My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameHenry Wadsworth Longfellow 
Birth Date27 Feb 1807
Birth PlacePortland, Cumberland Co., ME
Death Date24 Mar 1882 Age: 75
Death PlaceCambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
OccupationPoet, professor at Harvard, first English trans. of Dante’s Divine Comedy
EducationBowdoin College, Harvard College
ReligionUnitarian/Universalist
FatherStephen Longfellow IV, Esq. (1776-1849)
MotherZilpha Wadsworth (1778-1851)
Misc. Notes
Spouses
Birth Date12 May 1812
Birth PlaceCambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
Death Date29 Nov 1835 Age: 23
Misc. Notes
Died from complications from a miscarriage.
Marr Date1831
Marr PlacePortland, Cumberland Co., ME
Birth Date6 Oct 1817
Birth PlaceBoston, Suffolk Co., MA
Death Date10 Jul 1861 Age: 43
Death PlaceCambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
Memofrom burns
FatherNathan Appleton (1779-1861)
MotherMaria Theresa Gold (1786-1833)
Misc. Notes
Dress caught fire; she ran to Longfellow who held her in an attempt to smother the flames; she died from her burns and his long beard was reportedly grown to cover his own scars.
Marr Date1843
ChildrenCharles Appleton (1844-1893)
Ernest Wadsworth (1845-1921)
Fanny x (1847-1848)
Alice Mary (1850-1928)
Edith (1853-1915)
Anne Allegra (1855-1934)