymns stories
Spouse	George J. Esling ​ ​ (m. 1840; died 1897)​

Catharine H. Waterman (née, Waterman; after marriage, Esling; April 12, 1812 - April 6, 1897) was an American writer and poet who contributed to the periodical literature. Her publications included books, edited volumes, as well as hymns.

Biography

Catharine (sometimes spelled "Catherine") Harbison Waterman (sometimes spelled "Watterman") was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1812.

Under her maiden name, she became known as an author in various periodicals. Her first published pieces appeared in the New York Mirror and subsequently, the Annuals, Graham's Magazine and Godey's Magazine.

Esling wrote hymns, such as "Come Unto Me", which were published in the annual The Christian Keepsake (1839). She stated that her hymns never would have been published but for her mother. In 1841, she edited a volume, Friendship's Offering for 1842. In 1850, her poems were collected and published under the title, The Broken Bracelet and Other Poems. In her later years, she gave up writing.

In 1840, she married Captain George J. Esling, of her native city, who was serving in the Merchant Marine. She resided in Rio de Janeiro from that date until 1844 after which she returned to Philadelphia. In 1883, after her husband's death in Philadelphia, Esling lived with a daughter. She was a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia,

Esling died April 6, 1897, in Camden. Interment was at Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia. She was survived by three sons.

Selected works

Books

• The Broken Bracelet and Other Poems, 1850
• The Book of parlour games : comprising explanations of the most approved games for the social circle, viz. games of motion, attention, memory, mystification and fun, gallantry and wit, with forfeits, penalities, etc., 1853
• Flora's lexicon : an interpretation of the language and sentiment of flowers : with an outline of botany, and a poetical introduction by Catharine H. Waterman, 1857

Hymns

• "Come sons of Columbia, while proudly and high"
• "Come unto me when shadows darkly gather"
• "Father, a weary heart hath come"

Edited volumes

• Friendship's Offering for 1842, 1841

References

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1849). The Female Poets of America. Carey and Hart.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: May, Caroline (1858). The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices (Public domain ed.). Lindsay & Blakiston.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Nutter, Charles Sumner; Tillett, Wilbur Fisk (1911). The Hymns and Hymn Writers of the Church: An Annotated Edition of the Methodist Hymnal (Public domain ed.). Methodist Book Concern. ISBN 978-0-524-03076-9.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Read, Thomas Buchanan (1849). The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices, and Specimens of Their Writings (Public domain ed.). E. H. Butler & Company.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Sunderland, Jabez Thomas; Herford, Brooke; Mott, Frederick B. (1888). The Unitarian. Vol. 3 (Public domain ed.). Proprietors.

External links

• Works by or about Catharine H. Waterman at the Internet Archive