Mary SB Dana

Mary SB Dana Shindler (born Mary Stanley Bunce Palmer , born February 15, 1810 in Beaufort , South Carolina , † February 8, 1883 in Texas ) was an American writer.

The daughter of the pastor of the Congregational Church of Beaufort came with her family to Charleston in 1814, where she grew up and attended school. She continued her education at various Young Ladies' Seminaries in Connecticut and New Jersey. In 1835 she married Charles E. Dana , with whom she moved to Bloomington / Iowa in 1839. After her husband and young son fell ill there in August that year and died within two days, Dana returned to her parents' house. The confrontation with the strokes of fate - she also lost two siblings during this time - is reflected in the volume of poetry The Parted Family, and Other Poems , which was published in 1842.

Her change from the Calvinist belief of her youth to Unitarianism , she presented in the Letters Addressed to Relatives and Friends Chiefly in Reply to Arguments in Support of the Doctrine of the Trinity (1846). After the death of her parents in 1847, she married Robert Doyne Shindler , a Pastor of the Episcopal Church, which resulted in a further conversion to his faith. This was reflected in A Southerner Among the Spirits: A Record of Investigations into Spiritual Phenomena (1877).

In addition to several collections of religious poetry, Dana also wrote novels, which, however, did not achieve the popularity of her poems. Many of the poems found their way into church hymn books, such as TO Summers Songs of Zion .

Works

Southern Harp , Poems, 1840
Northern Harp , Poems, 1841
The Western Harp , poems
The Parted Family, and Other Poems , poems, 1842
Charles Morton; or, The Young Patriot: A Tale of the American Revolution , Roman, 1843 is pure romantic history motivated by convenience and circumstance. The seagoing adventures,
The Young Sailor , Roman, 1843
Forecastle tom; or, The Landsman Turned Sailor , Roman, 1846
Letters Addressed to Relatives and Friends Chiefly in Reply to Arguments in Support of the Doctrine of the Trinity , Essay, 1846
A Southerner Among the Spirits: A Record of Investigations into Spiritual Phenomena , Essay, 1877
US Labor Greenback Songbook , 1879

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personal data
SURNAME	Dana, Mary SB
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dana Shindler, Mary SB; Palmer, Mary Stanley Bunce (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American writer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 15, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beaufort , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	February 8, 1883
Place of death	Texas