Background
Headley, Joel Tyler was born on December 30, 1813 in Walton, Delaware County, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Irene (Benedict) Headley.
Headley, Joel Tyler was born on December 30, 1813 in Walton, Delaware County, New York, United States. Son of Isaac and Irene (Benedict) Headley.
Graduate Union College, 1839. Attended Auburn Theological Seminary.
Poor health prevented continuation of ministerial career. Went to Italy, 1842; associate editor New York Tribune, 1846. Member of New York Assembly, 1854.
Secretary of state New York, 1855-1858.
Author: Italy and the Italians, 1844, Letters from Italy, 1845. Napolean and his Marshals, 1846, Washington and his Generals, 1847, (two most important works).
Life of Cromwell, 1848. Sacred Scenes and Characters, 1849.
Life of Havelock, 1859.
Champlains of the Revolution, 1861. The Great Rebellion, 2 volumes, 1864. Grant and Sherman, their Campaigns and Generals, 1865.
Farragut and our Naval Commanders, 1867.
Sacred Heroes and Martyrs, 1865. Dubbed by Edgar Allen Poe “the autocrat of all the quacks”.
Member of New York Assembly, 1854.
Married Anna Allston Russel, May 1850.