Anna Maria Mead Chalmers | |
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Born | Anna Maria Campbell Hickman Detroit, Michigan Territory, USA |
Died | Albemarle County, Virginia, USA |
Genre | children's literature |
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 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.