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3 unusual facts about Ellen Palmer Allerton


Ellen Palmer Allerton

Her husband, born February 18, 1831, was native of Cuyahoga County, Ohio and a descendent of Isaac Allerton who, along with his wife and children, had made passage aboard the Mayflower on its maiden voyage to Plymouth Rock.

Her father, a farmer, was born in East Guilford, Vermont on November 1, 1786 and her mother, a descendant of Dutch pioneers, on July 10, 1792 at Salisbury, Connecticut.

Padonia Township, Brown County, Kansas

Notable of this small community is its native daughter 19th-century poet Ellen Palmer Allerton, whose works were compiled in Walls of Corn and Other Poems (Hiawatha: The Harrington Printing Co. 1894) and Annabel, and Other Poems.



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