In 1835, she mar­ried Charles W. Dana of New York. In the summer of 1839, they moved to Bloom­ing­ton (now Mus­ca­tine), Io­wa. Her hus­band and young son died the next year, and she re­turned to South Car­o­li­na. In 1851, she mar­ried Rev. Ro­bert D. Shind­ler, a profes­sor at Shel­by Coll­ege, Ken­tucky, and lat­er Tex­as. Mary was orig­in­al­ly a Pres­by­ter­i­an, but lat­er at­tend­ed the Un­i­tar­i­an, then the Pro­test­ant Epis­co­pal church. Her works in­clude:

• The Southern Harp, 1840
• The Northern Harp, 1841
• The Parted Family, and Other Po­ems
• The Western Harp
• The Temperance Lyre
• Charles Morton, or The Young Patriot, 1843
• The Young Sailor
• Letters to Relatives and Friends, 1845
• Forecastle Tom; or, The Lands­man Turned Sai­lor (New York: Harp­er & Bro­thers, Pub­lish­ers, 1846)

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Lyrics

1. Fiercely Came the Tempest Raging
2. Flee as a Bird
3. I’m a Pilgrim
4. O Sing to Me of Heav’n
5. Once upon the Heaving Ocean (attributed)
6. Pass Under the Rod
7. Prince of Peace, Control My Will (attributed)
8. Shed Not a Tear O’er Your Friend’s Early Bier
9. Soft, Soft Mu­sic Is Stealing