Caroline Howard Jervey (, Gilman; after first marriage, Glover; after second marriage, Jervey;

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, Caroline Howard; June 1, 1823 – January 29, 1877) was a 19th-century American author, poet, and teacher. Besides numerous poems and stories for the magazines, she published ''Vernon Grove'' and ''Helen Courtenay's Promise'', two volumes of fiction, plus ''Poetry and Prose for the Young'', as well as one book co-authored with her mother, ''Stories and Poems for children''. Sometimes, Jervey used her mother's

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as a

. For fifteen years, she carried on a successful school in

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Biography

Caroline Howard Gilman was born in Charleston,

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, June 1, 1823. She was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Gilman, a Unitarian clergyman, and Mrs.

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, the author. In 1840, Miss Gilman married John Wilson Glover (1823–1846), a South Carolina planter, and was left a widow in 1846, with three children, one son and two daughters. She returned to her father's house, and immediately began to teach, and for fifteen years carried on a successful school in Charleston. While engaged in teaching, she wrote papers for magazines, also poems, over the signature of "Caroline Howard"; and her novel, ''Vernon Grove; or, Hearts as they Are'', which appeared serially in the ''Southern Literary Messenger'', and was afterward published by Rudd & Carleton,

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, passing through several editions, and warmly received by the critics. ''Vernon Grove'' was copied for the press at night, after Mrs. Glover was in the school-room all day. Jervey published ''Poetry and Prose for the Young'' in 1856. During the

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, she removed to a small apartment in

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. In 1865, she married Lewis (or Louis) Jervey (1819-1900), of Charleston, who had been devotedly-attached to her for many years. By this marriage, she had one daughter. About 1870, Jervey was in ill health, which prohibited any literary work, including letter writing. Her novel, ''Helen Courtenay's Promise'', (published by George W. Carleton, New York, 1866,) was prepared for the press by dictation of an hour a day to one of her daughters. In magazine literature, Jervey acquired considerable distinction. She was also a generous contributor to literature for children. In 1872, she published ''Stories and Poems for children'' with her mother. Jervey died in Charleston, January 29, 1877.

Selected works

Novels

* ''Vernon Grove'', 1859 * ''Helen Courtenay's Promise'', 1866

Poetry books

* ''Poetry and Prose for the Young'', 1856 * ''Poems and Stories by a Mother and Daughter'' (1872), written with her mother, Mrs.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jervey, Caroline Howard 1823 births 1877 deaths 19th-century American women writers 19th-century American novelists 19th-century American poets American children's writers American women children's writers American women novelists American women poets Writers from Charleston, South Carolina