Annie Carpenter was born in either
Richland County, Wisconsin or
Crawford County, Wisconsin, September 19, 1859. of
Marion, Indiana. His father, Rev. Alson R. Wall (d. 1907), was actively engaged in ministerial work as a
Quaker for over 40 years. Mr. and Mrs. Burton Wall had three children, including Norma Ruth Wall (1891–1964) the family was living in Pueblo, Colorado for the benefit of Annie Wall's health. Her ability as an artist enabled her to illustrate her own poems in this book, and in a ribbon-tied booklet of Christmas poems. By 1915, she was known as Annie Wall Barnett and was living in
Patterson, California, where, in November, she underwent a surgical procedure in her home. In August 1919, at the Patterson Fair, Annie Barnett received First premium award on poem and hills of Patterson, nature sketch and painting in oil, as well as Second premium for oil painting, nature sketch of peach. Annie Wall Barnett died in Maestro hospital,
Modesto, California, September 4, 1942. ==Selected works==