Mary Bassett Clarke
Mary Bassett Clarke  | |
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| Born | Mary Bassett November 18, 1831 Independence, New York, U.S.  | 
| Died | August 2, 1908 (aged 76) | 
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, U.S. | 
| Pen name | Ida Fairfield | 
| Occupation | writer | 
| Language | English | 
| Alma mater | Alfred University | 
| Spouse | 
 William Lewis Clarke 
      (m. 1859) | 
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Mary Bassett Clarke (née, Bassett; pen name, Ida Fairfield; November 18, 1831 – August 2, 1908) was an American writer of the long nineteenth century. She was a contributor to The Flag of Our Union, Rural New Yorker, as well as periodicals issued by the Seventh Day Baptists. Autumn Leaves was published in 1894.