Introduction

Biography

Mary was the daughter of Ben­ja­min Brown Cham­ber­lain and Jane Eli­za­beth Tar­gee, and wife of Dr. George Mor­ris Wyeth, Jr., grand­son of Jo­shua Wy­eth, who was in the Bos­ton Tea Par­ty.

In 1833, her fa­mi­ly moved to St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri, where she grew up. She lived for a time in Jack­son­ville, Flo­ri­da where she ap­pears in the 1884 di­rec­to­ry as an au­thor­ess.

Works

• The Vic­tor of Cross Road Mis­sion
• Beyond the Sun­rise
• Sunset Gleams from the Ci­ty of the Mounds, 1852
• Bob Tin­ker and His Friends (Am­er­ican Tract So­cie­ty, 1874)
• Margie Har­grave: and the Percy Child­ren (Am­er­ican Tract So­cie­ty, 1878)
• Maysie’s Star/What El­la Found to Do, 1880