Rachel Quick Buttz | |
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Born | October 14, 1847
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Died | September 6, 1923
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Occupation |
Writer
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Spouse(s) | Samuel Buttz |
Parent(s) |
Rachel Nelson Quick Buttz (October 14, 1847 – September 6, 1923) was an American memoirist and poet.
She was born Rachel Nelson Quick near Columbus, Indiana on October 14, 1847, the daughter of Tunis Quick, a judge and state legislator, and Susannah Record Quick. She graduated from North-Western Christian University (now Butler University) in 1871, which was one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. She married Samuel Buttz. [1] [2] [3]
Buttz published two books. Blades and Blossoms (1911) was a collection of poetry. A Hoosier Girlhood (1924) was a memoir of her childhood that she wrote for her daughter Mabel. [1] [2]
Rachel Quick Buttz died on September 6, 1923, aged 75, in Bartholomew County, Indiana. [2]