Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney
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| Born | Julia Abigail Fletcher April 6, 1823 |
| Died | November 1, 1908 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | educator |
| Known for | "Little Things". |
| Spouse | Thomas J. Carney |
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, born Julia Fletcher (April 6, 1823, Lancaster, Massachusetts – November 1, 1908, Galesburg, Illinois) was an American educator and poet. She wrote the poem "Little things".[1]
Educated at Lancaster Academy, Julia Fletcher achieved fame in 1845 for her poem "Little Things".[2] In 1849 she married Thomas J. Carney, a Universalist minister; four of the couple's nine children died in infancy.[3]
Julia Fletcher Carney wrote for Universalist and other periodicals; many of her poems were set to music and published in school text-books or as hymns.[4]
References
- ^ Herringshaw, T. W., Herringshaw's national library of American biography, 5 vols, 1909-14
- ^ For different accounts of the publishing history of this poem, see Gardner, Martin, Famous Poems from Bygone Days, 1995, p. 35
- ^ Litvin, Martin. Papers re: Julia Fletcher Carney, 1843-1988 at Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- ^ "Mrs. T. J. Carney". Hymnary. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
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- Works by Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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