Helen L. Bostwick

Helen L. Bostwick
BornHelen Louisa Barron
January 5, 1826
North Charlestown, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedDecember 20, 1907 (aged 81)
Occupation
  • author
  • poet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Notable works"How the Gates Came Ajar"
Spouse
  • Edwin Bostwick
    (m. 1840; died 1860)
  • John F. Bird
    (m. 1875; died 1904)
Children2

Helen L. Bostwick (née, Barron; after first marriage, Bostwick; after second marriage, Bird; January 5, 1826 – December 20, 1907) was an American author and poet. Buds, Blossoms, and Berries, stories for children, was published in 1863. Some of her poems are included in a volume entitled Four O'Clocks, published in 1888. Nearly all of her literary work was done in Ohio, where her contemporaries included Alice Williams Brotherton and Kate Brownlee Sherwood. Bird died in 1907.