Eudora Bumstead
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Eudora Bumstead (née, Stone; August 26, 1860 – 1892) was a 19th-century American poet and hymnwriter, remembered as "the children's poet".[1] She began writing rhymes in childhood, and when ten years old was paid US$2 for a poem entitled, "Signs of Spring", which was published in Our Young Folks, then edited by John Townsend Trowbridge.[1] Along with several other young writers, including: C. A. Stephens, William S. Walsh, Robert M. Walsh, Helen Gray Cone, Eleanor C. Donnelly, Mary Sheldon Barnes, Theodora Robinson Jenness, F. ("Fern") Hamilton, and Edwin Roth Champlin ("Clarence Fairfield"), Bumstead got her start as a writer at Our Young Folks.[2]
Eudora Bumstead | |
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Born | Eudora Stone August 26, 1860 Bedford, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | 1892 |
Resting place | Bellevue Memorial Park, Ontario, California |
Occupation | poet, hymnwriter |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Notable works | "Signs of Spring" |
Spouse |
William T. Bumstead (m. 1880) |
Children | 2 |