Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on November 4, 1895.

From the guide to the Field letter, Buena Park, Illinois, to W. I. Way MS 0004., 1894 Nov. 17., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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