Alice B. (Alice Bradley) Haven

Born Emily Bradley in Hudson, New York, in 1827, she later became widely known under the names Alice B. Haven and Alice B. Neal. After her father's early death, she was adopted by her uncle, the Baptist minister J. Newton Brown, and as a child she dealt with fragile health, including periods of impaired sight.

She began publishing while still young and went on to write poems, stories, and books that were especially popular with children and family readers. Her work appeared in major 19th-century magazines, including Godey's Lady's Book and Graham's Magazine, and she also wrote under the pen names "Cousin Alice" and Alice G. Lee.

Her life joined literature and publishing: she married the writer and editor Joseph C. Neal, and after his death she later married Samuel Haven. She died in Mamaroneck, New York, in 1863, but her writing remained well remembered, and her sister Cornelia Richards even published a memoir to preserve her story.