Mary Louise Peebles
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| Born | 10 December 1833  Lansingburgh |
| Died | 25 April 1915 (aged 81) Lansingburgh |
| Occupation | Children's writer |
Mary Louise Peebles, née Parmelee (1833–1915), was an American author of children’s stories who wrote under the name Lynde Palmer.[1]
Life[]
Mary Louise Peebles was the daughter of Elias Ripley Parmelee and Eleanor Allen, descendants of early settlers of the town of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), New York.[2] Peebles was born at Lansingburgh on December 10, 1833, and completed her education there seventeen years later at the Lansingburgh Academy.[2][3] She married banker Anthony Augustus Peebles (1822–1905) on July 7, 1862, and eventually became the mother of two sons who did not survive infancy.[2][4] Her aunt, Mary Eleanor Parmelee, was known for being an early love interest of the writer Herman Melville before she chose to marry instead a local merchant.[5]
Mary Louise Peebles died on April 25, 1915. She had been a lifelong resident of Lansingburgh, New York.[1]
Writing career[]
Mary Louise Peebles' book The Little Captain, published around 1861, was the first of a number of children's stories she would author over the following twenty years or so. In 1877 she released The Magnet Stories, a collection of children's yarns that included Drifting and Steering, One Day’s Weaving, Archie’s Shadow and John Jack.[6]
Bibliography[]
- The Little Captain
- The Good Fight
- Stories for Boys
- Stories for Girls
- The Honorable Club
- Helps Over Hard Places
- Drifting and Steering
- One Day’s Weaving
- Archie’s Shadow
- John Jack
- Jeanette’s Cisterns
- Twinkle and Winkle
- Two Blizzards
- A Question of Honor, Where Honor Leads (for adults)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b New York Times, April 26, 1915
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cuyler Reynolds, ed., Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs: a record of achievements
- ^ famousamericans.net
- ^ Van Schaick-Peebles Papers, NY Tate Library
- ^ Laurie Robertson-Lorant, Melville: a biography
- ^ A critical dictionary of English literature and British and Americans Authors, 1897
External links[]
- Mary Louise Parmelee Peebles at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalog records
- Lynde Palmer[permanent dead link] at LC Authorities, with 6 records
- Parmelee and Palmer at WorldCat
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- 1833 births
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- Pseudonymous women writers
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- American children's writers
- 19th-century American women writers
- American women children's writers
- Writers from New York (state)
- People from Lansingburgh, New York
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers