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Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta, a native of Cheviot, Ohio, was born on March 27, 1834. She attended Wesleyan Female Institute in Cincinnati and Female Collegiate Institute in Covington, Kentucky.
After teaching early in her career, Melissa focused on her family and her writing.
Just a year after marrying Joseph I. Perrin, Melissa lost him, and later their infant daughter. She returned to live with her parents and married David D. Banta in 1856. They raised their three children in Franklin, Indiana.
In 1887, Melissa and her daughter Mabel traveled to Europe. She wrote about her travels and also penned several poems. In 1895, Phenix Press published her Songs of Home, a book of poems which she dedicated to her late mother.
She passed away in Chicago on May 1, 1907 and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankin, Indiana.
After teaching early in her career, Melissa focused on her family and her writing.
Just a year after marrying Joseph I. Perrin, Melissa lost him, and later their infant daughter. She returned to live with her parents and married David D. Banta in 1856. They raised their three children in Franklin, Indiana.
In 1887, Melissa and her daughter Mabel traveled to Europe. She wrote about her travels and also penned several poems. In 1895, Phenix Press published her Songs of Home, a book of poems which she dedicated to her late mother.
She passed away in Chicago on May 1, 1907 and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery in Frankin, Indiana.
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- The Indianapolis journal. (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 27 Sept. 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1891-09-27/ed-1/seq-11/>
- The Indianapolis journal. (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 07 June 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1887-06-07/ed-1/seq-2/>
- Weston weekly leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.), 26 June 1885. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94052319/1885-06-26/ed-1/seq-1/>
- The Indianapolis journal. (Indianapolis [Ind.]), 11 Sept. 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1887-09-11/ed-1/seq-5/>