Mrs. Cora Buzzell Millay, who died in Camden Feb. 5 at 99 Chestnut Street as the result of a shock, was born in Belfast 67 years ago in what was then the Emery house, and now the residence of Chas. E. Field. She has frequently visited in Belfast and has read before the B.P.W. Club of which she was an honorary member. She was the mother of three talented daughters and owned a cottage at the top of Howe Hill, Melvin Heights, called Grandpa's Farm, where she spent many summers on the top of the hill overlooking Megunticook Lake, with a view of unsurpassing beauty for miles around. There she wrote children's stories, especially her "Little Otis," the dream-child of her imagination, and many a nature sonnet came from her pen while surrounded by the beauty of her summer home. Last fall when the cold weather came she decided to remain in Camden where she could be alone. Her purpose for being quiet was to write the memoirs of her three talented daughters, Edna St. Vincent Milly, (Mrs. Boisseivain), the lyric poet; Kathleen Millay, (Mrs. Howard Young), now in Europe, writer of books and poetry, and Miss Norma Millay, (Mrs. Charles Ellis) known on the state. (Newspaper clipping from Orlando Sanborn scrapbook).
The death of Cora Buzzell Millay occurred at her winter home, in Camden, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Millay who was the oldest of six children was born in Lincolnville, Maine 1863.
She married Henry Tolman Millay and after her marriage lived in Rockland, Union, and Camden.
She was the mother of three brilliant daughters, Edna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugene Boissevain), Norma (Mrs. Charles Ellis), and Kathleen (Mrs. Howard Young).
For many years her career was the rearing and supporting of these three daughters.
She always had both taste, and talent, for writing, but circumstances compelled her to curb her ambitions, while her daughters were young.
Shortly after the success of the eldest daughter they migrated to New York.
Not the least interesting personality in this famous group of young woman was the mother, of whom the eldest wrote: "For all the good I know, was taught me out of two gray eyes, a long time ago."
After seeing her daughters successfully established in their professional careers she turned to her own talents and began to write her first book "Little Otis," a collection of verse about an imaginary little boy, was published in 1928 and attracted wide interest.
Even during the New York years, Mrs. Millay kept a foot hold in Maine, and purchased a summer home on Rowe Hill, where she did much of her writing.
Most of her time in recent years, has been devoted to writing. It is said that at the time of her death she was at work on a biography of her daughters.
Mrs. Millay was buried at Austerlitz, New York, in the private burying ground on Mrs. Bossevain's estate just outside the city.
The death of Cora Buzzell Millay occurred at her winter home, in Camden, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Millay who was the oldest of six children was born in Lincolnville, Maine 1863.
She married Henry Tolman Millay and after her marriage lived in Rockland, Union, and Camden.
She was the mother of three brilliant daughters, Edna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugene Boissevain), Norma (Mrs. Charles Ellis), and Kathleen (Mrs. Howard Young).
For many years her career was the rearing and supporting of these three daughters.
She always had both taste, and talent, for writing, but circumstances compelled her to curb her ambitions, while her daughters were young.
Shortly after the success of the eldest daughter they migrated to New York.
Not the least interesting personality in this famous group of young woman was the mother, of whom the eldest wrote: "For all the good I know, was taught me out of two gray eyes, a long time ago."
After seeing her daughters successfully established in their professional careers she turned to her own talents and began to write her first book "Little Otis," a collection of verse about an imaginary little boy, was published in 1928 and attracted wide interest.
Even during the New York years, Mrs. Millay kept a foot hold in Maine, and purchased a summer home on Rowe Hill, where she did much of her writing.
Most of her time in recent years, has been devoted to writing. It is said that at the time of her death she was at work on a biography of her daughters.
Mrs. Millay was buried at Austerlitz, New York, in the private burying ground on Mrs. Bossevain's estate just outside the city.
Mrs. Cora Buzzell Millay, who died in Camden Feb. 5 at 99 Chestnut Street as the result of a shock, was born in Belfast 67 years ago in what was then the Emery house, and now the residence of Chas. E. Field. She has frequently visited in Belfast and has read before the B.P.W. Club of which she was an honorary member. She was the mother of three talented daughters and owned a cottage at the top of Howe Hill, Melvin Heights, called Grandpa's Farm, where she spent many summers on the top of the hill overlooking Megunticook Lake, with a view of unsurpassing beauty for miles around. There she wrote children's stories, especially her "Little Otis," the dream-child of her imagination, and many a nature sonnet came from her pen while surrounded by the beauty of her summer home. Last fall when the cold weather came she decided to remain in Camden where she could be alone. Her purpose for being quiet was to write the memoirs of her three talented daughters, Edna St. Vincent Milly, (Mrs. Boisseivain), the lyric poet; Kathleen Millay, (Mrs. Howard Young), now in Europe, writer of books and poetry, and Miss Norma Millay, (Mrs. Charles Ellis) known on the state. (Newspaper clipping from Orlando Sanborn scrapbook).
The death of Cora Buzzell Millay occurred at her winter home, in Camden, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Millay who was the oldest of six children was born in Lincolnville, Maine 1863.
She married Henry Tolman Millay and after her marriage lived in Rockland, Union, and Camden.
She was the mother of three brilliant daughters, Edna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugene Boissevain), Norma (Mrs. Charles Ellis), and Kathleen (Mrs. Howard Young).
For many years her career was the rearing and supporting of these three daughters.
She always had both taste, and talent, for writing, but circumstances compelled her to curb her ambitions, while her daughters were young.
Shortly after the success of the eldest daughter they migrated to New York.
Not the least interesting personality in this famous group of young woman was the mother, of whom the eldest wrote: "For all the good I know, was taught me out of two gray eyes, a long time ago."
After seeing her daughters successfully established in their professional careers she turned to her own talents and began to write her first book "Little Otis," a collection of verse about an imaginary little boy, was published in 1928 and attracted wide interest.
Even during the New York years, Mrs. Millay kept a foot hold in Maine, and purchased a summer home on Rowe Hill, where she did much of her writing.
Most of her time in recent years, has been devoted to writing. It is said that at the time of her death she was at work on a biography of her daughters.
Mrs. Millay was buried at Austerlitz, New York, in the private burying ground on Mrs. Bossevain's estate just outside the city.
The death of Cora Buzzell Millay occurred at her winter home, in Camden, as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mrs. Millay who was the oldest of six children was born in Lincolnville, Maine 1863.
She married Henry Tolman Millay and after her marriage lived in Rockland, Union, and Camden.
She was the mother of three brilliant daughters, Edna St. Vincent (Mrs. Eugene Boissevain), Norma (Mrs. Charles Ellis), and Kathleen (Mrs. Howard Young).
For many years her career was the rearing and supporting of these three daughters.
She always had both taste, and talent, for writing, but circumstances compelled her to curb her ambitions, while her daughters were young.
Shortly after the success of the eldest daughter they migrated to New York.
Not the least interesting personality in this famous group of young woman was the mother, of whom the eldest wrote: "For all the good I know, was taught me out of two gray eyes, a long time ago."
After seeing her daughters successfully established in their professional careers she turned to her own talents and began to write her first book "Little Otis," a collection of verse about an imaginary little boy, was published in 1928 and attracted wide interest.
Even during the New York years, Mrs. Millay kept a foot hold in Maine, and purchased a summer home on Rowe Hill, where she did much of her writing.
Most of her time in recent years, has been devoted to writing. It is said that at the time of her death she was at work on a biography of her daughters.
Mrs. Millay was buried at Austerlitz, New York, in the private burying ground on Mrs. Bossevain's estate just outside the city.
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