Emily Rebecca Page, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Emily Rebecca Page

poet, b. in Bradford, Vt., 5 May, 1834; d. in Chelsea, Mass., 14 Feb., 1862. She was educated in the academies at Bradford and St. Johnsbury, Vt

Date of Birth: 05-May-1834

Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 14-Feb-1862

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Emily Rebecca Page (May 5, 1834 - February 14, 1862) was a 19th-century American poet and editor. Born in Vermont in 1834, she began contributing poems to the Portland, Maine Transcript in 1846.
She wrote prose and poetry for the Carpet-Bag, Ladies' Repository, and the Rose-Bud.
For several years, she was a contributor to the publications of Maturin Murray Ballou.
Some of her poetry, including "The Old Canoe", was occasionally attributed to other authors.
That and "Haunted" were printed in Poets and Poetry of Vermont (Boston, 1860).
"The Old Bridge," "Mabel," "My Angels," and "Watching" were also well known.
"Lily of the Valley" was issued in book-form (Boston, 1859).
Page died in Massachusetts in 1862.