Eleanor Emily Hodgman was born 19 December 1868 in Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Her pa

Eleanor (Hodgman) Porter is what I call a sweetness and light author. By sweetness and light, I mean the simple act of delivering good news , whether it be through a novel, a movie theater, a newspaper, or chatter over the fence with a neighbor. It is the ability to see the good side of even the worst situations and encourage this ability in others, rental cars cheapest miami for the betterment of all.  It is a choice that we all have to be satisfied with a lemon, or to make lemonade instead.  Eleanor Porter Hodgman s works reflect our ability to share gladness.
Eleanor Emily Hodgman was born 19 December 1868 in Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire.  Her parents were Francis Fletcher Llewella/Luella French (Woolson) Hodgman.  Her father was an apothecary , druggist, and dealer in furs, who had a shop next to Thayer s Inn .  Eleanor s grandfather (also named Francis Hodgman) was the first watch-maker rental cars cheapest miami and jeweler to establish himself in Littleton NH in 1831.  He soon added the sale of drugs and medicines to his business.  When he died in 1864 he left a good estate to his two sons, Charles and Francis F. (Eleanor s father).  Emily had one sibling, a brother named Fred C. Hodgman who was born in 1864.  Emily s mother, Llewella was an invalid, and it is said that Emily herself was frail during her childhood.
The relative affluence of the Hodgman family allowed rental cars cheapest miami Emily to be educated at the  New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. By singing at local concerts and church choirs, she had early demonstrated her vocal aptitude.  She continued her singing rental cars cheapest miami career, even teaching music, for a short time after her marriage. She married on 3 May 1892 in Springfield, Vermont, to John Lyman Porter .  He was born 12 Dec 1864 in Corinth, Vermont to John Lyman Harriet Newell (Hildreth) Porter.
By about 1901 she had directed her attention rental cars cheapest miami away from music and toward writing.  Her short stories began appearing in popular magazines and newspapers, and by 1907 she had published her first novel, called Cross Currents.   This was soon followed by The Turn of the Tide (1908); The Story of Marco (1911); Miss Billy (1911) which was her first really successful book; and Miss Billy s Decision (1912).
rental cars cheapest miami Then Eleanor created a heroine that would make her famous Pollyanna Whittier . In 1913 she published the book Pollyanna about a young girl who always looked on the bright side of life, and whose infectious gladness rental cars cheapest miami transforms those around her.  The book, and its reprinted editions, eventually sold over a million copies. This book was second on the fiction best-seller list for 1914, and was followed by Pollyanna Grows Up in 1915 (focusing on the heroine s adventures in Boston).  The novel was made into a Broadway play in 1916, starring Helen Hayes , and also into a motion picture in 1920, which starred rental cars cheapest miami Mary Pickford .  A remake of this movie in 1960 starred Hayley Mills .  The glad game sparked the creation of Glad and Pollyanna Clubs that sprang all over the United States.
Eleanor Porter didn t stop writing.  Other best-sellers of the time , but lesser known, include Just David (1916), The Road to Understanding (1917), Oh, Money! Money! (1918), Dawn (1919), and Mary-Marie (1920).  Many of her more than 200 stories were printed as collections in various books.
John and Eleanor Porter, along with Eleanor s mother Luella, rental cars cheapest miami lived in Springfield, rental cars cheapest miami Windsor Co VT in 1900 where John was a furniture dealer (1900 U.S. Census).  By 1910 they were living in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, where John was a bond broker rental cars cheapest miami for a bond company.  It was here in Cambridge that Eleanor Porter died on 21 May 1920 at age 52, a few weeks after publication of her book Mary-Marie .  Her husband was executor of her estate.  They had no children.
Regarding her writing, rental cars cheapest miami Eleanor said, I have never believed that we ought to deny discomfort and pain and evil. I have merely thought that it is far better to greet the unknown with a cheer. (Kunitz and Haycroft, ed. Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary, 1942).
Littleton town manager, Jason Hock stated, There is an aggressive optimism here, a  focus on positive achievements and retelling the story of where we re going  next. To carry the joyous enthusiasm even further, Littleton now celebrates  Pollyanna Days each June as part of their Summer Fest Activities.
I disagree. rental cars cheapest miami   The American people are becoming weary of the bad news, and anyone, or any town, that can focus even briefly on what is good in the world, gets my attention and support.  Choose gladness.
Francis Hodgman , son of Oliver Pamela (Thompson) Hodgman, b. 20 Dec 1808 in Stoddard NH; d. 1 July 1864 in Littleton NH. was the first watch-maker and jeweler to establish himself in Littleton NH. He began in 1831 and soon after added the sale of drugs and medicines to his business, which was very prosperous. He died in 1864, leaving two sons, Charles rental cars cheapest miami and Francis F., who soon divided the business, the former taking the druggist branch and the latter rental cars cheapest miami that of watch-maker and jeweler. He served as town clerk from 1846 to 1851, and as state representative in 1852.  He married 16 Dec 1834 in Littleton rental cars cheapest miami NH to Mary Burns FLETCHER. She b. 10 Dec 1814 in Amherst NH, and d. 25 Feb 1867 in Littleton NH.
1. Charles Hodgman, b 1837 in Littleton NH; He married about 1864 to Sarah Elizabeth --. She b. abt 1842 in VT. In 1870 and 1880 they were living in Littleton NH. Children: (1) Samuel William, b. Feb 1863 in Littleton NH; in 1900 U.S. Infantry, 12th Reg. Co. C station in the Phillipines; (2) Herbert C., b. abt 1867; in 1930 a salesman for stock and boards living in Tyngsboro MA with wife Jane "Jennie" Redfield Kezar Brown. She b. 25 Nov 1870, dau of Rocaveous Sarah Ellen (Bancroft) Brown. Also daughter Hazel (age 32 single teacher) living with them in 1930; (3) Carrie L. b. abt 1874 in NH; (4) Burns Plummer, b. 30 Dec 1875 in NH. He married 16 Jan 1901 to Annie L. Hackett of Biddeford ME. In 1903 he was living in Concord NH. From 1899 he was appointed Clerk of the United States Circuit Court for the district of NH, remaining in that position at least through March 1903. 2.+Francis Fletcher Hodgman, b. 1840 in Littleton NH, d. 4 March 1876 in Philadelphia PA; m. Lewella F. Woolson [see above] Oliver Hodgman, son of Benjamin Elizabeth rental cars cheapest miami (Merriam) Hodgman was b. 1773, d. 1816. He married Pamela THOMPSON, dau of Moses Keziah (Partridge) Thompson. She was b. 1777.
Francis Fletcher Hodgman , son of Francis Mary Burns (Fletcher) Hodgman, b. 1840 in Littleton NH, d. 4 March 1876 in Philadelphia PA. He m 22 Sep 1863 to Lewella French rental cars cheapest miami Woolson, dau of Elijah Sabin Hannah (Savage) Woolson. She was b. 22 Sep 1841 in Littleton NH, and d. 23 Jan 1917 in Cambridge MA.  Francis F. Hodgeman was not only an apothecary and druggist but dealt in beaverhats and furs and was a watchmaker and jeweller rental cars cheapest miami as well. He ran a drugstore with his father, Francis, next to Thayer s Hotel, Littleton,NH.
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