Mary Hayden Pike

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Please help improve this article or section by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. (December 2007)

Mary Hayden Pike née Green (30 November 1824 – 15 January 1908) American author born in Eastport, Maine to Elijah Dix Green and Hannah Caflin Hayden. She was educated in Calais, Maine and acquired religious convictions at the early age of twelve when she went through baptism in an icy stream. She graduated from the Charleston, Massachusetts Female Seminary in 1843. In 1846 she married Frederick A. Pike who later was elected to the 37th United States Congress.

Mary's principal literary works were: Ida May 1854, Caste 1856, and Agnes 1858.

[edit] References

• "Pike, Mary Hayden (Green)." American Authors 1600 – 1900. H. W. Wilson Company, NY 1938.
• Mary Hayden Pike's works Accessed December 10, 2007