Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (born Anna Maria Campbell Hickman; July 23, 1809 – December 8, 1891) was an American journalist and children's literature writer.
Anna Maria Mead Chalmers | |
|---|---|
| Born | Anna Maria Campbell Hickman Detroit, Michigan Territory, USA |
| Died | Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
| Genre | children's literature |
Biography
editAnna Maria Campbell Hickman 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 November 27, 1840. In 1841, she opened a Richmond boarding school, Mrs. Mead's School.[3]
On January 3, 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 December 8, 1891, aged 82, in Albemarle County, Virginia. She was buried in Shockoe Cemetery.
Selected works
edit- 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
edit- ^ Massachusetts, Colonial Society of (1907). Transactions of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. The Society.
- ^ a b "The Unstoppable Anna Maria Mead Chalmers | Beehive". masshist.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ a b "Renee Savits – Encyclopedia Virginia". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
Further reading
edit- Edward Campbell Mead, A Biographical Sketch, Anna Maria Mead Chalmers: In Memoriam, E. Waddey Company, 1893
External links
edit- Biography, encyclopediavirginia.org. Accessed February 13, 2024.
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