About Zadel Barnes Gustafson
Lived 1841 – 1917 (aged 75–76). Zadel Barnes Gustafson was an American writer and journalist.
Zadel Barnes Budington Gustafson (1841–1917) was an American author, poet and journalist.
Biography Zadel Barnes was born in Middletown, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Duane Barnes and Cynthia Turner. Early in her life, she began writing verses, stories and sketches. A paper by her in favor of the abolition of capital punishment attracted general attention. They had one son, Emmanuel Gustafson. Her published works appeared under the name Zadel Turner Barnes as well as Z. B. Budington and Z. B. Gustafson. She was the grandmother of Djuna Barnes through her son Wald.
Publications Can the Old Love? (Boston, 1871) Meg, A Pastoral, and other Poems (Boston, 1879) Genevieve Ward; a Biographic Sketch (Boston, 1882)
She edited: Zophiel by Maria Gowen Brooks, with a sketch of the author (Boston, 1879)
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American author and journalist
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Zadel Barnes Gustafson was born on 9 March 1841 in Middletown.
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Zadel Barnes Gustafson died in 1917.
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Zadel Barnes Gustafson was a writer and journalist.
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Zadel Barnes Gustafson was American.
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