Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 - 1882  (75 years)

• Name	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  Born	27 Feb 1807	Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA
  Gender	Male
  Notable	was a popular and celebrated American poet
  _UID	E81D9608E4A8D14DABABD704D5AF20274981
  Died	24 Mar 1882	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA
  Person ID	I1035	Irving Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	Stephen Longfellow,   b. 23 Mar 1776, Gorham, Cumberland, ME, USA ,   d. 2 Aug 1849, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Zilpah Wadsworth,   b. 6 Jan 1778, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1851, Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1804	Gorham, Cumberland, ME, USA
  _STAT	MARRIED
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  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Feb 1807 - Portland, Cumberland, ME, USA Died - 24 Mar 1882 - Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Henry is a brother of the husband of a third-cousin (Marianna Preble). Well known works include Tales of a Wayside Inn (1863), containing the well known poem "Paul Revere's Ride". "The Village Blacksmith", and three notable long narrative poems on American themes: Evangeline (1847), about lovers separated during the French and Indian War (1754-1763); The Song of Hiawatha (1855), addressing Native American themes; and The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858), about a love triangle in colonial New England. BIOGRAPHY: Henry was named for his recently killed uncle Henry Wardsworth. Henry Longfellow and his brother and biographer, the Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1819-1892), were grandsons maternally of Peleg Wadsworth (1748-1829). More distantly through the Howlands, the poet was a sixth cousin of another eminent American literary figure of the period, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Henry’s father and grandfather were both graduates of Harvard College. Henry’s father was a lawyer and at times he served on the legislature. Henry’s grandfather served as a judge, town schoolmaster, parish clerk, and registrar. Henry Longfellow’s great-grandfather was a village blacksmith and was born in Hampshire County, England. Henry's father wanted him to be a lawer too; but just after graduating from Bowdin College he was given the new Chair at Bowdin of modern languages. That changed his career path.