Daughter of Timothy Dix / Abigail Wilkins and the sister of General John Adams Dix of New York. She married John Whiting Sullivan in 1825 and had one son, John Henry, who died of drowning in 1858.
An American songwriter and composer. Little is known about her background, she was considered the first American woman to write a "hit" song, "The Blue Juniata," which was referenced by Mark Twain in his autobiography. The song was recorded in 1937 by Roy Rogers and the early Sons of the Pioneers.
ref: MA Death Records; The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
Edited by Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel 1995; Wikipedia
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Submitted by BluMoKitty
An American songwriter and composer. Little is known about her background, she was considered the first American woman to write a "hit" song, "The Blue Juniata," which was referenced by Mark Twain in his autobiography. The song was recorded in 1937 by Roy Rogers and the early Sons of the Pioneers.
ref: MA Death Records; The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
Edited by Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel 1995; Wikipedia
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Submitted by BluMoKitty
Daughter of Timothy Dix / Abigail Wilkins and the sister of General John Adams Dix of New York. She married John Whiting Sullivan in 1825 and had one son, John Henry, who died of drowning in 1858.
An American songwriter and composer. Little is known about her background, she was considered the first American woman to write a "hit" song, "The Blue Juniata," which was referenced by Mark Twain in his autobiography. The song was recorded in 1937 by Roy Rogers and the early Sons of the Pioneers.
ref: MA Death Records; The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
Edited by Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel 1995; Wikipedia
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Submitted by BluMoKitty
An American songwriter and composer. Little is known about her background, she was considered the first American woman to write a "hit" song, "The Blue Juniata," which was referenced by Mark Twain in his autobiography. The song was recorded in 1937 by Roy Rogers and the early Sons of the Pioneers.
ref: MA Death Records; The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers
Edited by Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel 1995; Wikipedia
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Submitted by BluMoKitty
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