Biography

"The daughter of Dr. Willam N. Lummis, she was educated at the female seminary in Aurora, New York. She married William H. Ellet "at an early age" and they moved to South Carolina, where she wrote several books of poetry and contributed articles on poetry and literature. Returning to New York, she wrote a three-volume book, WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1848), "derived from original sources," followed by many other books, including DOMESTIC HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1850), WATCHING SPIRITS (1851), PIONEER WOMEN OF THE WEST (1852), QUEENS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY (1865), and THE COURT CIRCLES OF THE REPUBLIC, OR THE BEAUTIES AND CELEBRITIES OF THE NATION (1869). " From Biography on Find A Grave