Ellen Palmer Allerton | |
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 Ellen P. Allerton's Walls of Corn, and Other Poems, 1894 | |
| Born | Ellen Palmer October 17, 1835 |
| Died | August 31, 1893 (aged 57) |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, farmer and poet |
| Spouse | Alpheus Burton Allerton |
Ellen Palmer Allerton (October 17, 1835 – August 31, 1893) was an American poet whose inspiration probably came from her life on farms in rural New York, Wisconsin, and Kansas. She is best remembered for the poems Beautiful Things, The Trail of Forty-Nine and Walls of Corn.