Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne (1809 – 1871). American painter and illustrator as well as the wife of author Nathaniel Hawthorne. She also published her journals and various articles.
Sophia first met Nathaniel Hawthorne through her sister, Elizabeth, and they became secretly engaged by New Year's Day, 1839. They were married in 1842 and had three children: Una, Julian and Rose.
Nathaniel Hawthorne died in May 1864 and she moved to England four years later with her three children. She died in 1871 and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London and when her daughter Una died in 1877, she was buried alongside her mother.
When the grave sites were in need of costly repair, it was suggested the remains be moved to the Hawthorne family plot in Concord, Massachusetts. In June 2006 Sophia and Una were re-buried alongside Nathaniel in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
- "Sophia's friend Cornelia Park braided the bride's auburn hair..." https://books.google.it/books?id=m-7ngauq39cC&pg=PA160...
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