Background
Champlin, Edwin Ross was born on May 4, 1854 in E. Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel Anthony and Mary Bliven (Ross) Champlin.
Champlin, Edwin Ross was born on May 4, 1854 in E. Westerly, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel Anthony and Mary Bliven (Ross) Champlin.
Educated Westerly public schools.
At 16 was a “Young Contributor” to Our Young Folks, Boston. Edited and published young people’s monthlies at Westerly, Rhode Island, 1870-1874. Night editor Norwich, Connecticut, Morning Bulletin, 1872.
Assistant editor Danbury (Connecticut) News, 1874.
Member of staff New York Daily Tribune, 1877. Assistant editor Attleboro (Massachusetts) Chronicle, 1878.
Reporter Providence Daily Journal, at Westerly, 1879-1884. Conducted “Table Talk” department of Literary World, Boston, 1885-1886.
Privately engaged in literature work, 1884-1888.
Editor and reporter, Fall River (Massachusetts) Daily Evening News, 1888-1910. Literature editor Gloucester (Massachusetts) Daily Times, 1901-1909. Then engaged in literature work, and on staff Fall River Evening Herald.
Author: (verse) Heart’s Own, 1886.
Lover’s Lyrics and Other Songs, 1888. On the White Birch Road, 1891.
Home: Worcester, Massachusetts
Member of staff New York Daily Tribune, 1877.
Married Georgie A. Butler, April. Children: Charles Laurence, John Butler.