Eudora Stone Bumstead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eudora Stone Bumstead

American poet, hymnwriter

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1860

Place of Birth: Bedford Charter Township, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1892

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer, hymnwriter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Eudora Stone Bumstead (August 26, 1860 – 1892) was an American poet and hymnwriter.
She is remembered as "the children's poet".Along with several other young writers, including: C.
A.
Stephens, William S.
Walsh, Robert M.
Walsh, Helen Gray Cone, Eleanor C.
Donnelly, Mary Sheldon Barnes, Theodora Robinson Jenness, F.
("Fern") Hamilton, and Edwin Roth Champlin ("Clarence Fairfield"), Bumstead got her start as a writer at Our Young Folks.
She began writing rhymes in childhood, and when ten years old was paid US$2 for a poem entitled, "Signs of Spring", which was published in Our Young Folks, then edited by John Townsend Trowbridge.