Mary Trimble Reiley (May 15 or May 17, 1858 – October 16, 1878) was an American poet.[1][2][3][4] Her poems included one about the slaughter of John Gair. She was the daughter of John Arndt Reiley.[5] He was a minister who also died in 1878 of yellow fever[6][7] along with some of her siblings.[5]

She graduated from the State Normal School in Trenton, New Jersey in 1878 "with the highest standing of any graduate of the institution up to that time."[citation needed] She had poems published in the New York prior to her death and after her death her teacher and friend Miss Mathews published a 276 page volume of her poems in 1879.[8]

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  1. ^ https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00knig/page/364/mode/2up pages ix-xiv
  2. ^ History and genealogy of the Reed family
  3. ^ the Biographical dictionary of Southern authors, p.365
  4. ^ The Story of the Arndts, pp.316-317
  5. ^ a b A History of Louisiana Volume 2 pages 291-292, by Henry E. Chambers. Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925 via [1]
  6. ^ Association, Princeton Theological Seminary Alumni (February 1, 1891). "Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Princeton Theological Seminary". Princeton Theological Seminary. – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Coffin, Selden Jennings (February 1, 1879). "Record of the Men of Lafayette: Brief Biographical Sketches of the Alumni of Lafayette College from Its Organization to the Present Time". The College – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Reiley, Mary Trimble (February 1, 1879). Mary T. Reiley's poems. Printed by Naar, Day, & Naar – via Hathi Trust.