Walton, Mary Elizabeth.

Dates:
Active 1856
Active 1858

Biographical notes:

Teacher, journalist and poet.

Mary Elizabeth Barrows was a native of Clayville, N.Y. In April of 1855 she moved to Muscatine, Iowa to teach school. In 1856 she left Iowa for Illinois and then New York. In June of 1857 she returned to Iowa after marrying prominent Muscatine resident Josiah Proctor Walton.

From the description of Mary Elizabeth Walton journal, 1856-1858. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 61829131

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Subjects:

  • Religion
  • Teachers
  • Education, Rural
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Spiritualism
  • Women pioneers

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Places:

  • Iowa (as recorded)
  • Muscatine (Iowa) (as recorded)