American authoress, born at Boston, MA, on the 15th of September 1824; a sister of George Francis Train. At the age of nineteen she married Seth D. Whitney of Milton, MA, where her home has ever since remained. She contributed regularly to magazines for young people, and is author of a large number of books, among which are Mother Goose for Grown Folks (New York, 1860); The Gayworthys (1865); Real Folks (1872); Homespun Yarns (1887). See also Faith Gartney’s Girlhood.
