Mildred Plew Meigs
Born to Chicago financier James E. Plew and Nettie Plew (née Raymond), Mildred spent her adult life in Valparaiso, Florida. She is most famous for her poem "The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee", which she published in Child Life Magazine in a 1923 issue. She contributed dozens of poems to Child Life Magazine, Harper's, Motion Picture, Poetry, and other lifestyle magazines, and is credited as the author of six children's books.
Also recorded as Mildred Plew Merryman
Mildred Plew Meigs
- Name
- Mildred Plew Meigs
- Born
- January 12, 1892
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Died
- February 22, 1944
- Place of death
- Valparaiso, Florida, United States
- Occupation
- Poet
- Spouse
- Clifford Meigs, Carl Merryman (divorced 1935)
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Meigs died on February 22, 1944, in her home in Valparaiso, Florida.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Mildred Plew Meigs • Born — January 12, 1892 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, United States • Died — February 22, 1944 • Place of death — Valparaiso, Florida, United States • Occupation — Poet • Language — English • Spouse — Clifford Meigs, Carl Merryman (divorced 1935) • Relatives — James E. Plew (father)
Notable works
Notable works
• Merryman, Mildred Plew, and Ve Elizabeth Cadie. Bonbon and Bonbonette. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1924. • Merryman, Mildred Plew, and Mary Phipps. Quack Said Jerusha!. New York: Sears Pub. Co. Copyright 1930. • Merryman, Mildred Plew. Riddle Book, etc. Akron, New York: Saffield Publishing Co, 1936. • The Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee • Moon Song
Personal life
Personal life
Mildred Plew was raised in Chicago. In 1916, she married Carl Plummer Merryman. They moved in 1923 with her father and family to Valparaiso, Florida. During these years she was prolifically published, both in magazines and with children's books, with illustrations provided by Ve Elizabeth Cadie. Mildred Plew divorced Carl Merryman in 1935. In the 1940 census, her spouse is listed as Clifford Meigs.
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Plew's works have been featured in elementary school choral readings and educational literature.
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- 1.Search the 1940 Census. 1940census.archives.gov.
- 2.Mildred Plew Meigs.
- 3.MERRYMAN, Mildred Plew. The Road to Raffydiddle . Illustrated by Frank Aloise. Tadworth; Santa Cruz de Tenerife printed. January 22, 1913.
- 4.Motion Picture Magazine.
- 5.Merryman, Mildred Plew 1892-1944 [WorldCat Identities].
- 6.open.bu.edu. Info.
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