Adele E. Thompson Explained

Adele E. Thompson
Birth Name:Adele Eugenia Thompson
Birth Date:7 July 1849
Birth Place:Middlefield, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Middlefield, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:Writer, clubwoman
Notable Works:Polly of the Pines (1906)

Adele Eugenia Thompson (July 7, 1849 – April 4, 1929) was an American writer, based in Ohio, best known for a series of historical novels for young readers.

Biography

Thompson was born in Middlefield, Ohio, the daughter of James Madison Thompson and Phebe S. Tracy Thompson.[1] [2] Thompson wrote historical novels for girls,[3] often with young American heroines.[4] She was president of the Cleveland Writers' Club, later known as the Cleveland Women's Press Club.[5] She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thompson died in 1929, at the age of 79.[6] Some of her papers are in the Thompson Family Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Leonard, John W. . Woman's Who's who of America . 1914 . American Commonwealth Company . 812. en.
  2. Book: McAllister, Addams Stratton . The descendants of John Thomson, pioneer Scotch covenanter . 1917 . Easton, Pa., The Chemical Publishing Company, printers . 224, 225. New York Public Library.
  3. News: 1912-09-28 . Bright Book for Girls; 'Nobody's Rose' by Adele E. Thompson, a Fascinating Tale . 13 . The Boston Globe . Newspapers.com . 2023-10-26.
  4. News: 1909-11-06 . Treats for Juveniles . 11 . The Boston Globe . Newspapers.com . 2023-10-26.
  5. Web site: 2018-05-11 . Cleveland Writers' Club. 2023-10-26 . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History . en.
  6. http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/geauga/cem_middlefield.html Middlefield Center Cemetery
  7. Web site: Finding aid for the Thompson Family Papers . 2023-10-26 . Western Reserve Historical Society.
  8. News: 1899-10-06 . Literary Notes . 4 . The Dayton Herald . Newspapers.com. 2023-10-26.
  9. November 14, 1901 . Our Book Table . Journal of Education . 54 . 19 . 318 . Internet Archive.
  10. Thompson, Adele E. Brave Heart Elizabeth: A Story of the Ohio Frontier. Boston, Lee and Shepard, 1902.
  11. Book: Thompson . Adele E.. Polly of the pines : a patriot girl of the Carolinas . Roth . Henry . 1906 . Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Library.
  12. Web site: Nobody's Rose : or, The girlhood of Rose Shannon . 2023-10-26 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  13. Thompson, Adele E. "Pioneer Women of Middlefield" in Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, ed., Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve (Cleveland Centennial Commission 1896): 6-10.
  14. Thompson, Adele E. "Washington and the Ohio" Self Culture 8(6)(February 1899): 704-709.
  15. Thompson . Adele E. . March 23, 1901 . The Lily Boy's Cure . The Sunday School Times . 43 . 12 . 179 . Internet Archive.
  16. Thompson . Adele E. . September 7, 1901 . A Pair of Apostates . The Woman's Journal . 32 . 36 . 286 . Internet Archive.
  17. News: Thompson . Adele E. . 1902-02-20 . The Faith of Washington . 2 . Cedar County Republican and Stockton Journal . 2023-10-26 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Thompson . Adele E. . 1902-11-20 . The Shadow that Came Between . 2 . The Turon Weekly Press . 2023-10-26 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: Thompson . Adele E. . 1908-01-17 . A Jealous Wife . 6 . The Hickman Enterprise . 2023-10-26 . Newspapers.com.
  20. Thompson . Adele E. . 1902-11-27 . Ye Pumpion Pye . The New England Magazine . 27 . 3 . 277–283 . Internet Archive.
  21. News: Thompson . Adele E. . 1919-08-07 . Different Greetings When People Meet . 3 . Baptist and Reflector . 2023-10-26 . Newspapers.com.

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