Addie C. Strong Engle

Addie C. Strong Engle (, Strong; after first marriage, Bario; after second marriage, Engle; pen name, Addie C. S. Engle; August 11, 1845 – June 27, 1926) was an American author and publisher. She published many stories and poems. Following an injury, she wrote a serialized romance. Engle was one of the oldest Past Grand Matrons, Order of the Eastern Star, of Connecticut.

Early life and education Adelaide ("Addie") Clarissa Strong was born in Manchester, Connecticut, August 11, 1845. Her ather was Ethan Eli Strong (1816-1896). She traces her ancestry back to 1630, when John Strong came to the United States from Taunton, England. Her girlhood years were spent in the town of South Manchester, Connecticut and her later life, until 1882 in Meriden, Connecticut. As a child, she found writing as a recreation. Her talent for literary composition was inherited from her mother, Mary Benton Keeney (1815-1909), whose ancestors were among the earlier settlers of South Manchester. When a girl of sixteen, she sent an article upon one of the terrible war years then just ended to Zion's Herald, of Boston, in which it was printed as a leader, and she was engaged by its publisher to write a series of sketches for children.

Career Engle spent several years in teaching in South Manchester. On May 18, 1866, she married John Hotchkiss Bario (1844-1892), of Meriden.

Death and legacy Engle died June 27, 1926,

Selected works As Addie C. S. Engle Retrospect, 1892

Published posthumously The mystic tie, a ceremony for use in eastern star work, 1927