Alice Cary (1820 - 1871) - Find A Grave Memorial

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Alice Cary

Birth:	Apr. 26, 1820, USA
Death:	Feb. 12, 1871, USA
Poet, Author. Her first published poem appeared in the Sentinel, a Cincinnati Universalist newspaper, when she was 18. Among her books were two volumes of reminiscent sketches entitled "Clovernook Papers" (1852, 1853), three novels and several volumes of poetry. She also began writing regularly, both poetry and prose, for the National Era in Washington, D.C., the abolitionist paper that serialized "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. She left an unfinished novel, "The Born Thrall" (1871), and enough uncollected poems to fill two more volumes. The pallbearers at her funeral included P. T. Barnum and Horace Greeley. (bio by: Graveaddiction) Search Amazon for Alice Cary

Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County New York, USA Plot: Section K, Lot 13769
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