Some of her more notable poems included, "The Record of Company B", "The Legend of St. Freda", and "Hector's Recompense".

[1] Her father, Wayne Bidwell Dyer (1813–1899), was the first man to make a home in the town, having arrived in Otsego in May 1844.

[4] Her parents were among the earliest settlers in that part of Wisconsin, and her early life was that of a pioneer.

[2] As a regular prose contributor to the Toledo Blade, she wrote over the pen name of "Floyd Bentley.

[1] In 1866, she married Colonel Martin C. Hobart, who had just returned from the American Civil War.