Sarah Speare Converse

In early life she developed a love for poetry, and her poetic compositions began to be published in 1849, in the Green Mountain Gem, edited by A. B. F. Hildreth at Bradford, Vt.; in the Dollar Newspaper of Philadelphia. and in a number of other periodicals; over the pen name of "Orianna Orville." Since her marriage, she has contributed articles to the Morning Star of Boston, the Christian Observer of Louisville, and various other publications, over her own name or the initials "S. S. C." Her name may be found in "Poets of New Hampshire" 1883, and "Poets of America" 1890.