Rosella Rice

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rdf:langString Rosella Rice

rdf:langString Rosella Rice

rdf:langString Perrysville Union Cemetery

rdf:langString Rice pictured in a photograph; year and photographer unknown

rdf:langString Lillie May Rice Stahl

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rdf:langString Writings about her encounters with Johnny Appleseed

rdf:langString Short story writer, author, poet, columnist

rdf:langString Rosella Rice (11 August 1827 – 6 June 1888) was an American author, poet, and lecturer born in Perrysville, Ohio. She was known for her direct and energetic comedy writing, her nature poems, and her vivid descriptions of folklore figure John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman. Rice published hundreds of magazine articles over a 40-year career. Her writings appeared in Cleveland and Columbus newspapers, Godey's Lady's Book, Indiana Farmer, Arthur's Home Magazine, Interior, Watchman, Journal and Messenger, Presbyterian Banner, Household, Housekeeper, Little Corporal, The Children's Hour, Toledo Blade, Western Rural and Woman’s Journal. Rice wrote under her own name as well as multiple pseudonyms that reflected different characters. These included Pipsissiway Potts, who provided tutorials and recipes; Aunt Chatty Brooks, who ran a boarding house for young women; and Mrs. Sam Starkey, an elderly gossip with a sense of humor. She wrote columns from these points of view for Arthur's, "creating fictional characters who inhabited her magazine's stories, and became 'real' to hundreds of readers." Rice is perhaps best known for writing prose and poetry about her encounters with John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman, who often visited Perrysville in his later years. Rice later corresponded with Chapman after he moved to Indiana, until his death in 1845. Her accounts of Appleseed were widely published and quoted in nonfiction books and newspapers. Possibly due to Rice's depictions, Appleseed became a hero of American folklore. Rice also wrote extensively to mythologize the nostalgia of American pioneer life. She was also a public lecturer. Anna B. Quillin, Rice's editor at Arthur's, described Rice as "witty, humorous, quick to see the ludicrous, pathetic, sympathetic, helpful and at times sarcastic."

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rdf:langString *Aunt Chatty Brooks *Pippsisaway “Pipsy” Potts *Mrs. Sam Starkey

rdf:langString *Aunt Chatty Brooks

rdf:langString *Mrs. Sam Starkey

rdf:langString *Pippsisaway “Pipsy” Potts