Laura M. Hawley Thurston
Laura M. Hawley Thurston was born on December 20, 1812. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Laura M. Hawley Thurston
Laura M. Thurston (née, Hawley; pen name, Viola; December 20, 1812 – July 21, 1842) was an American poet and educator. A prolific writer, most of her works were originally published in the Louisville Journal, and in William D. Gallagher's Hesperian. Among Indiana's early poets, she was a contemporary of Amanda Ruter Dufour, while among Kentucky poets, she was a friend of Amelia B. Coppuck Welby.