Mary Louise Peebles, née Parmelee (1833–1915), was an American author of children’s stories who wrote under the name Lynde Palmer.''New York Times'', April 26, 1915 MAPeebles2

Life

Mary Louise Peebles was the daughter of Elias Ripley Parmelee and Eleanor Allen, descendants of early settlers of the town of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), New York.Cuyler Reynolds, ed., ''Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs: a record of achievements'' Peebles was born at Lansingburgh on December 10, 1833, and completed her education there seventeen years later at the

Lansingburgh Academy The Lansingburgh Academy was a seminary in Lansingburgh, New York. The seminary was in existence from the late 18th century to 1900, when the building that housed it was leased to the Lansingburgh School District. The building was sold to the sch ...

. She married banker Anthony Augustus Peebles (1822–1905) on July 7, 1862, and eventually became the mother of two sons who did not survive infancy. Her aunt, Mary Eleanor Parmelee, was known for being an early love interest of the writer

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before she chose to marry instead a local merchant. Mary Louise Peebles died on April 25, 1915. She had been a lifelong resident of Lansingburgh, New York.

Writing career

Mary Louise Peebles' book ''The Little Captain'', published around 1861, was the first of a number of children's stories she would author over the following twenty years or so. In 1877 she released ''The Magnet Stories'', a collection of children's yarns that included ''Drifting and Steering'', ''One Day’s Weaving'', ''Archie’s Shadow'' and ''John Jack''.''A critical dictionary of English literature and British and Americans Authors'', 1897

Bibliography

# ''The Little Captain'' # ''The Good Fight'' # ''Stories for Boys'' # ''Stories for Girls'' # ''The Honorable Club'' # ''Helps Over Hard Places'' # ''Drifting and Steering'' # ''One Day’s Weaving'' # ''Archie’s Shadow'' # ''John Jack'' # ''Jeanette’s Cisterns'' # ''Twinkle and Winkle'' # ''Two Blizzards'' # ''A Question of Honor, Where Honor Leads'' (for adults)

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