I recently found a book of poems written by Myrtie Fisher who was born in Charlotte ME August 27, 1872. The book was Copyrighted in 1948 by Helen Seaverns Melvin, daughter of Myrtie. Below is information from the Foreword: Karen Howell "...daughter of Edwin E. and Emma Augusta (Hooper) Fisher. She died in Melrose, MA 7/10/1948. Her girlhood was spent in her native state where she was graduated from the Eastern State Normal School at Castine in 1891. After a short teaching experience, she decided on a business career and located in Haverhill MA. In 1900, she married Sydney Horace Batchelder, son of Horace J. and Helen (Merrill) Batchelder of Amesbury. He died in 1902. In 1908, she married Charles Edward Seaverns of Jamaica Plain MA. They made their home in Melrose where Mr. Seaverns died in June 1938. Mrs. Seaverns was civic-minded and interested in all local affairs of government as well as county, state and National issues. For several years she was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Melrose Public Library. Interested in genealogical research, she was a member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society to which she contributed much data. She had life membership in the MA Society of Mayflower Descendants and traced descent from Richard Warren, Myles Standish and John Alden. A former regent of the Old State House Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, her interest in that patriotic society was outstanding. She gave much time to Revolutionary genealogical research and helped many people in establishing records of Revolutionary ancestry. She was an active member of the Ex-Regents Club, the Melrose Woman's Club, the Community Associates, the Melrose Historical Society and the Melrose Republican Club. She was also a devoted member of the First Congregational Church of Melrose. While a young woman, Mrs. Seaverns became interested in writing both prose and verse and furnished contributions to magazines and the local newspapers. One of her outstanding accomplishments was the compiling of the town records of her birthplace, Charlotte ME once Plantation No. 3. This data is now being published in the quarterly Register of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society and will become a permanent record of the births, deaths and marriages of Plantation No. 3 and Charlotte, Maine, previous to the establishment of Vital Statistics in the State of Maine in 1892. Mrs. Seaverns was the author of more than 200 poems, from which 102 have been selected for this book of verse. Descending from pioneer stock and Revolutionary ancestry, she was proud of her heritage and never failed to pay tribute to the founders of our country. Much of her life was spent in collecting data and establishing records for future generations."