b. 29 June 1835. d. 26 August 1894. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet and essayist. Née Laighton. Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Educated at home
and at the Mount Washington Female Seminary. Married Levi Lincoln Thaxter in 1851.
Travelled around Europe for 6 months from 1880-1881. Contributed to *Atlantic Monthly*,
the *Century*, *Harper’s*, the *Independent*, *Our Young Folks*, *St. Nicholas*, and
*Youth’s Companion*. Author of *Poems* (1872, 1874), *Among the Isles of Shoals* (1873),
*Poems for Children* (1884), and *An Island Garden* (1894). Biographical information:
*ANB*. (CC)