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Mittie Miller
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Born Mittie Frances Clarke PointDoswell, Virginia , U.S. Died December 26, 1937(1937-12-26) (aged 87 )Florida , U.S. Pen name Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller Occupation Dime novelist Language English Nationality American Alma mater Richmond Female Institute Spouse Thomas Jefferson Davis (died);
(m. 1878; div. 1908)
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller (née Point ; after first marriage, Davis ; after second marriage, Miller ; April 30, 1850 – December 26, 1937) was the pen name of Mittie Frances Clarke Point , an American novelist. She wrote 80 dime novels during a 50-year career. Her first novel was Rosamond ,[2] The Bride of the Tomb . She died in 1937. In 1978, her home, "The Cedars" , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places .[3]
Biography [ edit ]
Mittie Frances Clarke Point was born in Doswell, Virginia , April 30, 1850. Her parents were Charles J. Point and Mary G. (Crow) Point.[4]
She graduated from Richmond Female Institute on June 30, 1868.[3]
Home in Alderson
She first married Thomas Jefferson Davis and they had a daughter, but both husband and daughter died within two years. Returning to her home in Richmond, Virginia , she wrote short stories for Old Dominion and Temperance Advocate . She then married a teacher named Alexander McVeigh Miller in 1878 and they lived in Fayette County, West Virginia . Her 1883 romance, The Bride of the Tomb , was successful, and others followed. The Millers built "The Cedars " in Alderson, West Virginia , and this also helped him with a political career, having been elected to the West Virginia Senate during the period of 1901 to 1909. She divorced him in 1908 because of infidelity, moving with her daughter Irene to Boston . She died in Florida , December 26, 1937.[3]
Selected works [ edit ]
188?, An old man's darling
188?, The mystery of Suicide Place
1882, Lady Gay's pride, or, Only a broken heart
1883, Sworn to silence, or, A burdensome secret
1883, Jaquelina, or, The outlaw's bride
1883, Little Goldens̓ daughter, or, The dream of her life-time
1883, Bonnie Dora : or, Winning the heir
1883, The bride of the tomb ; and, Queenie's terrible secret
1883, The bride of the tomb; or, Lancelot Darling's betrothed
1883, A dreadful temptation, or, A young wife's ambition
1883, Sworn to silence, or, Aline Rodney's secret
1883, Guy Kenmore's wife; or, Her mother's secret
1884, The pearl and the ruby, or, The beautiful rivals
1884, Lady Gay's pride; or, The miser's treasure
1886, Molly's treachery
1886, Little Nobody
1887, Flower and Jewel; or, Daisy Forrest's daughter
1888, Brunette and blonde, or, The struggle for a birthright
1889, Little Sweetheart : or, Norman De Vere's protegee
1891, Kathleen's diamonds : or, She loved a handsome actor
1892, Eric Braddon's love
1892, Little Coquette Bonnie : or, crossed in love. Chapters I-XI
1892, Tiger-lily; or, The woman who came between
1896, A dreadful temptation, and Countess Vera
1896, Bonnie Dora and Little Golden's daughter
1896, The strength of love, or, An unbidden guest
1896, Queenie's terrible secret, and the rose and the lily
1896, When we two parted, or, Among love's rapids
1897, Loved you better than you knew
1897, The senator's bride
1898, Lancaster's choice
1898, Dainty's cruel rivals : or, The fatal birthday
1894, Lillian, my Lillian, or, Queen of the comic opera
1896, Lynette's wedding, or, Married and parted
1887, Mabel's fate, or, A broken betrothal
1891, What was she to him? or, Virginia King's heart
1885, Cruelly divided, or, A plot for a fortune
1886, Little Vixen, or, When two loves conflict
1887, My little love, or, Swept away by passion
1893, A little Southern beauty, or, Tortured hearts
1895, The senator's favorite
1899, My pretty maid, or, Liane Lester
1884, Where love dwelt, or, The two brides' fate
1885, Tempted by gold, or, A life and love wasted
1888, Loyal unto death, or, Roselle's true love
1898, My pretty maid, or, Her dangerous secret
1899, A married flirt, or, Pride and its penalty
1888, The man she hated, or, Won by strategy
1892, They looked and loved, or, Won by faith
1896, When we two parted, or, A heart's tragedy
1898, Pretty madcap Lucy, or, The shadows over her
1898, Slighted love, or, At her heart's expense
1899, The thorns of regret, or, His brother's wife
1889, Rosamond, or, Sundered hearts
1900, Only a kiss, or, Cast out
1900, The shadow between them, or, A blighted name
1900, Only a kiss, or, With her whole heart
1901, Love is love forevermore, or, A triumph of two true hearts
1901, The unbidden guest, or, Between two passions
1901, The price of happiness, or, The triumph of two true hearts
1902, Nina's peril : or, The fowler's snares
1905, The sword of Damocles
1902, The fatal kiss, or, Her evil genius
1901, Her husband's secret, or, Bought and paid for
1903, All for love, or, Her heart's sacrifice
1911, That girl named Hazel
1917, Her life's burden : or, The road of the wicked
1917, Her sister's secret, or, The chain of fate
1919, What was she to him? or, Her evil shadow
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Kennedy, Kathleen (7 December 2015). "Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller" . www.wvencyclopedia.org . Retrieved 4 July 2017 .
^ "Mittie Point Miller Death • Florida Deaths, 1877-1939" . familysearch.org . Retrieved 24 January 2022 .
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Miller, Mrs. Alexander McVeigh (1886). Molly's Treachery (Public domain ed.). Arthur Westbrook Company.
