Suggested edit from contributor Anonymous (49523294): Lucy was the daughter of US congressman George Ashmun and Martha Elton Hall. She was born in Greenfield, MA, according to that town's vital records. On September 25, 1855, she married Josiah Hedden in Springfield, MA. They raised their family in New York City.
Because of her father's prominence in politics (he was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln), Lucy likely met many famous people of the day. John Quincy Adams, who represented Massachusetts in congress after his presidency, wrote a poem for Lucy. It is titled "To Miss Lucy Hooker Ashmun" and dated March 20, 1946, which was her fourteenth birthday. It can be found in JQA's Poems, Hymns, Prayers papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society (Item 330226 pink).
To Lucy Hooker Ashmun:
Fair Maiden! May thy lot on Earth
True to the Season of thy birth
A blessed life display.
And Time with never-flagging wing
With joy at each returning Spring
Bring round thy natal day --
Submitted by the descendant of George Ashmun's first cousin Hannah Lucille (Ashmun) Smith.
Because of her father's prominence in politics (he was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln), Lucy likely met many famous people of the day. John Quincy Adams, who represented Massachusetts in congress after his presidency, wrote a poem for Lucy. It is titled "To Miss Lucy Hooker Ashmun" and dated March 20, 1946, which was her fourteenth birthday. It can be found in JQA's Poems, Hymns, Prayers papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society (Item 330226 pink).
To Lucy Hooker Ashmun:
Fair Maiden! May thy lot on Earth
True to the Season of thy birth
A blessed life display.
And Time with never-flagging wing
With joy at each returning Spring
Bring round thy natal day --
Submitted by the descendant of George Ashmun's first cousin Hannah Lucille (Ashmun) Smith.
Suggested edit from contributor Anonymous (49523294): Lucy was the daughter of US congressman George Ashmun and Martha Elton Hall. She was born in Greenfield, MA, according to that town's vital records. On September 25, 1855, she married Josiah Hedden in Springfield, MA. They raised their family in New York City.
Because of her father's prominence in politics (he was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln), Lucy likely met many famous people of the day. John Quincy Adams, who represented Massachusetts in congress after his presidency, wrote a poem for Lucy. It is titled "To Miss Lucy Hooker Ashmun" and dated March 20, 1946, which was her fourteenth birthday. It can be found in JQA's Poems, Hymns, Prayers papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society (Item 330226 pink).
To Lucy Hooker Ashmun:
Fair Maiden! May thy lot on Earth
True to the Season of thy birth
A blessed life display.
And Time with never-flagging wing
With joy at each returning Spring
Bring round thy natal day --
Submitted by the descendant of George Ashmun's first cousin Hannah Lucille (Ashmun) Smith.
Because of her father's prominence in politics (he was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln), Lucy likely met many famous people of the day. John Quincy Adams, who represented Massachusetts in congress after his presidency, wrote a poem for Lucy. It is titled "To Miss Lucy Hooker Ashmun" and dated March 20, 1946, which was her fourteenth birthday. It can be found in JQA's Poems, Hymns, Prayers papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society (Item 330226 pink).
To Lucy Hooker Ashmun:
Fair Maiden! May thy lot on Earth
True to the Season of thy birth
A blessed life display.
And Time with never-flagging wing
With joy at each returning Spring
Bring round thy natal day --
Submitted by the descendant of George Ashmun's first cousin Hannah Lucille (Ashmun) Smith.
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