Isadore G. Jeffery
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Portrait from A Woman of the Century
BornIsadore Gilbert
June 21, 1840
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 1919
Chicago, Illinois
Resting placeGraceland Cemetery
Occupationreligious and lyrical poet
Genre
SubjectChristianity
Spouse
William J. Jeffery
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(m. 1878)​

Isadore Gilbert Jeffery (née, Gilbert; June 21, 1840 – February 23, 1919) was an American writer of Christian poetry and hymn lyrics.[1][2] Though she wrote prolifically for the religious press, she did not publish a book. For years, she was a constant contributor to The Advance and held a responsible position in the office of that Chicago weekly.[3]

Biography

Isadore Gilbert was born in Waukegan, Illinois, June 21, 1840,[4] where her parents lived for a time. Her parents were Samuel H. Gilbert and Cornelia M. (Davey) Gilbert (d. 1878.[4] For many years their home was in Chicago, Illinois, where her father had extensive business interests. She was of English parentage.[1][2]

Although she wrote since childhood for a large number of papers and periodicals, Jeffery never published a book.[1][2] Several of her poems were published in Woman in Sacred Song.[3]

In 1878, she married William J. Jeffery,[5] then superintendent of the American District Telegraph and Telephone Service of Chicago. They had no children.[1][2]

About two years after their marriage, he was injured and unable to work for three years. When he finally began to get about on crutches, Mrs. Jeffery accepted the position of stenographer in the office of The Advance, a popular Christian weekly,[3] which she occupied for nearly six years.[1][2]

Isadore Gilbert Jeffery died in Chicago, on February 23, 1919, and was buried at that city's Graceland Cemetery.[4][6]

Selected works

Lyrics

  • "What Sound of Lofty Praise" (Philadelphia, 1868)[7]

Religious poems

  • "One by One"[8]
  • "Anchored"[9]
  • "Behold he prayeth"[3]
  • "Blight and bloom"[3]
  • "Del Gratia"[3]
  • "God's discipline"[3]
  • "Harvest Song"[3]
  • "Heavenly Ministries"[10]
  • "Hidden paths"[3]
  • "Higher"[11]
  • "Incognito"[12]
  • "In peace"[3]
  • "Set apart"[3]
  • "Show me the father" (1883)[3]
  • "Siste Viator" (1874)[3]
  • "Sympathy"[3]
  • "The Old and the New"[3]
  • "Thy will be done" (1882)[3]
  • "Unfledged"[13]
  • "Why?"[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "Woman of the Century/Isadore Gilbert Jeffery". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. p. 418. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Smith, Evan Munson (1890). Moulton, Charles Wells (ed.). The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review. C.W. Moulton. p. 427. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Smith, Eva Munson (1888). Woman in Sacred Song: A Library of Hymns, Religious Poems and Sacred Music by Woman ... Arthur E. Whitney. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. 1 2 3 "Isadore Jeffery". familysearch. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  5. ↑ The National Corporation Reporter. United States Corporation Bureau, Incorporated. 1900. p. 994. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ↑ "Obit. Isadore G. Jeffery. February 23, 1919, Chicago". Chicago Tribune. 24 February 1919. p. 19. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ↑ "Isadore Gilbert". www.hymntime.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Contributed articles". The Advance. Vol. 45, no. 1902. Chicago: Advance Company. 9 April 1903. pp. 400, 454. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ↑ Gems for the Sick. A.W. Hall. 1894. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ↑ Smith, Alfred Emanuel; Walton, Francis (31 January 1889). "Heavenly Ministries". Outlook. Vol. 39, no. 5. Outlook publishing Company, Incorporated. p. 135. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  11. 1 2 Beecher, Henry Ward (26 February 1885). "Index". The Christian Union. Vol. 31, no. 18. J.B. Ford & Company. pp. 7, 13, 31. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  12. ↑ The Current: Politics, Literature, Science and Art. Current Company. 1887. p. 421. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  13. ↑ Banks, Louis Albert (5 August 1886). "Wings and Songs". Christian Register and Boston Observer. Vol. LXV, no. 31. Boston: American Unitarian association. p. 485. Retrieved 9 September 2023. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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