Introduction

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.

Works

• Love on the Brain, with Ma­ry Kid­der (New York: Will­iam Jen­nings De­mo­rest, 1865)
• Personal Re­col­lect­ions of the Last Days of Ste­phen Fos­ter, The Etude, Sep­tem­ber 1916