Anna Maria Mead Chalmers

Anna Maria Mead Chalmers (born Anna Maria Campbell Hickman July 23, 1809 – ) was an American journalist and children's literature writer. Biography Anna Maria Mead Chalmers was born on July 23, 1809, in Detroit. In February 1830, she married George Alexander Otis, Jr. He died in 1831. In 1837, she married Rev. Zachariah Mead. He died on 27 November 1840. In 1841, she opened a Richmond boarding school, Mrs. Mead's School. On 3 January 1856, she married David Chalmers. In 1863, she moved to New York. She wrote children's books. Her work appeared in the Boston Home Journal, the New York Churchman, the New York Tribune, and the Southern Literary Messenger.