American author, poet, and philanthropist. Wife of newspaper magnate Harrison Gray Otis.
She was the author of the book Echoes from Elf-Land (Los Angeles, 1890) a volume of verse for children, which was published in 1890. The main body of her writings, however, was in the form of regular contributions, through many years, to the columns of the Los Angeles Times. Her special departments, among the most popular of the paper, were "Woman and Home" and "Our Boys and Girls." While she preferred writing poems, as a prose-writer, she was fluent and graceful. The diversity of her writings ranged from nature, art and religion to patriotism, love, war, sociology, and juvenile topics. These were collected, compiled and edited by her husband in 1905, and published in one large volume under the title of "California, Where Sets the Sun". The volume contains an appendix entitled "Memorial Chimes," describing the bells erected by friends and admirers in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Otis made her home in Los Angeles. She and her husband had five children. A son, Harrison Gray, born 1861, died in infancy. There were also four daughters. Emma Marian married Harry Chandler. Ida Mabel (1871-1955) married Franklin Booth (1861-1956), who were the grandparents of Franklin Otis Booth Jr. Otis Chandler is a great-grandson. There was also Lilian (1864-1866), and Esther, born 1876, died in infancy.
She took an active interest in many lines of good work done by associated women, including the Woman's Parliament of Southern California, the Ruskin Art Club, Friday Morning Club, California State Congress of Mothers, and the Landmarks Club, all of her own city. She was a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
Otis died in her home, "The Bivouac", in Westlake Village, California, November 12, 1904. She was survived by her husband and three married daughters, one of whom died later. The Eliza A. Otis Memorial Chimes in Hollywood Forever Cemetery are named in her honor.
Source: Wikipedia
She was the author of the book Echoes from Elf-Land (Los Angeles, 1890) a volume of verse for children, which was published in 1890. The main body of her writings, however, was in the form of regular contributions, through many years, to the columns of the Los Angeles Times. Her special departments, among the most popular of the paper, were "Woman and Home" and "Our Boys and Girls." While she preferred writing poems, as a prose-writer, she was fluent and graceful. The diversity of her writings ranged from nature, art and religion to patriotism, love, war, sociology, and juvenile topics. These were collected, compiled and edited by her husband in 1905, and published in one large volume under the title of "California, Where Sets the Sun". The volume contains an appendix entitled "Memorial Chimes," describing the bells erected by friends and admirers in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Otis made her home in Los Angeles. She and her husband had five children. A son, Harrison Gray, born 1861, died in infancy. There were also four daughters. Emma Marian married Harry Chandler. Ida Mabel (1871-1955) married Franklin Booth (1861-1956), who were the grandparents of Franklin Otis Booth Jr. Otis Chandler is a great-grandson. There was also Lilian (1864-1866), and Esther, born 1876, died in infancy.
She took an active interest in many lines of good work done by associated women, including the Woman's Parliament of Southern California, the Ruskin Art Club, Friday Morning Club, California State Congress of Mothers, and the Landmarks Club, all of her own city. She was a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
Otis died in her home, "The Bivouac", in Westlake Village, California, November 12, 1904. She was survived by her husband and three married daughters, one of whom died later. The Eliza A. Otis Memorial Chimes in Hollywood Forever Cemetery are named in her honor.
Source: Wikipedia
American author, poet, and philanthropist. Wife of newspaper magnate Harrison Gray Otis.
She was the author of the book Echoes from Elf-Land (Los Angeles, 1890) a volume of verse for children, which was published in 1890. The main body of her writings, however, was in the form of regular contributions, through many years, to the columns of the Los Angeles Times. Her special departments, among the most popular of the paper, were "Woman and Home" and "Our Boys and Girls." While she preferred writing poems, as a prose-writer, she was fluent and graceful. The diversity of her writings ranged from nature, art and religion to patriotism, love, war, sociology, and juvenile topics. These were collected, compiled and edited by her husband in 1905, and published in one large volume under the title of "California, Where Sets the Sun". The volume contains an appendix entitled "Memorial Chimes," describing the bells erected by friends and admirers in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Otis made her home in Los Angeles. She and her husband had five children. A son, Harrison Gray, born 1861, died in infancy. There were also four daughters. Emma Marian married Harry Chandler. Ida Mabel (1871-1955) married Franklin Booth (1861-1956), who were the grandparents of Franklin Otis Booth Jr. Otis Chandler is a great-grandson. There was also Lilian (1864-1866), and Esther, born 1876, died in infancy.
She took an active interest in many lines of good work done by associated women, including the Woman's Parliament of Southern California, the Ruskin Art Club, Friday Morning Club, California State Congress of Mothers, and the Landmarks Club, all of her own city. She was a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
Otis died in her home, "The Bivouac", in Westlake Village, California, November 12, 1904. She was survived by her husband and three married daughters, one of whom died later. The Eliza A. Otis Memorial Chimes in Hollywood Forever Cemetery are named in her honor.
Source: Wikipedia
She was the author of the book Echoes from Elf-Land (Los Angeles, 1890) a volume of verse for children, which was published in 1890. The main body of her writings, however, was in the form of regular contributions, through many years, to the columns of the Los Angeles Times. Her special departments, among the most popular of the paper, were "Woman and Home" and "Our Boys and Girls." While she preferred writing poems, as a prose-writer, she was fluent and graceful. The diversity of her writings ranged from nature, art and religion to patriotism, love, war, sociology, and juvenile topics. These were collected, compiled and edited by her husband in 1905, and published in one large volume under the title of "California, Where Sets the Sun". The volume contains an appendix entitled "Memorial Chimes," describing the bells erected by friends and admirers in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Otis made her home in Los Angeles. She and her husband had five children. A son, Harrison Gray, born 1861, died in infancy. There were also four daughters. Emma Marian married Harry Chandler. Ida Mabel (1871-1955) married Franklin Booth (1861-1956), who were the grandparents of Franklin Otis Booth Jr. Otis Chandler is a great-grandson. There was also Lilian (1864-1866), and Esther, born 1876, died in infancy.
She took an active interest in many lines of good work done by associated women, including the Woman's Parliament of Southern California, the Ruskin Art Club, Friday Morning Club, California State Congress of Mothers, and the Landmarks Club, all of her own city. She was a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles.
Otis died in her home, "The Bivouac", in Westlake Village, California, November 12, 1904. She was survived by her husband and three married daughters, one of whom died later. The Eliza A. Otis Memorial Chimes in Hollywood Forever Cemetery are named in her honor.
Source: Wikipedia
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