Name Ella Mighels Pen name Aurora Esmeralda Role Author | Language English Children Genevieve Cummins Nationality American | |
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Born Ella Sterling Clark
May 5, 1853
Mormon Island, California ( 1853-05-05 ) Occupation California pioneer, author and literary historian Notable works Wawona : an Indian story of the Northwest (1921), Book of the Ark-adian school (1928), Life and letters of a forty-niner's daughter by Aurora Esmeralda (Ella Sterling Mighels) ... (1929) Died December 10, 1934, San Francisco, California, United States Spouse Philip Verrill Mighels (m. 1896–1910), Adley Hooke Cummins Books Fairy tale of the white man, Life and Letters of a Forty‑nin, How Many Miles from St Jo?: T | ||
Resting place Mountain View Cemetery People also search for Genevieve Cummins | ||
Ella Sterling Mighels (May 5, 1853 – December 10, 1934) (née: Ella Sterling Clark; during first marriage: Ella Sterling Cummins; pen name: Aurora Esmeralda) was a California pioneer, author and literary historian. She was born in Mormon Island, California, but grew up in the town of Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada, leading her to adopt the pen name, "Aurora Esmeralda". She founded the California Literature Society (1913), and was named the "First Literary Historian of California" (1919). She died in San Francisco, and is buried in Oakland, California at the Mountain View Cemetery.
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Personal life
Her first husband was the philologist, author, lecturer and lawyer, Adley Cummins (d. 1889); they had one child, a daughter, Genevieve (1875–1905). Her second husband was the lawyer, newspaper artist, novelist and playwright Philip Verrill Mighels (d. 1911); they divorced 1910. Her in-laws were the US journalist and politician, Henry Rust Mighels, and the US civic leader and journalist, Nellie Verrill Mighels Davis.