1787–1860

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 15, 1787, Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Jan­ua­ry 26, 1860, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts, of ty­phus.

Buried: Mount Au­burn Ce­me­te­ry, Cam­bridge, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

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Biography

Eliza was the daugh­ter of Sam­uel and Sa­rah Bar­rett, and wife of Karl (Charles) Theo­dor Chris­tian Foll­en (mar­ried 1828).

Her hus­band was a Ger­man po­et who moved to Am­eri­ca in 1824, and at one time taught his­to­ry at Harvard Uni­ver­si­ty. He died on the steam­er Lex­ing­ton, which burned and sank in Long Is­land Sound, Jan­ua­ry 13, 1840.

In her ear­ly life, Eli­za con­trib­ut­ed va­ri­ous piec­es of prose and po­et­ry to news­pa­pers and ma­ga­zines. She ed­it­ed The Child’s Friend for sev­er­al years.

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