The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . the work of thestation. Four years later she married Dr. Judson,and for nearly ten years was able to render inval-uable service to the missionary cause in India. Herhealth failing
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . the work of thestation. Four years later she married Dr. Judson,and for nearly ten years was able to render inval-uable service to the missionary cause in India. Herhealth failing her at last, she, with her husband andchildren took passage for home. When near theIsle of France, Mrs. Judson grew rapidly worse, anddied at sea Sept. 3, 1845, and was buried on theisland of St. Helena. JUDSON, Emily Chubbuck ( Fanny Forres-ter), author,was born at Morrisville, N. Y., Aug. 32,1817. Her parents were in poor circumstances, andbefore she was twelve years old, she worked in awoolen mill in the summer, and attended the districtschool in the winter. She rose up early to work andsat up late to study, and when only fifteen became ateacher in the Utica female seminary. She had al-ready begun to write both prose and verse. Tor herfirst book, Charles Liiju,she received only $51She wrote a number of books for children, whichwere published by the Baptist publishing house, and 94 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. in four years, she was able, from the proceeds of herindustry, to settle her parents in a comfortable June, 1844, while on a visit to New York, shewrote a light sketch for the New York Mirror,under the name of FannyForrester, which at once at-tracted attention; and encour-aged by the praise of the edi-tor, she contributed to themagazine a series of brilliantsketches, which were after-ward collected and publishedin the two volumes bearingthe title of was her name for Mor-risville, her beautiful nativeplace. On the return of in 1846, Miss Ch
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