Margaret Winship Eytinge (July 1832 – January 26, 1916) was an American author, often associated with children’s short stories and poems who was based in New York.
He was from Lexington and fought in the American Revolutionary War before moving to New York with six sons, all of whom were butchers.
[2][Note 2] She attended Rutgers Female College [3][4] and by the age of eighteen she was married with her first child - James.
[6] Her work was published in many American newspapers and periodicals such as Harper's Magazine and Our Young Folk as well as being syndicated to countries such as Britain and Australia.
[7] Margaret and Sol Eytinge lived for many years in Bayonne, New Jersey; she died on January 26, 1916.