CHENOWETH, CAROLINE VAN DUSEN (MRS. BERNARD PEEL): 1846-?
Caroline Van Dusen , daughter of Charles Van Dusen, was born on the Indiana side of the Ohio River, not far from Louisville, Ky., on Dec. 29, 1846.
When quite young she married Col. Bernard Peel Chenoweth, who died while serving as U. S. consul at Canton, China. After his death Mrs. Chenoweth settled the affairs of the consulate and returned to the U. S. She lectured on English literature at Smith College in 1883-84 and became associate editor of the MEDICO-LEGAL JOURNAL, published in New York .
Information from A Catalog of Authors. Houghton Mifflin, 1899.
- Stories of the Saints. Boston,
1880.
- History of the Second Church in Leicester,
Massachusetts. Leicester, Mass., 1908.
- Child Life in China.
- An Undistinguished Citizen.
