Chinese Fan A Chinese Mandarin presented a folding fan to Longfellow. Caligraphy covers the fan with Longfellow's poem Psalm of Life written in Chinese. The paper forming the fan is thick and speckled with gold; a black border rims the top of the fan. Light-colored wooden slats support the fan folds, and the thick paper is attached at either side with carved wooden end pieces. Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography General Peleg Wadsworth Born on May 6, 1748 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Married to Elizabeth Bartlett on June 18, 1772 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Daughter Zilpah Wadsworth born on Jan 6, 1778 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Died on November 2, 1849 in Hiram, Oxford, Maine (Age: 101) Buried in the Wadsworth Family Cemetery in Hiram, Maine Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Brothers and Sisters Stephen the 5th (Born Aug 14, 1805) Elizabeth Wadsworth (Born August 24, 1808) Anne (Born March 3, 1810) Alexander (Born May 20, 1814) Mary (Born June 28, 1816) Ellen (Born July 12, 1818) Samuel (Born June 18, 1819) Occupation: Reverend Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Frances Appleton Longfellow Frances (Fanny) Appleton's family tree: https://www.geni.com/people/Frances-Fannie-Longfellow-Appleton/6000000003681550164 The image on this website is of the painting of Frances that hung in Henry Longfellow's bedroom. View a painting of Frances Appleton by George Peter Alexander Healy Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Wadsworth-Longfellow House Visit this link to learn more about the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, Maine: http://www.mainehistory.org Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Bowdoin College Visit the Bowdoin College web site: http://www.bowdoin.edu/ Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Harvard Visit the Harvard University web site: http://www.harvard.edu/ Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Craigie House (also known as Longfellow House) View photos of the exterior and interior of the house: http://www.nps.gov/long/ http://santoleri.com/Limited_LH.htm http://www.artemisia.no/arc/3/omraade/usa/cambridge/longfellow.house.html Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Children Charles Appleton (Born June 9, 1844. Died April 13, 1893.) Ernest Wadsworth (Born 1845.)          Biography of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow:           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Wadsworth_Longfellow Fanny (Born 1847. Died one year after birth.)          Her mother was the first to receive ether during labor: Alice Mary (Born 1850)          Alice participated in creating the "Harvard Annex" women's college: Edith (Born 1853. Died July 21, 1915.) Anne Allegra (Born 1855)           Anne Allegra married (look under the name "Thorp")           Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography Longfellow's Poetry in The Atlantic Monthly Read more about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's involvement with The Atlantic Monthly: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/longfel/hwlindex.htm Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography What is Peritonitis? The peritoneum is the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity, and it surrounds the inner organs. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the perioneum. This inflammation is accompanied by adominal pain and tenderness, constipation, vomitting and fever. Acute peritonitis is life threatening. Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography   Mount Auburn Cemetery View Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/641/henry-wadsworth-longfellow (Note: This website has pop-up ads.) Click here to return to Longfellow's Biography   Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey View Longfellow's statue in the Poet's Corner: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19132/henry-wadsworth-longfellow (Note: This website has pop-up ads.)