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Adelaide Cilley Waldron

{{Short description|American author, editor, clubwoman (1843–1909)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Adelaide Cilley Waldron

| image = Adelaide Cilley Waldron.png

| pseudonym = A. C. Waldron

| birth_name = Adelaide Haines Cilley

| birth_date = February 23, 1843

| birth_place = Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.

| death_date = June 16, 1909

| death_place = Farmington, New Hampshire, U.S.

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| occupation = author and editor

| genre = poems, hymns, sonnets, children's stories, essays, letters, articles

| spouse = {{marriage|R. C Parker|1862|1866|end=died}}
{{marriage|John Waldron|1871}}

| relatives = Joseph Cilley (great-grandfather)

}}

Adelaide Cilley Waldron ({{nee}}, Cilley; pen name, A. C. Waldron; February 23, 1843 – June 16, 1909) was an American author and editor of the long nineteenth century. She wrote poems, hymns, sonnets, children's stories, essays, and letters for newspapers, as well as articles for educational and historical journals. Farmington was published in 1904.{{sfn|Boston Public Library|1907|p=79}} Waldron was an accomplished musician{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}} and a clubwoman. She was associated with the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), New England Woman's Press Association (NEWPA), and other organizations.

Early life and education

Adelaide Haines Cilley{{sfn|Daughters of the American Revolution|1986|p=449}} was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, February 23, 1843.{{sfn|Foster|1909|p=394}}{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}} She was the daughter of the Rev. Daniel Plumer Cilley and his wife, Adelaide Ayers (Haines) Cilley. In addition to the Plumers and Cilleys, Waldron's ancestors included the Frosts, Sherburnes, and Pepperells of colonial note, through her mother, a preceptress in the Parsonsfield, Maine, and Strafford Academies.{{sfn|New Hampshire Publishing Company|1895|p=243}} Waldron had at least four siblings, including Charles, Emma, Daniel, and Joseph.{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}}

Removal during her childhood to Boston, Massachusetts, caused Waldron to be educated almost wholly in that city, through schools, private tutors, and her father's study full of books.{{sfn|New Hampshire Publishing Company|1895|p=243}}

Career

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| quote ="I may find it provoking when seven out of ten of my weekly papers have the same serial, or short story, or extracts from special correspondence, but perhaps the family next door has only one weekly and no daily paper; surely the well-written articles bought by a good syndicate are better for my neighbor's instruction and amusement than would be the trash possibly served to him otherwise." -Adelaide Cilley Waldron, 1888{{sfn|Writer, Incorporated|1888|p=57}}{{sfn|Johanningsmeier|2002|p=183}}

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Since her first poem appeared, in Lippincott's Magazine, while she lived in North Carolina, her work was printed in many periodicals, from Harper's Magazine, Good Housekeeping,{{sfn|Clark W. Bryan & Company (pub.)|1888|pp=6, 233, 237}} The Writer,{{sfn|Hills|1901|p=13}} The New England Magazine,{{sfn|John N. McClintock and Company (pub.)|1885|p=225}} Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine,{{sfn|Talmage|1888|p=94}} Outing,{{sfn|Worman|Worman|1898|p=572}} The Literary World,{{sfn|E. H. Hames & Company (pub.)|1898|p=342}} Demorest Monthly Magazine,{{sfn|Demorest|1885|p=228}} Kate Field's Washington,{{sfn|Field|1892|p=10}} The Youth's Companion,{{sfn|Willis|Ford|1883|p=185}} American Primary Teacher,{{sfn|Winship|Sheldon|1889|p=291}} and The Granite Monthly,{{sfn|Metcalf|McClintock|1904|p=126}} to first-class daily papers, and by publishers of holiday books, as well as in A Collection of Poems by America's Younger Poets.{{sfn|Westminster Publishing Company|1888|pp=6, 17, 49, 55, 64, 94, 99, 116, 121, 127, 142}} Waldron, lacking the aggressiveness of many less gifted, was a woman of unusual abilities and versatile talent, writing well always, whether in verse for special occasion, a hymn, a strong sonnet, a story for children, letters for newspapers, or articles carefully compiled for educational and historical journals, including the Journal of Education (Boston: New England Publishing Company).{{sfn|New England Publishing Company|1891|p=90}} As a writer, she never lowered her standard for popularity or pay.{{sfn|New Hampshire Publishing Company|1895|p=243}}

For ten years, she served as organist to Richard Pinkham of the Congregational church.{{sfn|Sinnett|1908|p=249}}

Personal life and death

She married R. C Parker, M. D., of Farmington, New Hampshire, May 1, 1862. He died December 31, 1866.{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}}

Her marriage to John Waldron, Esq., of Farmington, took place August 15, 1871. They had two daughters: Adelaide Cecil and Elizabeth Pearl.{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}}

Waldron was a charter member of the DAR, a state officer of the WCTU, and served as vice-president of the New Hampshire branch of the Sons of the Revolution.{{sfn|Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company|1891|p=26}} She belonged to the club of NHD, the NEWPA, and the Pascataqua Congregational Club.{{sfn|New Hampshire Publishing Company|1895|p=243}} She was also a member of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, her great-grandfather, General Joseph Cilley, having been one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1783.{{sfn|Biographical Review|1897|p=590}} She was a donor to the library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.{{sfn|New England Historic Genealogical Society|1905|p=xxxvii}}

Waldron died in Farmington, June 16, 1909.{{sfn|Foster|1909|p=394}}{{sfn|Lyford|1912|p=174}}

Selected works

  • Farmington, 1904

References

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=Attribution=

  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Biographical Review|title=Biographical Review: ... Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2sjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA590|edition=Public domain|year=1897|publisher=Biographical Review}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Boston Public Library|title=Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3ssAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA79|edition=Public domain|year=1907|publisher=The Trustees}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Clark W. Bryan & Company (pub.)|title=Good Housekeeping |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahVIAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR6|edition=Public domain|volume=7-8|year=1888|publisher=Clark W. Bryan & Company|location=Springfield, Massachusetts}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last=Demorest|editor-first=William Jennings|title=Demorests' Monthly Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YiB62pGtuXUC&pg=PA228|edition=Public domain|volume=21|year=1885|publisher=W.J. Demorest}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=E. H. Hames & Company (pub.)|title=The Literary World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjcZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA342|edition=Public domain|volume=29|year=1898|publisher=S. R. Crocker |location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last=Field|editor-first=Kate|title=Kate Field's Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PYVAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP10|edition=Public domain|volume=5-9|year=1892|publisher=Kate Field|location=Washington, D.C.}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last=Foster|editor-first=F. Apthorp|title=The New England Historical and Genealogical Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA394|edition=Public domain|year=1909|publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last=Hills|editor-first=William H.|title=The Writer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeaPuyghNk0C&pg=PA13|edition=Public domain|volume=1|year=1901|publisher=William H. Hills|location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=John N. McClintock and Company (pub.)|title=The New England Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rb1JAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA225|edition=Public domain|volume=2|year=1885|publisher=John N. McClintock and Company|location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|last=Lyford|first=James Otis|title=History of the Town of Canterbury, New Hampshire, 1727-1912: Genealogy and appendix|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8MMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA174|edition=Public domain|year=1912|publisher=Rumford}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|last1=Metcalf|first1=Henry Harrison|last2=McClintock|first2=John Norris|title=The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VrIVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126|edition=Public domain|volume=1-34|year=1904|publisher=H.H. Metcalf}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=New England Historic Genealogical Society|title=Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE5KAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PR37|edition=Public domain|year=1905|publisher=The Society|location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=New England Publishing Company|title=Journal of Education|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wuQ6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA90|edition=Public domain|volume=33-34|year=1891|publisher=New England Publishing Company|location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=New Hampshire Publishing Company|title=New Hampshire Women: A Collection of Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Daughters and Residents of the Granite State ...|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044087528675&view=1up&seq=251 |edition=Public domain|year=1895|publisher=New Hampshire Publishing Company}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company|title=The Salem Press Historical and Genealogical Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1L8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26|edition=Public domain|year=1891|publisher=Salem Press Publishing and Printing Company|location=Salem, Massachusetts}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|last=Sinnett|first=Charles Nelson|title=Richard Pinkham of Old Dover, New Hampshire and His Descendants East and West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWxIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA249|edition=Public domain|year=1908|publisher=Higginson Book Company|location=Concord, New Hampshire}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last=Talmage|editor-first=T. DeWitt|title=Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lV42AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA94|edition=Public domain|volume=23|year=1888|publisher=Frank Leslie's Publishing House|location=New York City}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Westminster Publishing Company|title=A Collection of Poems by America's Younger Poets|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odRLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA6|edition=Public domain|volume=1|year=1888|publisher=Westminster Publishing Company|location=Philadelphia}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=Nathaniel|last2=Ford|first2=Daniel Sharp|title=The Youth's Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2EgxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA185|edition=Public domain|volume=56|year=1883|publisher=Perry Mason Company}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last1=Winship|editor-first1=A. E.|editor-last2=Sheldon|editor-first2=W. E.|title=American Primary Teacher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vjZJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA291|edition=Public domain|volume=12|year=1889|publisher=New England Publishing Company|location=Boston}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|editor-last1=Worman|editor-first1=James H.|editor-last2=Worman|editor-first2=Ben J.|title=Outing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aKNUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA572|edition=Public domain|volume=31|year=1898|publisher=Outing Publishing Company|location=New York City}} }}
  • {{Source-attribution| {{cite book|author=Writer, Incorporated|title=The Writer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuJUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA57|edition=Public domain|volume=1|year=1888|publisher=Writer, Incorporated}} }}

=Bibliography=

  • {{cite book|author=Daughters of the American Revolution|title=Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpPjAAAAMAAJ|edition=Public domain|volume=120 |issue=1–10|year=1986|publisher=National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution}}
  • {{cite book|last=Johanningsmeier|first=Charles|title=Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace: The Role of Newspaper Syndicates in America, 1860-1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJ1BDGixAnAC&pg=PA183|date=4 July 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52018-8}}

External links

  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Adelaide Cilley Waldron}}

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Category:1843 births

Category:1909 deaths

Category:People from Manchester, New Hampshire

Category:Writers from New Hampshire

Category:Daughters of the American Revolution people

Category:Woman's Christian Temperance Union people

Category:Clubwomen

Category:19th-century pseudonymous writers

Category:Pseudonymous women writers