Marion Dix Sullivan
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Marion Dix Sullivan
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Marion Dix Sullivan (1802–1860) was an American songwriter and composer. She was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, the daughter of Timothy Dix and Abigail Wilkins and the sister of General John Adams Dix of New York. She married John Whiting Sullivan in 1825 and had one son, John Henry, who died of drowning in 1858. Little is known about her background, but she was considered the first American woman to write a "hit" song, "The Blue Juniata," which was referenced by Mark Twain in his autobiograph
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American classical composer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Dix_Sullivan
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2023-09-12T04:19:18Z
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