Elizabeth Cumings Pierce Explained

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Elizabeth Cumings Pierce (August 10, 1853 –) was an American author. She published stories and books for children under her maiden name, Elizabeth Cumings. She also published a series of humorous stories about ministerial life as the Rev. Uriah Xerxes Buttles, D.D.

Elizabeth Cumings Pierce was born in Fulton, New York, the daughter of De Witt C. Cumings and Harriet Perkins Cumings.[1] In 1869, she married the Rev. George Ross Pierce, a Presbyterian minister. They relocated to Belvidere, Illinois in 1894.[2]

Pierce published children's stories under her maiden name in publications including Wide Awake, The Independent, and St. Nicholas. Her book Miss Matilda Archambeau Van Dorn was serialized in Wide Awake in 1891. Her stories about ministerial life written under the name Uriah Xerxes Buttles appeared in the Christian Union (later renamed The Outlook) and Music. She also published work in Harper's Weekly, Lippincott's Magazine, Scientific Monthly, and Belford's Magazine.[3]

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  1. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 55, page 300.
  2. Web site: Belvidere Daily Republican 18 Apr 1930, page Page 19 . 2023-02-06 . Newspapers.com . en.
  3. Book: Willard, Frances . A Woman of the Century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life . 1893-01-01 . Charles Wells Moulton . Willard . Frances . English . Livermore . Mary.
  4. Web site: Miss Matilda Archambeau Van Dorn WorldCat.org . 2023-02-06 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  5. Web site: A happy discipline : a two years' apprenticeship to life WorldCat.org . 2023-02-06 . www.worldcat.org . en.
  6. Book: prepared by the R.R. Bowker company's Database Publishing Division . Fiction, folklore, fantasy & poetry for children, 1876-1985 : author index, illustrator index, title index, awards index . in collaboration with the Publicsations Systems Department . 1986 . New York : Bowker . Internet Archive . 978-0-8352-2272-3.
  7. Book: Cumings, Elizabeth . Josephine in war time . 1914 . Boston, The Pilgrim press . The Library of Congress.

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