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Nathaniel Hawthorne born in 1804 | Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem 1804 and died in 1964.A well-known short-story writer and novelist, he was born in a house at 27 Union St. (This house was later moved to the [[House of Seven Gables]] complex.) | ||
Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1825. | |||
He married [[Peabody, Sophia|Sophia Peabody]] of Salem on July 9, 1842. | |||
The family lived in Concord at the "Old Manse" and the "Wayside" and in the Berkshires as well as Salem until moving abroad in 1853 as political consul and spent seven years in England, Italy and France. | |||
He died on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire on a trip with his friend, former president Franklin Pierce. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord. His wife Sophia and daughter Una who both died in England and buried there, were re-interred in June 2006 in plots adjacent to Hawthorne's. | |||
Revision as of 10:53, 7 August 2009
Nathaniel Hawthorne born in Salem 1804 and died in 1964.A well-known short-story writer and novelist, he was born in a house at 27 Union St. (This house was later moved to the House of Seven Gables complex.) Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1825. He married Sophia Peabody of Salem on July 9, 1842. The family lived in Concord at the "Old Manse" and the "Wayside" and in the Berkshires as well as Salem until moving abroad in 1853 as political consul and spent seven years in England, Italy and France. He died on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire on a trip with his friend, former president Franklin Pierce. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord. His wife Sophia and daughter Una who both died in England and buried there, were re-interred in June 2006 in plots adjacent to Hawthorne's.
See Also
Vertical File in Salem Collection- Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hawthorne in Salem Website
Hawthorne Houses in Salem Website
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Neighborhood SalemWeb site
Hawthorne: a life by Brenda Wineapple, 2003.
Salem Is My Dwelling Place by E. H. Miller
