Ethel Calvert Phillips - Colonie, NY
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The grave of prolific author of children's books, Ethel Calvert Phillips, is located in Albany Rural Cemetery in the Menards section of Colonie, NY.
Waymark Code: WMZ588
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/11/2018
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The family grave of Ethel Calvert Phillips is marked by a granite headstone which is inscribed:
PHILLIPS
GEORGE W. CALVERT
PHILLIPS
1847 -·- 1912
HIS WIFE
OLIVE H. HITCHCOCK
1848 -·- 1929
DAUGHTERS
ETHEL CALVERT PHILLIPS
1882 -·- 1947
IRENE CALVERT PHILLIPS
1879 -·- 1957
Ethel Calvert Phillips was born in Jersey City, NJ on September 12, 1882. During her life she published exclusively for children. Her books include:
Wee Ann (1919)
Little Friend Lydia (1920)
Black-Eyed Susan (1921)
Christmas Light (1922)
A Story of Nancy Hanks (1923)
Humpty Dumpty House (1924)
Pretty Polly Perkins (1925)
The Popover Family (1925)
Little Sally Waters (1926)
The Popover Family (1927)
The Santa Claus Brownies (1928)
The Lively Adventures of Johnny Ping Wing (1929)
Little Rag Doll (1930)
Gay Madelon (1931)
Pyxie (1932)
Marty Comes to Town (1935)
The Saucy Betsy (1936)
Belinda and the Singing Clock (1938)
Peter Peppercorn (1939)
A Name For Obed (1941)
She died in Nutley, New Jersey on February 6, 1947 and is interred in Albany Rural Cemetery.