340:
300:
264:
228:
156:
60:
Chilton gave early indications of poetic talent. One of her best poems was written when she was a child, attending the grammar school at Galena. Since she became a resident of
Nashville, she was a regular contributor to several of the journals and periodicals of that city and elsewhere.
35:, April 25, 1838. Her parents were Andrew Cavet Swan (1802–1867) and Angelina (Mitchell) Swan (1818–1843). After the mother's death, Emelie was left to the sole care of her father, with whom she lived at
72:, in January, 1858, and moved to Nashville in April 1859. Chilton was its editor in Nashville, assisted by Mr. R. M. Webber. E. L. Winham was proprietor and publisher. The title of
76:
was added in 1860. Its publication end in August of that year for lack of patronage. Since her connection with that periodical, most of her productions appeared in its columns.
377:
402:
392:
397:
20:
212:
407:
372:
382:
245:
317:
387:
281:
69:
47:
57:, and there made the acquaintance and afterward married James A. Chilton. They had a daughter, Alberta.
19:(1838–1864) was a 19th-century American author of poetry and short stories, as well as the editor of a
367:
362:
54:
43:
32:
208:
202:
139:
176:
36:
333:
356:
344:
304:
268:
232:
160:
80:
343:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
303:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
267:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
231:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
159:
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
53:
Soon after finishing her education, she visited her relatives in
42:
Subsequently, she entered Rock River
Seminary (later named,
79:
Emelie
Chilton died in Nashville, March 3, 1864, of
64:In May, 1859, she assumed the editorial control of
141:Women of the South Distinguished in Literature ...
50:, where she completed a regular course of study.
177:"Emily C Swan Female about 1838 – 4 March 1864"
171:
169:
133:
131:
129:
127:
125:
123:
8:
39:during the first years of her school life.
207:. J. W. Lewis & Company. p. 236.
378:19th-century American short story writers
119:
204:History of Davidson County, Tennessee
7:
144:Derby & Jackson. pp. 508–09
403:Temperance activists from Tennessee
393:American women short story writers
68:, a 32-page monthly, commenced in
14:
338:
298:
262:
226:
154:
398:American women magazine editors
100:"The Wrens in the Locust-Tree"
1:
201:Clayton, W. Woodford (1880).
324:. 3 December 1859. p. 3
408:Mount Morris College alumni
373:19th-century American poets
260:– via Newspapers.com.
252:. 23 August 1860. p. 3
31:Emelie C. Swan was born at
424:
383:American magazine editors
288:. 4 March 1864. p. 2
286:The Nashville Daily Union
318:"The Temperance Monthly"
322:Daily Nashville Patriot
110:"All Things Considered"
138:Forrest, Mary (1861).
70:McMinnville, Tennessee
66:The Temperance Monthly
48:Mount Morris, Illinois
282:"Emilie Swan-Chilton"
388:American women poets
181:www.familysearch.org
55:Nashville, Tennessee
44:Mount Morris College
33:Lost Mound, Illinois
17:Emelie C. S. Chilton
214:978-0-7222-4833-1
83:, aged 26 years.
415:
348:
342:
341:
337:
331:
329:
314:
308:
302:
301:
297:
295:
293:
278:
272:
266:
265:
261:
259:
257:
250:The Home Journal
242:
236:
230:
229:
225:
223:
221:
198:
192:
191:
189:
187:
173:
164:
158:
157:
153:
151:
149:
135:
74:Literary Journal
37:Galena, Illinois
423:
422:
418:
417:
416:
414:
413:
412:
353:
352:
351:
339:
327:
325:
316:
315:
311:
299:
291:
289:
280:
279:
275:
263:
255:
253:
246:"Communication"
244:
243:
239:
227:
219:
217:
215:
200:
199:
195:
185:
183:
175:
174:
167:
155:
147:
145:
137:
136:
121:
117:
107:
94:
89:
29:
12:
11:
5:
421:
419:
411:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
380:
375:
370:
365:
355:
354:
350:
349:
334:Newspapers.com
309:
273:
237:
213:
193:
165:
118:
116:
113:
112:
111:
106:
103:
102:
101:
98:
93:
90:
88:
87:Selected works
85:
46:), located at
28:
25:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
420:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
384:
381:
379:
376:
374:
371:
369:
366:
364:
361:
360:
358:
346:
345:public domain
335:
323:
319:
313:
310:
306:
305:public domain
287:
283:
277:
274:
270:
269:public domain
251:
247:
241:
238:
234:
233:public domain
216:
210:
206:
205:
197:
194:
182:
178:
172:
170:
166:
162:
161:public domain
143:
142:
134:
132:
130:
128:
126:
124:
120:
114:
109:
108:
105:Short stories
104:
99:
96:
95:
91:
86:
84:
82:
77:
75:
71:
67:
62:
58:
56:
51:
49:
45:
40:
38:
34:
26:
24:
22:
18:
332:– via
326:. Retrieved
321:
312:
290:. Retrieved
285:
276:
254:. Retrieved
249:
240:
218:. Retrieved
203:
196:
184:. Retrieved
180:
146:. Retrieved
140:
78:
73:
65:
63:
59:
52:
41:
30:
23:periodical.
16:
15:
368:1864 deaths
363:1838 births
328:13 December
292:13 December
256:13 December
220:13 December
186:13 December
148:13 December
81:consumption
357:Categories
115:References
21:temperance
97:"October"
27:Biography
211:
92:Poems
330:2023
294:2023
258:2023
222:2023
209:ISBN
188:2023
150:2023
359::
320:.
284:.
248:.
179:.
168:^
122:^
347:.
336:.
307:.
296:.
271:.
235:.
224:.
190:.
163:.
152:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.