[1] For many years, Farmer contributed to the leading newspapers and magazines, on various lines: poems, essays, juvenile stories, historical sketches and novels.

[2] Her works included: Aunt Belindy's Point of View; The Doom of the Holy City; A Story Book of Science; A Knight of Faith; Short History of the French Revolution; Girls' Book of Famous Queens; What America Owes to Women; and others.

[5] Her father practiced law before he engaged in the real estate business, with large and lucrative results.

D., and subsequently, for twenty years Mr. Hoyt served as a lay preacher in Baptist, Congregational and Presbyterian pulpits, accepting no pay for his services.

[6] Of such a parentage it would only be natural that Farmer would receive the best educational advantages, and having a special fondness and aptitude for the arts, her tastes and inclinations were indulged to their fullest bent.

Unlike many children of the wealthier class, she improved and made use of the talents given to her,[2] while thoroughly educated in music, art and literature.

Farmer,[3] of Cleveland,[2] who was the author of several works on politics and finance, and was engaged in large mining enterprises in Colorado.

For years, Farmer instructed Bible classes of young women, having devoted a large portion of her time to Biblical study.