1836–1918
Mrs. E. A. Parkhurst

Introduction

Born: June 5, 1836, Lei­ces­ter, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: May 4, 1918, Brook­lyn, New York.

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Biography

Susan was the wife of E. A. Park­hurst, who died in 1864 dur­ing the Am­eri­can ci­vil war.

For a while, she worked at Hor­ace Waters’ mus­ic store in New York C­ity, and met Ste­phen Fos­ter there.

She was well known for her com­po­si­tions of sac­red music, and on themes such as tem­per­ance and abo­li­tion. She pro­vid­ed songs for Hor­ace Waters’ hymn­als, and Wa­ters pub­lished a ca­ta­log of her com­po­si­tions in 1864.

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