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Elizabeth Fries <I>Lummis</I> Ellet

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Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet

Birth
Sodus Point, Wayne County, New York, USA
Death
3 Jun 1877 (aged 58)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 3599, Section 41
Memorial ID
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POETESS - HISTORIAN - AUTHORESS

The daughter of Dr. Willam N. Lummis, she was educated at the female seminary in Aurora, New York. She married William H. Ellet "at an early age" and they moved to South Carolina, where she wrote several books of poetry and contributed articles on poetry and literature. Returning to New York, she wrote a three-volume book, WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1848), "derived from original sources," followed by many other books, including DOMESTIC HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1850), WATCHING SPIRITS (1851), PIONEER WOMEN OF THE WEST (1852), QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY (1865), and THE COURT CIRCLES OF THE REPUBLIC, OR THE BEAUTIES AND CELEBRITIES OF THE NATION (1869).

Sources include: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY by Francis S. Drake (Boston, 1872), p. 301.

For her association with Edgar Allan Poe, see the book ISRAFEL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by Hervey Allen (New York, 1934).
POETESS - HISTORIAN - AUTHORESS

The daughter of Dr. Willam N. Lummis, she was educated at the female seminary in Aurora, New York. She married William H. Ellet "at an early age" and they moved to South Carolina, where she wrote several books of poetry and contributed articles on poetry and literature. Returning to New York, she wrote a three-volume book, WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1848), "derived from original sources," followed by many other books, including DOMESTIC HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1850), WATCHING SPIRITS (1851), PIONEER WOMEN OF THE WEST (1852), QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY (1865), and THE COURT CIRCLES OF THE REPUBLIC, OR THE BEAUTIES AND CELEBRITIES OF THE NATION (1869).

Sources include: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY by Francis S. Drake (Boston, 1872), p. 301.

For her association with Edgar Allan Poe, see the book ISRAFEL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by Hervey Allen (New York, 1934).


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