Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Ellsworth, Mary Wolcott

ELLSWORTH, Mary Wolcott, writer, b. in Exeter, N. H., in 1830; d. in Newton, Mass., 12 Aug., 1870. Her maiden name, under which she wrote, was Janvrin. She was educated at the Exeter female seminary, and began her literary career at eighteen years of age with a prize tale for a Boston journal. She afterward wrote both prose and verse for periodicals, and in 1858 began an engagement as a regular contributor to “Godey's Lady's Book.” Miss Janvrin edited and wrote biographical articles for “Cypress Leaves” (Boston, 1857); and published “Peace, or the Stolen Will” (Boston, 1857), and “An Hour with the Children” (Boston, 1860). She also compiled a series of books entitled “The Juvenile Miscellany” (Boston, 1858).