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| | The Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum |
 | | Eugene Field was born in St. Louis at 634 South Broadway, on September 3, 1850. |
 | | In November 1856, Frances Field, Eugene's mother, died and the next year Eugene and his brother, Roswell, were sent to Amherst, Massachusetts, to attend school and live with their paternal aunt, Mary, and their cousin, Mary Field French, until they entered college. |
 | | Eugene Field died in his sleep on November 4, 1895, 62 days after his 45th birthday, a young man at the height of his career, famous for both his poetry and his column, and the father of five surviving children. |
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