Nellie was the daughter of William and Ellen (nee Langston) Crossman, both of Canada.
She married Edgar A (1907) and was the was the mother of Edgar Jr, and Janet, and the adoptive mother of Marjorie Meagher, all of Michigan.
Nellie's husband, Edgar, was a celebrated poet. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.
His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951 NBC television series, A Guest in Your Home.
Bio for Edgar courtesy of Kent Pettus (#46807649).
She married Edgar A (1907) and was the was the mother of Edgar Jr, and Janet, and the adoptive mother of Marjorie Meagher, all of Michigan.
Nellie's husband, Edgar, was a celebrated poet. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.
His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951 NBC television series, A Guest in Your Home.
Bio for Edgar courtesy of Kent Pettus (#46807649).
Nellie was the daughter of William and Ellen (nee Langston) Crossman, both of Canada.
She married Edgar A (1907) and was the was the mother of Edgar Jr, and Janet, and the adoptive mother of Marjorie Meagher, all of Michigan.
Nellie's husband, Edgar, was a celebrated poet. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.
His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951 NBC television series, A Guest in Your Home.
Bio for Edgar courtesy of Kent Pettus (#46807649).
She married Edgar A (1907) and was the was the mother of Edgar Jr, and Janet, and the adoptive mother of Marjorie Meagher, all of Michigan.
Nellie's husband, Edgar, was a celebrated poet. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including A Heap o' Livin' (1916) and Just Folks (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.
His popularity led to a weekly Detroit radio show which he hosted from 1931 until 1942, followed by a 1951 NBC television series, A Guest in Your Home.
Bio for Edgar courtesy of Kent Pettus (#46807649).
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