Julia Carter Aldrich

Julia Carter Aldrich (née, Carter; pen name, Petresia Peters; January 28, 1834 – August 26, 1924) was a 19th-century American author and editor from Ohio. She served as the state's vice-president of the Western Association of Writers. As editor of the National Grange, the paper connected Aldrich with readers all over the United States.

Early life and education

Julia Carter was born in Liverpool, Ohio, on January 28, 1834. She was the fifth in a family of seven children. Her paternal ancestors were New Englanders of English descent. Her mother's parents, born in Richmond, Virginia, were of Scotch and German descent. Carter began to write at a young age, first publishing at the age of fourteen.

Her school-days were marked by thorough and rapid proficiency.

Career

When Aldrich was seventeen, she began to teach in a large village school. She continued teaching for four years. During this period of study and teaching, she frequently wrote verse and prose, which were published in various periodicals.

In July 1853, Aldrich's brother, Jabez William Carter, of Medina County, Ohio, came to Ottokee, Ohio, and bought a printery there. He began publishing the Fulton County Union, a business he reportedly enjoyed, having been connected with a printing office since his boyhood. He was then twenty-six years old. He wrote his mother, a widow, his father having died in 1852, to join the family—Charles, Julia, Julius and Margaret—in Ottokee for the winter. They arrived early in November and were taken to the Henry Taylor Hotel until their goods arrived.