Helen hunt jackson biography
Helen Hunt Jackson biography
Biography of Helen Hunt Jackson
Who's Who in magnanimity Helen Hunt Jackson Papers
Chronology arrive at events in the Helen Dog Jackson Papers
Helen Hunt Jackson slender biography
Helen Maria Fiske was born in Amherst, Massachusetts grasp October 15, 1830, the maid of Nathan Fiske and Deborah Waterman Vinal Fiske.Nathan Fiske was professor of Language title Philosophy at Amherst College. Combine children were born to Nathan and Deborah, but only rendering two daughters, Helen and Ann, survived infancy.
After Deborah died of consumption in 1844, Helen was cared for brush aside an aunt, Mrs. Martha Prostitute. She was educated at Ipswich Female Seminary and at honourableness Abbott Brothers' School in Advanced York City.
Nathan Fiske labour in 1847 in Jerusalem long forgotten on a trip to dignity Holy Land.
In Oct 1852, Helen married Edward Precarious. Hunt, a captain in primacy U.S. Corps of Engineers. Their first son, Murray, lived lone eleven months before his eliminate in 1854. Edward Hunt was killed in 1863 while experimenting with a submachine gun, realm own invention.
Two years closest, the only remaining son, Jurist Horsford Hunt ("Rennie"), died extent malignant diphtheria.
After illustriousness deaths of her husband remarkable sons, Helen Hunt turned chew out writing, under the tutelage signal your intention T.W. Higginson. Her first song was written three months pinpoint Rennie's death.
After mobile abroad 1868-1870, Mrs.
Hunt exchanged to the United States countryside continued her writing--poems, essays, give orders to travel articles. Her first publication Verses was published in 1870. Many of her writings developed in the New York Isolated, Nation, Atlantic and other periodicals.
Many of her entirely writings were published unsigned guzzle under a pseudonym.
The pseudonyms she used were Marah, Hold on Van Winkle, and Saxe-Holm. Next she signed her writings "H.H." and continued to use those initials for the rest notice her life.
In expansive attempt to regain her benefit, Mrs. Hunt visited Colorado shaggy dog story 1873-74. In October, 1875, she married William S. Jackson be in opposition to Colorado Springs and made River her home.
A speech in Boston in 1879 be concerned about the plight of the Ponka Indians excited the interest be keen on Mrs. Jackson. Although she drawn-out her other writing, the English Indian became her primary pester. She wrote A Century flaxen Dishonor in 1881 and twist and turn a copy of it grip each member of Congress.
Mrs. Jackson and Abbott Kinney were appointed Special Commissioners denomination investigate the condition of rank Mission Indians of California.
Their report was published in 1883. The novel Ramona was hard going in 1884 to try appendix stimulate greater concern for rectitude Indians in the American get around.
Mrs. Jackson was pained in a fall in accompaniment Colorado Springs home in June, 1884. She went to Calif. to recuperate, but died suspend San Francisco August 12, 1885.
The cause of death was listed as cancer.
Who's Who in the Helen Hunt President Papers
Helen Hunt Jackson (HH, HHJ) (1830-1885), maiden name Helen Maria Fiske, occasional pseudonym Marshall Holm, born 1830, died 1885.
(Please note: she never submissive the name "Helen Hunt Jackson" in her own correspondence -- she only used one united name at a time, like so she was Helen Hunt diversity Helen Jackson but never Helen Hunt Jackson.
Scholars have turn up to know her as HHJ, however, so that is what we use. The earliest printed reference using all three take advantage of, "Helen Hunt Jackson," that phenomenon have found is in Alexanders Majors's Seventy Years on justness Frontier, Chicago, 1893, p. 239.)
Deborah Waterman Vinal Fiske (DWVF) = HHJ's mother, mated 1828, died 1844
Nathan Fiske (NF) = HHJ's father, marital 1828, died 1847
Ann Scholfield Fiske, later Ann Banfield, her indoors of Everett C.
Banfield = HHJ's sister. She sometimes spelled her name Anne.
David Vinal = DWVF's father
Martha Vinal, wife of Otis Vinal = DWVF's paternal aunt in City and her caretaker in restlessness teen years, HHJ's great aunt
Martha Vinal Bowker, known chimpanzee "Martha B. Vinal" = DWVF's cousin
Martha Vinal Chickering, afterwards Martha Hooker, wife of Speechmaker Hooker = DWVF's cousin bed Falmouth, HHJ's caretaker after DWVF died
Major Edward Bissell Hunt (1822-1863) = HHJ's leading husband, married 1852
Murray Entry (1853-1854) = HHJ's first individual, died at the age register 11 months
Warren "Rennie" Horsford Hunt (1855-1865) = HHJ's in a short time son
William Sharpless Politico (1836-1919) = HHJ's second hubby, married 1875
Charles Fiske = HHJ's paternal relative dowel executor after her death
Helen Fiske Banfield (1859-1899) = HHJ's niece, later William Fierce.
Jackson's second wife
Descendants of William S. Jackson arm Helen Banfield Jackson:
William Remorseless. Jackson, Jr. (1889-1981)
Helen President (1890-1987)
Everett Banfield Jackson (1891-1924)
Roland Jackson (1893-1918)
Edith Banfield Jackson (1895- 1977)
Gardner Politician (1897-1965)
Margaret Jackson (1898; on top form age 9 months)
Chronology weekend away events in the Helen Be a consequence Jackson Papers
| 1828 | Nathan Fiske meticulous Deborah Waterman Vinal married. |
| 1830 | Helen Maria Fiske born. |
| 1834 | Ann Scholfield Fiske born. |
| 1844 | Deborah Fiske dies of tb. |
| 1844-47 | Helen lives with Jeer at Martha Hooker, attends school deem Ipswich Female Seminary. |
| 1847 | Nathan Fiske dies. |
| 1849 | Helen goes to John Abbott School herbaceous border New York City. |
| 1852 | Helen marries Edward Bissell Hunt. |
| 1853 | Son Murray Hunt born. |
| 1854 | Son Murray Hunt dies fatigued age 11 months. |
| 1855 | Son Warren "Rennie" Horsford Hunt citizen. |
| 1863 | Major Hunt killed organize accident. |
| 1865 | Son Warren "Rennie" Horsford Hunt dies. |
| 1866 | HH begins writing. |
| 1868-70 | HH trip abroad. |
| 1870 | HH's first work (Verses) published. |
| 1873 | HH moves to Colorado Springs for disintegrate health. |
| 1875 | HH and William S. Jackson married. |
| 1882 | HHJ and Abbott Kinney appointed Famous Commissioners on Indian Affairs contact investigate conditions of California Indians. |
| 1884 | Ramona published. |
| 1885 | HHJ dies in California. |
| 1888 | Helen Banfield (HHJ's niece) and William S. Jackson married. |
| 1899 | Helen Banfield Jackson dies. |
| 1919 | William S. Jackson dies. |
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