Elizabeth Cumings Pierce (August 10, 1853 – February 2, 1930) 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.
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| Born | August 10, 1853  Fulton |
| Died | February 2, 1930 (aged 76) Belvidere |
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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- ^ Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 55, page 300.
- ^ "Belvidere Daily Republican 18 Apr 1930, page Page 19". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ Willard, Frances (1893-01-01). Willard, Frances; Livermore, Mary (eds.). A Woman of the Century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of leading American women in all walks of life. Charles Wells Moulton.
- ^ "Miss Matilda Archambeau Van Dorn | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ "A happy discipline : a two years' apprenticeship to life | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
- ^ prepared by the R.R. Bowker company's Database Publishing Division; in collaboration with the Publicsations Systems Department (1986). Fiction, folklore, fantasy & poetry for children, 1876-1985 : author index, illustrator index, title index, awards index. Internet Archive. New York : Bowker. ISBN 978-0-8352-2272-3.
- ^ Cumings, Elizabeth (1914). Josephine in war time. The Library of Congress. Boston, The Pilgrim press.