In the group of writers and poets who flourished in the Ohio Valley in its early history, she was one of the chief figures.
Her "Life Sketches from Common Paths: A Series of American Tales," published at New York City in 1856, is considered exemplary of the day.
[2] In August 1812, she was married John Dumont, who was a member of the Indiana Legislature in 1822-'23, and was afterward a candidate for the office of Governor, against David Wallace, and the following October they removed to Ohio.
Several of the best poems she wrote were first printed in the Gazette, among which are "Poverty," "The Pauper to the Rich Man," and "The Orphan Emigrant."
One of those stories, "Ashton Grey," with others, contributed to the Western Literary Journal, and The Ladies' Repository, are collected in a volume entitled "Life Sketches.
After Dumont's health gave way, she went to the South to regain her former strength and activity, but died in Vevay from consumption on 2 January 1857.