Elizabeth M. Olmsted

Elizabeth M. Olmsted (née, Allen; December 31, 1825 – February 7, 1910) was an American poet of the long nineteenth century. Her poems were well known during the Civil War, and appeared in the newspapers and magazines of that period.^[1]

Elizabeth M. Olmsted
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Elizabeth Martha Allen December 31, 1825 (1825-12-31) Caledonia, New York, U.S.
Died	February 7, 1910 (1910-02-08) (aged 84) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, New York
Occupation	Poet
Language	English
Notable works	Poems of the house, and other poems
Spouse	R. C Parker ​ ​ (m. 1862; died 1866)​
Relatives	Ethan Allen

Biography

Elizabeth Martha Allen was born in Caledonia, New York, December 31, 1825. Her ancestral stock was from Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her father, Oliver Allen, belonged to the family of Ethan Allen. She was educated carefully and liberally. She was a child of strong mental powers and inquiring mind. Her poetic trend was apparent in childhood, and in her youth she wrote poems of much merit. She married, in February, 1853, John R. Olmsted, of Le Roy, New York, and she resided in that town thereafter. The Olmsleds descended from the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, and pioneers of the Genesee valley.^[2][3][1]

1903

Olmsted contributed to the New York City weekly Independent and other papers. During the civil war, she wrote many spirited war lyrics, among which was the once well-known "Our Boys Going to the War" and "The Clarion." Her poem, "The Upas," first appeared in the Independent of January 16, 1862. She published a number of excellent sonnets. Her productions were characterized by moral tone, fine diction and polish.^[2][3]

She died at her son's home in Buffalo, February 7, 1910,^[4] and was buried at Machpelah Cemetery, Le Roy, New York.

Selected works

Poems of the House (1903)

• Poems of the house, and other poems, 1903

References

1. Logan 1912, pp. 818–819.
2. Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 548.
3. Moulton 1894, p. 484.
4. "ELIZABETH A. OLMSTED HAS PASSED AWAY". Buffalo Evening News. 8 February 1910. p. 1. Retrieved 7 January 2022 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Attribution

• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Logan, Mrs. John A. (1912). "Elizabeth Martha Olmsted". The Part Taken by Women in American History (Public domain ed.). Perry-Nalle publishing Company. p. 818.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Moulton, Charles Wells (1894). "Elizabeth Martha Olmsted". The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. Vol. 6 (Public domain ed.).
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "OLMSTED, Mrs. Elizabeth Martha". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton.

External links

• Works related to Woman of the Century/Elizabeth Martha Olmsted at Wikisource
• Works by or about Elizabeth M. Olmsted at the Internet Archive