[3] Her parents removed when she was one year old, and part of her childhood was passed in Pennsylvania, and the remainder and her early girlhood in New York City.

She was descended from a family of Huguenots, named Hervé, who fled from France to England during a time of great persecution.

One branch settled in England, one in Scotland, and from a Franco-English alliance descended Dr. Harvey, who discovered the circulation of the blood.

She was a versatile writer, and excelled in poems that express sentiment suggested by humanity, friendship and patriotism.

She was asked often to write for occasions such as the dedication of the National Woman's Relief Corps Home in Madison, Ohio.