Grace Hibbard

Grace Hibbard (, Porter; also known as, Mrs. Major Edminster; ca. 1835 – February 28, 1911) was an American author and poet of the long nineteenth century. Hibbard had a large following among the women of California. Among her books were California Sunshine, California Violets, and Wild Roses of California. Some of her best-known poems included "The Engineer's Daughter" and "Waiting for Colin". Her short story, "Bummer and Lazarus", set in San Francisco, was translated into the German and printed in one of the leading papers published in the German language.

Early life and education Helen Grace Porter was born in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1835, Hibbard married Dr. William W. Hibbard, December 24, 1888, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The following month, on May 18, 1893, Porter died of pneumonia, at the age of 24.

Hibbard lived in San Francisco until the fire and then removed to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. She was a member of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association.

Death Hibbard died of heart disease, February 28, 1911, in San Francisco, 76 years of age.

Selected works Books Wild poppies, 1893 California violets; a book of verse, 1902 Wild roses of California, a book of verse, 1902 An Easter song, 1903 Forget-me-nots from California: A Book of Verse, 1907 California sunshine, and other verses, 1911 Neath Monterey pines, 19?? A collection of wild flowers of California California poems of Grace Hibbard

Short stories "Bummer and Lazarus"

Song lyrics Hope A Kiss I Heard You Sing A white Chrysanthemum A Japanese Serenade The Red Rose Six Songs

Poems "The Engineer's Daughter" "Waiting for Colin"