Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet and editor. Alternative signature: W. C. From Hudson, Michigan. Son of John Hancock Carleton and Celestia Elvira Smith. Graduated from Hillsdale College in 1869. Editor of Western Rural in 1869, then became editor and partial owner of the Hillsdale Standard. Married Adora Niles Goodell in 1882. Prolific in the United States and published across many periodicals, including his own journal (Every Where — Will Carleton's Magazine). Biographical information: ANB. (BGL)