Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney

American writer

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1823

Place of Birth: Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 01-Nov-1908

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (pen names, Julia, Minnie May, Frank Fisher, Sadie Sensible, Minister's Wife, Rev.
Peter Benson's Daughter; April 6, 1823 – November 1, 1908) was an American educator, poet, author, and editor.
Remembered for her poem "Little Things", many of her poems were set to music and published in school textbooks, and used in church hymn-books for more than half a century.
She died November 1, 1908, in Galesburg, Illinois. Carney had charge of the "Poet's Corner" in the Boston Trumpet.
She furnished articles, both prose and verse, for the Christian Freeman when it was established.
Something by her appeared in almost every number of the Rose of Sharon, and also in the Lily of the Valley.
In the Universalist Miscellany, her articles bore the pen name of "Rev.
Peter Benson's Daughter".
In 1840, she commenced writing for the Ladies' Repository, under the signature of "Julia." She was a regular contributor to the Boston Olive Branch.
She also wrote two volumes, published by J.
M.
Usher, entitled Gifts from Julia, and a series of Sunday school question books.
Poetry of the Seasons was published by Abel Tompkins.