Mary "Eulalie" Shannon (Fee), the 'Auburn Poetess', was born February 9th, 1924, in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. She is recognized as the California's first woman poet.
Her father was a native of Scott County, Kentucky. Her mother, Elizabeth Dutten Carver, was a native of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, and a seventh generation descendant of John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth.
Orphaned by the age of eleven, she was privately tutored while living in Cincinnati. Later she lived at 'Dove Cottage' in New Richmond, Ohio.
She married John Shannon, Jr., Jan. 31st 1854 in New Richmond, Ohio. Shortly thereafter they moved west and settled in Auburn, Californis.
It was while living in California during 1854 that her book - Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves was published by the firm of Moore, Wilstach & Keys in Cincinnati. No earlier work of poety by a California woman has ever been found. It is believed that all the the poems in her little book were written after her arrival in California during the spring of 1854. She also wrote several poems that were published in her husband's Auburn newspaper, The Placer Democrat, published between April and September of 1854.
The couple lived at the Junction House, a hotel near where present day Raley's grocery store sits, just off the Foresthill Road in East Auburn.
Her frequent public readings of her poetry were eagerly attended and she was held in high esteem by the miners in the area.
Mary Eulalie Shannon died in Auburn on December 26 1854 during child birth. She was buried in an old cemetery on East Street. Years later her remains were relocated to Auburn's main cemetery on Fulweiler Street.
"LET NONE NOW DEEM THE HANDS PROFANE'
THAT TOUCH THE LYRE"
Information from www.singingtreepress.com.
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May 1, 1873--The residence of Mr. Shannon, near the Auburn depot, was wholly destroyed by fire with most of its contents.
History of Placer County/pg 353
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Placer Herald-1854
MARRIED
At New Richmond, Ohio, Jan 31, by the Rev O.H. Newton, Mr. John Shannon, Jr. of Auburn, California, to Miss Mary E. Fee, of the above place.
Miss Fee has contributed many graceful poems to western periodicals over the nom de plume of Eulalie, and we did her that her productions were to be collected and insured in a handsome volume. As Eulalie's was the poetry of the heart, it is improbable that the event recorded above will clip the wings of her Pegasus.
Our friend John writes us that he is "doing well" and expects soon to return to Auburn.
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Glenda,
I came across the following article today and thought you might find it of interest ... especially the last sentence!
EULALIE--Some weeks since, we mentioned having received a note from one of our hotel visitors inquiring about a tablet erected in the old cemetery and bearing the simple inscription, "Eulalie." Eulalie was the nom de plume of a lady who resided in this locality in the fifties who was an author of considerable ability. Through the kindness of Mrs. H. J. Crandall, we have been given for perusal a volume of her poems. They breathe a pure spirit, are well measured, and some portions are quite happy in expression. The book went to press in 1854 and was published by a Cincinnati Company. Mrs. Crandall regrets that she is unable to state definitely as to dates, and the tablet in the old cemetery gives us nothing. Mrs. Crandall's recollection is that Mrs. Shannon (Eulalie) came with her husband in 1853 or 1854. Her husband was a brother of ex-Governor Wilson Shannon of Ohio. Mrs. Crandall says that they were occupying the old Junction House hotel at the time of her death. She became an early devotee to spiritualism. The tablet was erected in accordance with her wishes and bears the simple inscription "Eulalie" with no other inscription except the name of the undertaker, J. W. Reeves. Mr. Shannon, after her death, published a paper in Calaveras County and was killed by some incensed citizen who thought he expressed himself too plainly.
[Placer Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-15-1890]
Thanks! Kathie!
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(Placer Herald, Auburn, Saturday, December 13, 1919)
"Her husband, John Shannon, Jr., a California editor of the early 50's, was afterward one of the publishers of the Calaveras Chronicle. He established the Visalia Delta, a Democratic paper, in an intensely Southern settlement. as the result of a bitter newspaper controversy with William Gonveneur Morris -- whose name suggests a connection with a talented family--editor of a Republican publication of that locality, he was shot to death by Morris in a violent encounter.."
Transcribed by: Glenda Ragan
Her father was a native of Scott County, Kentucky. Her mother, Elizabeth Dutten Carver, was a native of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, and a seventh generation descendant of John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth.
Orphaned by the age of eleven, she was privately tutored while living in Cincinnati. Later she lived at 'Dove Cottage' in New Richmond, Ohio.
She married John Shannon, Jr., Jan. 31st 1854 in New Richmond, Ohio. Shortly thereafter they moved west and settled in Auburn, Californis.
It was while living in California during 1854 that her book - Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves was published by the firm of Moore, Wilstach & Keys in Cincinnati. No earlier work of poety by a California woman has ever been found. It is believed that all the the poems in her little book were written after her arrival in California during the spring of 1854. She also wrote several poems that were published in her husband's Auburn newspaper, The Placer Democrat, published between April and September of 1854.
The couple lived at the Junction House, a hotel near where present day Raley's grocery store sits, just off the Foresthill Road in East Auburn.
Her frequent public readings of her poetry were eagerly attended and she was held in high esteem by the miners in the area.
Mary Eulalie Shannon died in Auburn on December 26 1854 during child birth. She was buried in an old cemetery on East Street. Years later her remains were relocated to Auburn's main cemetery on Fulweiler Street.
"LET NONE NOW DEEM THE HANDS PROFANE'
THAT TOUCH THE LYRE"
Information from www.singingtreepress.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 1, 1873--The residence of Mr. Shannon, near the Auburn depot, was wholly destroyed by fire with most of its contents.
History of Placer County/pg 353
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Placer Herald-1854
MARRIED
At New Richmond, Ohio, Jan 31, by the Rev O.H. Newton, Mr. John Shannon, Jr. of Auburn, California, to Miss Mary E. Fee, of the above place.
Miss Fee has contributed many graceful poems to western periodicals over the nom de plume of Eulalie, and we did her that her productions were to be collected and insured in a handsome volume. As Eulalie's was the poetry of the heart, it is improbable that the event recorded above will clip the wings of her Pegasus.
Our friend John writes us that he is "doing well" and expects soon to return to Auburn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributed by: Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Mary Shannon.
Their suggestion:
-------------------------
Glenda,
I came across the following article today and thought you might find it of interest ... especially the last sentence!
EULALIE--Some weeks since, we mentioned having received a note from one of our hotel visitors inquiring about a tablet erected in the old cemetery and bearing the simple inscription, "Eulalie." Eulalie was the nom de plume of a lady who resided in this locality in the fifties who was an author of considerable ability. Through the kindness of Mrs. H. J. Crandall, we have been given for perusal a volume of her poems. They breathe a pure spirit, are well measured, and some portions are quite happy in expression. The book went to press in 1854 and was published by a Cincinnati Company. Mrs. Crandall regrets that she is unable to state definitely as to dates, and the tablet in the old cemetery gives us nothing. Mrs. Crandall's recollection is that Mrs. Shannon (Eulalie) came with her husband in 1853 or 1854. Her husband was a brother of ex-Governor Wilson Shannon of Ohio. Mrs. Crandall says that they were occupying the old Junction House hotel at the time of her death. She became an early devotee to spiritualism. The tablet was erected in accordance with her wishes and bears the simple inscription "Eulalie" with no other inscription except the name of the undertaker, J. W. Reeves. Mr. Shannon, after her death, published a paper in Calaveras County and was killed by some incensed citizen who thought he expressed himself too plainly.
[Placer Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-15-1890]
Thanks! Kathie!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Placer Herald, Auburn, Saturday, December 13, 1919)
"Her husband, John Shannon, Jr., a California editor of the early 50's, was afterward one of the publishers of the Calaveras Chronicle. He established the Visalia Delta, a Democratic paper, in an intensely Southern settlement. as the result of a bitter newspaper controversy with William Gonveneur Morris -- whose name suggests a connection with a talented family--editor of a Republican publication of that locality, he was shot to death by Morris in a violent encounter.."
Transcribed by: Glenda Ragan
Mary "Eulalie" Shannon (Fee), the 'Auburn Poetess', was born February 9th, 1924, in Flemingsburg, Kentucky. She is recognized as the California's first woman poet.
Her father was a native of Scott County, Kentucky. Her mother, Elizabeth Dutten Carver, was a native of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, and a seventh generation descendant of John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth.
Orphaned by the age of eleven, she was privately tutored while living in Cincinnati. Later she lived at 'Dove Cottage' in New Richmond, Ohio.
She married John Shannon, Jr., Jan. 31st 1854 in New Richmond, Ohio. Shortly thereafter they moved west and settled in Auburn, Californis.
It was while living in California during 1854 that her book - Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves was published by the firm of Moore, Wilstach & Keys in Cincinnati. No earlier work of poety by a California woman has ever been found. It is believed that all the the poems in her little book were written after her arrival in California during the spring of 1854. She also wrote several poems that were published in her husband's Auburn newspaper, The Placer Democrat, published between April and September of 1854.
The couple lived at the Junction House, a hotel near where present day Raley's grocery store sits, just off the Foresthill Road in East Auburn.
Her frequent public readings of her poetry were eagerly attended and she was held in high esteem by the miners in the area.
Mary Eulalie Shannon died in Auburn on December 26 1854 during child birth. She was buried in an old cemetery on East Street. Years later her remains were relocated to Auburn's main cemetery on Fulweiler Street.
"LET NONE NOW DEEM THE HANDS PROFANE'
THAT TOUCH THE LYRE"
Information from www.singingtreepress.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 1, 1873--The residence of Mr. Shannon, near the Auburn depot, was wholly destroyed by fire with most of its contents.
History of Placer County/pg 353
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Placer Herald-1854
MARRIED
At New Richmond, Ohio, Jan 31, by the Rev O.H. Newton, Mr. John Shannon, Jr. of Auburn, California, to Miss Mary E. Fee, of the above place.
Miss Fee has contributed many graceful poems to western periodicals over the nom de plume of Eulalie, and we did her that her productions were to be collected and insured in a handsome volume. As Eulalie's was the poetry of the heart, it is improbable that the event recorded above will clip the wings of her Pegasus.
Our friend John writes us that he is "doing well" and expects soon to return to Auburn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributed by: Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Mary Shannon.
Their suggestion:
-------------------------
Glenda,
I came across the following article today and thought you might find it of interest ... especially the last sentence!
EULALIE--Some weeks since, we mentioned having received a note from one of our hotel visitors inquiring about a tablet erected in the old cemetery and bearing the simple inscription, "Eulalie." Eulalie was the nom de plume of a lady who resided in this locality in the fifties who was an author of considerable ability. Through the kindness of Mrs. H. J. Crandall, we have been given for perusal a volume of her poems. They breathe a pure spirit, are well measured, and some portions are quite happy in expression. The book went to press in 1854 and was published by a Cincinnati Company. Mrs. Crandall regrets that she is unable to state definitely as to dates, and the tablet in the old cemetery gives us nothing. Mrs. Crandall's recollection is that Mrs. Shannon (Eulalie) came with her husband in 1853 or 1854. Her husband was a brother of ex-Governor Wilson Shannon of Ohio. Mrs. Crandall says that they were occupying the old Junction House hotel at the time of her death. She became an early devotee to spiritualism. The tablet was erected in accordance with her wishes and bears the simple inscription "Eulalie" with no other inscription except the name of the undertaker, J. W. Reeves. Mr. Shannon, after her death, published a paper in Calaveras County and was killed by some incensed citizen who thought he expressed himself too plainly.
[Placer Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-15-1890]
Thanks! Kathie!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Placer Herald, Auburn, Saturday, December 13, 1919)
"Her husband, John Shannon, Jr., a California editor of the early 50's, was afterward one of the publishers of the Calaveras Chronicle. He established the Visalia Delta, a Democratic paper, in an intensely Southern settlement. as the result of a bitter newspaper controversy with William Gonveneur Morris -- whose name suggests a connection with a talented family--editor of a Republican publication of that locality, he was shot to death by Morris in a violent encounter.."
Transcribed by: Glenda Ragan
Her father was a native of Scott County, Kentucky. Her mother, Elizabeth Dutten Carver, was a native of Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, and a seventh generation descendant of John Carver, first Governor of Plymouth.
Orphaned by the age of eleven, she was privately tutored while living in Cincinnati. Later she lived at 'Dove Cottage' in New Richmond, Ohio.
She married John Shannon, Jr., Jan. 31st 1854 in New Richmond, Ohio. Shortly thereafter they moved west and settled in Auburn, Californis.
It was while living in California during 1854 that her book - Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves was published by the firm of Moore, Wilstach & Keys in Cincinnati. No earlier work of poety by a California woman has ever been found. It is believed that all the the poems in her little book were written after her arrival in California during the spring of 1854. She also wrote several poems that were published in her husband's Auburn newspaper, The Placer Democrat, published between April and September of 1854.
The couple lived at the Junction House, a hotel near where present day Raley's grocery store sits, just off the Foresthill Road in East Auburn.
Her frequent public readings of her poetry were eagerly attended and she was held in high esteem by the miners in the area.
Mary Eulalie Shannon died in Auburn on December 26 1854 during child birth. She was buried in an old cemetery on East Street. Years later her remains were relocated to Auburn's main cemetery on Fulweiler Street.
"LET NONE NOW DEEM THE HANDS PROFANE'
THAT TOUCH THE LYRE"
Information from www.singingtreepress.com.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May 1, 1873--The residence of Mr. Shannon, near the Auburn depot, was wholly destroyed by fire with most of its contents.
History of Placer County/pg 353
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Placer Herald-1854
MARRIED
At New Richmond, Ohio, Jan 31, by the Rev O.H. Newton, Mr. John Shannon, Jr. of Auburn, California, to Miss Mary E. Fee, of the above place.
Miss Fee has contributed many graceful poems to western periodicals over the nom de plume of Eulalie, and we did her that her productions were to be collected and insured in a handsome volume. As Eulalie's was the poetry of the heart, it is improbable that the event recorded above will clip the wings of her Pegasus.
Our friend John writes us that he is "doing well" and expects soon to return to Auburn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributed by: Find A Grave contributor Kathie Kloss Marynik has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Mary Shannon.
Their suggestion:
-------------------------
Glenda,
I came across the following article today and thought you might find it of interest ... especially the last sentence!
EULALIE--Some weeks since, we mentioned having received a note from one of our hotel visitors inquiring about a tablet erected in the old cemetery and bearing the simple inscription, "Eulalie." Eulalie was the nom de plume of a lady who resided in this locality in the fifties who was an author of considerable ability. Through the kindness of Mrs. H. J. Crandall, we have been given for perusal a volume of her poems. They breathe a pure spirit, are well measured, and some portions are quite happy in expression. The book went to press in 1854 and was published by a Cincinnati Company. Mrs. Crandall regrets that she is unable to state definitely as to dates, and the tablet in the old cemetery gives us nothing. Mrs. Crandall's recollection is that Mrs. Shannon (Eulalie) came with her husband in 1853 or 1854. Her husband was a brother of ex-Governor Wilson Shannon of Ohio. Mrs. Crandall says that they were occupying the old Junction House hotel at the time of her death. She became an early devotee to spiritualism. The tablet was erected in accordance with her wishes and bears the simple inscription "Eulalie" with no other inscription except the name of the undertaker, J. W. Reeves. Mr. Shannon, after her death, published a paper in Calaveras County and was killed by some incensed citizen who thought he expressed himself too plainly.
[Placer Argus, Auburn, Saturday, 11-15-1890]
Thanks! Kathie!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Placer Herald, Auburn, Saturday, December 13, 1919)
"Her husband, John Shannon, Jr., a California editor of the early 50's, was afterward one of the publishers of the Calaveras Chronicle. He established the Visalia Delta, a Democratic paper, in an intensely Southern settlement. as the result of a bitter newspaper controversy with William Gonveneur Morris -- whose name suggests a connection with a talented family--editor of a Republican publication of that locality, he was shot to death by Morris in a violent encounter.."
Transcribed by: Glenda Ragan
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