Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer (December 10, 1812 - May 19, 1894) was an American poet, biographer, and editor.
Caroline Mehitable Fisher was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 10, 1812, daughter of Jesse Fisher and Anna Kenrick.
She recited the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Mark when she was just eight years old. Before the age of ten, she had read Shakespeare, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Plutarch's Parallel Lives, as well as Hume's and Smollett's History of England.
She started writing when very young. The "Burlington Sentinel" published her first poem. Young as she was, she was a welcome contributor to the "Sentinel," and afterward to the "Boston Evening Gazette" and " Democratic Review."
In September 1831, she married Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, D.D., the pastor of Orchard Street Church, in New York City.
She was one of the most prolific writers of Christian Universalism denominational literature.
She was a contributor to "Graham's Magazine," the "Knickerbocker Magazine", and the "Democratic Review". For several years, she was a constant contributor to the "Odd Fellows' Magazine," published in Baltimore, Maryland; and for Horace Greeley's "New Yorker".
Caroline Fisher Sawyer died May 19, 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caroline Mehitable Fisher was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 10, 1812, daughter of Jesse Fisher and Anna Kenrick.
She recited the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Mark when she was just eight years old. Before the age of ten, she had read Shakespeare, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Plutarch's Parallel Lives, as well as Hume's and Smollett's History of England.
She started writing when very young. The "Burlington Sentinel" published her first poem. Young as she was, she was a welcome contributor to the "Sentinel," and afterward to the "Boston Evening Gazette" and " Democratic Review."
In September 1831, she married Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, D.D., the pastor of Orchard Street Church, in New York City.
She was one of the most prolific writers of Christian Universalism denominational literature.
She was a contributor to "Graham's Magazine," the "Knickerbocker Magazine", and the "Democratic Review". For several years, she was a constant contributor to the "Odd Fellows' Magazine," published in Baltimore, Maryland; and for Horace Greeley's "New Yorker".
Caroline Fisher Sawyer died May 19, 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer (December 10, 1812 - May 19, 1894) was an American poet, biographer, and editor.
Caroline Mehitable Fisher was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 10, 1812, daughter of Jesse Fisher and Anna Kenrick.
She recited the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Mark when she was just eight years old. Before the age of ten, she had read Shakespeare, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Plutarch's Parallel Lives, as well as Hume's and Smollett's History of England.
She started writing when very young. The "Burlington Sentinel" published her first poem. Young as she was, she was a welcome contributor to the "Sentinel," and afterward to the "Boston Evening Gazette" and " Democratic Review."
In September 1831, she married Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, D.D., the pastor of Orchard Street Church, in New York City.
She was one of the most prolific writers of Christian Universalism denominational literature.
She was a contributor to "Graham's Magazine," the "Knickerbocker Magazine", and the "Democratic Review". For several years, she was a constant contributor to the "Odd Fellows' Magazine," published in Baltimore, Maryland; and for Horace Greeley's "New Yorker".
Caroline Fisher Sawyer died May 19, 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caroline Mehitable Fisher was born in Newton, Massachusetts, December 10, 1812, daughter of Jesse Fisher and Anna Kenrick.
She recited the first eight chapters of the Gospel of Mark when she was just eight years old. Before the age of ten, she had read Shakespeare, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, Plutarch's Parallel Lives, as well as Hume's and Smollett's History of England.
She started writing when very young. The "Burlington Sentinel" published her first poem. Young as she was, she was a welcome contributor to the "Sentinel," and afterward to the "Boston Evening Gazette" and " Democratic Review."
In September 1831, she married Rev. Thomas J. Sawyer, D.D., the pastor of Orchard Street Church, in New York City.
She was one of the most prolific writers of Christian Universalism denominational literature.
She was a contributor to "Graham's Magazine," the "Knickerbocker Magazine", and the "Democratic Review". For several years, she was a constant contributor to the "Odd Fellows' Magazine," published in Baltimore, Maryland; and for Horace Greeley's "New Yorker".
Caroline Fisher Sawyer died May 19, 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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