Background
Ellet, Elizabeth Fries Lummis was born in October 1818 in Sodus Point, New York, United States. Daughter of Doctor William Nixion and Sarah (Maxwell) Lummis.
Ellet, Elizabeth Fries Lummis was born in October 1818 in Sodus Point, New York, United States. Daughter of Doctor William Nixion and Sarah (Maxwell) Lummis.
Attended Female Seminary, Aurora, New York.
William H. Ellet, 1835. Lived in Columbia, South Carolina., 1835-1849. Fluent in French, German, Italian, studied history.
Settled in New York City, 1850. A writer her entire life. Author: The Characters of Schiller, 1839.
Women of the American Revolution, 1848. Watching Spirits, 1851. Editor: The New Cyclopaedia of Domestic Economy and Practical Housekeeper, 1872.
Married Doctor.