Mary Prudence Wells Smith

Background

Smith, Mary Prudence Wells was born on July 23, 1840 in Attica, New York, United States. Daughter of Doctor Noah S. and Esther Nims (Coleman) Wells.

Education

Graduate Greenfield (Massachusetts) High School, 1858, Mission Draper’s Female Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut, 1859. Became assistant teacher Greenfield High School. Later assistant in Franklin Savings Institution, Greenfield.

Massachusetts, first woman employed in a savings bank in Massachusetts.

Career

Author: Jolly Good Series (8 volumes), 1875-1895. Mission Ellis’s Mission, 1886. The Young Puritan Series, 1897-1900.

The Old Deerfield Series, 1904-1909.

Summer Vacation Series, 1914-1917. Home: Greenfield, Massachusetts

Achievements

• Mary Prudence Wells Smith has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Judge Fayette Smith, April.

Father:

Doctor Noah South. Wells

Mother:

Esther Nims (Coleman) Wells

Spouse:

Judge Fayette Smith