Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney
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| Born | Julia Abigail Fletcher April 6, 1823 Lancaster, Massachusetts |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | educator |
| Known for | "Little Things". |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas J. Carney |
Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, born Julia Fletcher (April 6, 1823, Lancaster, Massachusetts – November 1, 1908, Galesburg, Illinois) was an American educator and poet. She wrote the poem "Little things".[1]
Educated at Lancaster Academy, Julia Fletcher achieved fame in 1845 for her poem "Little Things".[2] In 1849 she married Thomas J. Carney, a Universalist minister; four of the couple's nine children died in infancy.[3]
Julia Fletcher Carney wrote for Universalist and other periodicals; many of her poems were set to music and published in school text-books or as hymns.[4]
References
- ↑ Herringshaw, T. W., Herringshaw's national library of American biography, 5 vols, 1909-14
- ↑ For different accounts of the publishing history of this poem, see Gardner, Martin, Famous Poems from Bygone Days, 1995, p. 35
- ↑ Litvin, Martin. Papers re: Julia Fletcher Carney, 1843-1988 at Andover-Harvard Theological Library
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