Laura A. Sunderlin Nourse

Laura Angeline Barney Sunderlin Nourse (April 9, 1836 - 1899) was an American poet.

Early life Laura Angeline Barney was born in Independence, New York, on April 9, 1836. She was a daughter of Dr. Anthony Barney, one of the pioneers in Allegany County, New York, a man of taste and culture and a successful physician, and Roxa Chapin. Barney was the seventh child in a family of thirteen children.

She was educated in the public schools of Independence. In childhood her poetical talents manifested themselves strongly, and some of her earliest verses were printed in the "Christian Ambassador," of Auburn, New York.

Personal life In 1855 Laura A. Barney became the wife of Dr. Samuel Sunderlin, of Potter County, Pennsylvania. Two daughters and a son were born to them. They moved to Grand Mound, Iowa, after meeting financial reverses, and there her husband practiced until they moved to Maquoketa, Iowa. In 1881 they moved to Calamus, Iowa, where they lived until her husband's death, in 1886. In 1888 Laura Sunderlin became the wife of Dr. William Nourse, of Moline, Illinois.

Laura A. Sunderlin Nourse died in 1899.