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'''Laura Dayton Fessenden''' ({{nee}}, '''Dayton'''; December 29, 1852 – May 11, 1924) was an American author of romances and other works. She was a contributor to magazines and a writer of songs. She was the founder of the [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] Woman's Club.<ref name="chicagotribune1924">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Fessenden, Club Leader Of Note, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355068942/?article=2a060ea5-ccc0-408d-bbf1-36bc84b677af |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=12 May 1924 |page=10 |language=en}}</ref> Before marriage, she wrote as '''Laura C. S. Dayton'''.
'''Laura Dayton Fessenden''' ({{nee}}, '''Dayton'''; December 29, 1852 – May 11, 1924) was an American author of romances and other books between 1878 and 1923. She was a contributor to magazines and a writer of songs. She was the founder of the [[Highland Park, Illinois|Highland Park]] Woman's Club.<ref name="chicagotribune1924">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Fessenden, Club Leader Of Note, Is Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355068942/?article=2a060ea5-ccc0-408d-bbf1-36bc84b677af |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=12 May 1924 |page=10 |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220132308/http://www.newspapers.com/image/355068942/?article=2a060ea5-ccc0-408d-bbf1-36bc84b677af |url-status=live }}</ref> Before marriage, she wrote as '''Laura C. S. Dayton'''.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Laura Canfield Spencer Dayton was born in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], December 29, 1852.<ref name="isfdb">{{cite web |title=Laura Dayton Fessenden |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?204087 |publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]] |access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref> Her parents were Abram Child Dayton (author of ''Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York'') and Maria Annis (Tomlinson) Dayton.<ref name="leonard1914">{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John W. |title=Woman's Who's who of America |date=1914 |publisher=American Commonwealth Company |page=289 |edition=Public domain |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Woman%27s_who%27s_who_of_America,_1914-15.djvu/277 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> Her brother, Charles Willoughby Dayton, was Justice, [[New York Supreme Court]].<ref name="leonard1914" /> She also grew up with two other brothers, William Adams Dayton and Harold Child Dayton. There were four siblings who died at birth (or in babyhood), Maria Annis Dayton, John Canfield Dayton, Theodore Edwin Dayton, and Cornelia Blow Dayton.<ref name="fessenden1902">{{cite book |last1=Fessenden |first1=Laura Dayton |title=Genealogical Story (Dayton and Tomlinson) |date=1902 |publisher=Crist, Scott & Parshall |page=1 |edition=Public domain |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalstor1902fess |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> Her ancestors came to the United States in the ''[[Mayflower]]''.<ref name="leonardmarquis1903">{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John William |last2=Marquis |first2=Albert Nelson |title=Who's who in America |date=1903 |publisher=A.N. Marquis |edition=Public domain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OULAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA483 |page=483 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>
Laura Canfield Spencer Dayton was born in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], December 29, 1852.<ref name="isfdb">{{cite web |title=Laura Dayton Fessenden |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?204087 |publisher=[[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]] |access-date=20 December 2021 |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220135203/http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?204087 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her parents were Abram Child Dayton (author of ''Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York'') and Maria Annis (Tomlinson) Dayton.<ref name="leonard1914">{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John W. |title=Woman's Who's who of America |date=1914 |publisher=American Commonwealth Company |page=289 |edition=Public domain |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Woman%27s_who%27s_who_of_America,_1914-15.djvu/277 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220135131/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3AWoman%27s_who%27s_who_of_America%2C_1914-15.djvu/277 |url-status=live }} {{source-attribution}}</ref> Her brother, Charles Willoughby Dayton, was Justice of the [[New York Supreme Court]].<ref name="leonard1914" /> She also grew up with two other brothers, William Adams Dayton and Harold Child Dayton. There were four siblings who died at birth (or in babyhood), Maria Annis Dayton, John Canfield Dayton, Theodore Edwin Dayton, and Cornelia Blow Dayton.<ref name="fessenden1902">{{cite book |last1=Fessenden |first1=Laura Dayton |title=Genealogical Story (Dayton and Tomlinson) |date=1902 |publisher=Crist, Scott & Parshall |page=1 |edition=Public domain |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalstor1902fess |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> Her ancestors came to the United States in the ''[[Mayflower]]''.<ref name="leonardmarquis1903">{{cite book |last1=Leonard |first1=John William |last2=Marquis |first2=Albert Nelson |title=Who's who in America |date=1903 |publisher=A.N. Marquis |edition=Public domain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OULAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA483 |page=483 |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220124554/https://books.google.com/books?id=7OULAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA483 |url-status=live }} {{source-attribution}}</ref>


Fessenden received her education at St. Mary's Hall (now, [[Doane Academy]]), [[Burlington, New Jersey]].<ref name="leonard1914" />
Fessenden received her education at St. Mary's Hall (now, [[Doane Academy]]), [[Burlington, New Jersey]].<ref name="leonard1914" />
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==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Laura Dayton Fessenden (1902).png|thumb|1902]]
[[File:Laura Dayton Fessenden (1902).png|thumb|1902]]
Fessenden was a [[correspondent]] of various papers. She represented ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], [[Chicago]], 1893. She was the author of ''Beth'', 1878; ''Essie A Romance in Rhyme'', 1878; ''A Puritan Lover'', 1887; ''A Colonial Dame'', 1897; ''Chronicle of a Branch of the Dayton Family'', 1902; ''Moon Children of the Dayton Family'', 1902; and ''2002, Child Life 100 Years from Now''.<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /><ref name="leonard1914" /> Besides books, poems, and magazine articles, she wrote many songs for children, composing much of the music herself.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /> Two of her works were [[science fiction]] for children: ''Moon Children'' describes an inhabited [[Moon]] and ''2002'' is set in a [[Utopia|utopian]] future world, including technological advancements, a female US president, [[world peace]], and contact with a [[Martian]] civilization.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFE: Fessenden, Laura Dayton|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fessenden_laura_dayton|access-date=2021-12-21|website=sf-encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
Fessenden was a [[correspondent]] of various papers. She represented ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'' at the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], [[Chicago]], 1893. She was the author of ''Beth'', 1878; ''Essie A Romance in Rhyme'', 1878; ''A Puritan Lover'', 1887; ''A Colonial Dame'', 1897; ''Chronicle of a Branch of the Dayton Family'', 1902; ''Moon Children of the Dayton Family'', 1902; and ''2002, Child Life 100 Years from Now''.<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /><ref name="leonard1914" /> Besides books, poems, and magazine articles, she wrote many songs for children, composing much of the music herself.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /> Two of her works were [[science fiction]] for children: ''Moon Children'' describes an inhabited [[Moon]] and ''2002'' is set in a [[Utopia|utopian]] future world, including technological advancements, a female US president, [[world peace]], and contact with a [[Martian]] civilization.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFE: Fessenden, Laura Dayton|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fessenden_laura_dayton|access-date=2021-12-21|website=sf-encyclopedia.com|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221195007/https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fessenden_laura_dayton|url-status=live}}</ref>


During the [[Warren G. Harding#General election campaign|Harding campaign]], Fessenden originated the [[drawing room]] meetings held all over the country and spoke at many of them. She was a member of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] (D.A.R.) and served as regent, [[Chicago]] chapter, 1903). She was also a member of the [[Colonial Dames of America|Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America]], Fortnightly of Chicago, Highland Park Woman's Club,<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /> Chicago Woman's Club, [[Order of the Founders and Patriots of America]], Ossoli Club (Chicago), and the Antiquarian Society.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /><ref name="leonard1914" />
During the [[Warren G. Harding#General election campaign|Harding campaign]], Fessenden originated the [[drawing room]] meetings held all over the country and spoke at many of them. She was a member of the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] (D.A.R.) and served as regent, [[Chicago]] chapter, 1903). She was also a member of the [[Colonial Dames of America|Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America]], Fortnightly of Chicago, Highland Park Woman's Club,<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /> Chicago Woman's Club, [[Order of the Founders and Patriots of America]], Ossoli Club (Chicago), and the Antiquarian Society.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /><ref name="leonard1914" />
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Happiegoluckie.png|thumb|"Happiegoluckie", Fessenden home in [[Highland Park, Illinois]]]]
[[File:Happiegoluckie.png|thumb|"Happiegoluckie", Fessenden home in [[Highland Park, Illinois]]]]
[[File:Grave of Laura Dayton Fessenden (1852–1924) at Lake Forest Cemetery, Illinois.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Fessenden's grave at Lake Forest Cemetery]]
In 1880, she married Benjamin Arthur Fessenden (1848-1917).<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /> They removed to Chicago three years later.<ref name="ildar">{{cite web |title=Laura C. S. Fessenden |url=https://ildar.org/chapters/chicagochapter/about-us/our-history/laura-dayton-fessenden.html |website=ildar.org |publisher=Chicago Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution |access-date=21 December 2021}}</ref> He was involved with planning [[Highland Park, Illinois]].<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /> Their children were: Aymar Child, Alice Hyde (married Lieut. Robert Gray Peck), Ben Hurd, and Dorothy Dayton.<ref name="leonard1914" />
In 1880, she married Benjamin Arthur Fessenden (1848-1917).<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /> They removed to Chicago three years later.<ref name="ildar">{{cite web |title=Laura C. S. Fessenden |url=https://ildar.org/chapters/chicagochapter/about-us/our-history/laura-dayton-fessenden.html |website=ildar.org |publisher=Chicago Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution |access-date=21 December 2021 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130124016/https://ildar.org/chapters/chicagochapter/about-us/our-history/laura-dayton-fessenden.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was involved with planning [[Highland Park, Illinois]].<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /> Their children were: Aymar Child, Alice Hyde (married Lieut. Robert Gray Peck), Ben Hurd, and Dorothy Dayton.<ref name="leonard1914" />


In religion, she was Episcopalian.<ref name="leonard1914" />
In religion, she was Episcopalian.<ref name="leonard1914" />


Fessenden resided in Highland Park at the family home, "Happiegoluckie".<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /><ref name="fessenden1902" /> She died May 11, 1924,<ref name="isfdb" /> at the [[Belden Stratford|Belden Hotel]], Chicago, where she had been spending the winter with family.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" />
Fessenden resided in Highland Park at the family home, "Happiegoluckie".<ref name="leonardmarquis1903" /><ref name="fessenden1902" /> She died May 11, 1924,<ref name="isfdb" /> at the [[Belden Stratford|Belden Hotel]], Chicago, where she had been spending the winter with family.<ref name="chicagotribune1924" /> She was buried at [[Lake Forest Cemetery]].


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
===As Laura C. S. Dayton===
* ''Beth'', 1878
* ''Beth'', 1878
* ''Essie A Romance in Rhyme'', 1878
* ''Essie A Romance in Rhyme'', 1878

===As Laura Dayton Fessenden===
* ''A Puritan Lover'', 1887
* ''A Puritan Lover'', 1887
* ''A colonial dame : a pen-picture of colonial days and ways'', 1897
* ''A colonial dame : a pen-picture of colonial days and ways'', 1897
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[[Category:Colonial Dames of America]]
[[Category:Colonial Dames of America]]
[[Category:Doane Academy alumni]]
[[Category:Doane Academy alumni]]
[[Category:Burials at Lake Forest Cemetery]]

Latest revision as of 09:04, 6 July 2024

Laura Dayton Fessenden
BornLaura Canfield Spencer Dayton
(1852-12-29)December 29, 1852
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 11, 1924(1924-05-11) (aged 71)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting placeLake Forest Cemetery
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
Alma materSt. Mary's Hall (now, Doane Academy)
Spouse
Benjamin Arthur Fessenden
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(m. 1880; died 1917)​
Children4
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Laura Dayton Fessenden (née, Dayton; December 29, 1852 – May 11, 1924) was an American author of romances and other books between 1878 and 1923. She was a contributor to magazines and a writer of songs. She was the founder of the Highland Park Woman's Club.[1] Before marriage, she wrote as Laura C. S. Dayton.

Early life and education

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Laura Canfield Spencer Dayton was born in Manhattan, New York City, December 29, 1852.[2] Her parents were Abram Child Dayton (author of Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York) and Maria Annis (Tomlinson) Dayton.[3] Her brother, Charles Willoughby Dayton, was Justice of the New York Supreme Court.[3] She also grew up with two other brothers, William Adams Dayton and Harold Child Dayton. There were four siblings who died at birth (or in babyhood), Maria Annis Dayton, John Canfield Dayton, Theodore Edwin Dayton, and Cornelia Blow Dayton.[4] Her ancestors came to the United States in the Mayflower.[5]

Fessenden received her education at St. Mary's Hall (now, Doane Academy), Burlington, New Jersey.[3]

Career

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1902

Fessenden was a correspondent of various papers. She represented Harper's Bazaar at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. She was the author of Beth, 1878; Essie A Romance in Rhyme, 1878; A Puritan Lover, 1887; A Colonial Dame, 1897; Chronicle of a Branch of the Dayton Family, 1902; Moon Children of the Dayton Family, 1902; and 2002, Child Life 100 Years from Now.[5][3] Besides books, poems, and magazine articles, she wrote many songs for children, composing much of the music herself.[1] Two of her works were science fiction for children: Moon Children describes an inhabited Moon and 2002 is set in a utopian future world, including technological advancements, a female US president, world peace, and contact with a Martian civilization.[6]

During the Harding campaign, Fessenden originated the drawing room meetings held all over the country and spoke at many of them. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) and served as regent, Chicago chapter, 1903). She was also a member of the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Fortnightly of Chicago, Highland Park Woman's Club,[5] Chicago Woman's Club, Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Ossoli Club (Chicago), and the Antiquarian Society.[1][3]

Personal life

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"Happiegoluckie", Fessenden home in Highland Park, Illinois
Fessenden's grave at Lake Forest Cemetery

In 1880, she married Benjamin Arthur Fessenden (1848-1917).[5] They removed to Chicago three years later.[7] He was involved with planning Highland Park, Illinois.[1] Their children were: Aymar Child, Alice Hyde (married Lieut. Robert Gray Peck), Ben Hurd, and Dorothy Dayton.[3]

In religion, she was Episcopalian.[3]

Fessenden resided in Highland Park at the family home, "Happiegoluckie".[5][4] She died May 11, 1924,[2] at the Belden Hotel, Chicago, where she had been spending the winter with family.[1] She was buried at Lake Forest Cemetery.

Selected works

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As Laura C. S. Dayton

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  • Beth, 1878
  • Essie A Romance in Rhyme, 1878

As Laura Dayton Fessenden

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  • A Puritan Lover, 1887
  • A colonial dame : a pen-picture of colonial days and ways, 1897
  • Bonnie MacKirby : An International Episode, 1898
  • Songs that the Children sing. A Collection of six Solos and two Operettas, 1901 (with Victoria Adams Barber)
  • Chronicle of a Branch of the Dayton Family, 1902
  • Moon Children, 1902 (with R. J. Campbell)
  • "2002" : childlife one hundred years from now, 1902 (with R. J. Campbell)
  • Hatsu, a story of Egypt, 1904
  • Kaskaskia: a tale of border warfare in Illinois., 1905
  • The white witch of Salem town, 1923

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Mrs. Fessenden, Club Leader Of Note, Is Dead". Chicago Tribune. May 12, 1924. p. 10. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Laura Dayton Fessenden". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Leonard, John W. (1914). Woman's Who's who of America (Public domain ed.). American Commonwealth Company. p. 289. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b Fessenden, Laura Dayton (1902). Genealogical Story (Dayton and Tomlinson) (Public domain ed.). Crist, Scott & Parshall. p. 1. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ a b c d e Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1903). Who's who in America (Public domain ed.). A.N. Marquis. p. 483. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ "SFE: Fessenden, Laura Dayton". sf-encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Laura C. S. Fessenden". ildar.org. Chicago Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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