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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 Miller, an American novelist. She wrote 80 dime novels during a 50-year career. [1] Her first novel was Rosamond,[2] but her success began with the 1883 romance, 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]

Mittie Miller
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
Born	Mittie Frances Clarke Point April 30, 1850 Doswell, 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); Alexander McVeigh Miller ​ ​ (m. 1878; div. 1908)​

Biography

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]

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

References

Attribution

• 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.
• This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Miller, Mrs. Alex. McVeigh (1883). Guy Kenmore's Wife; Or, Her Mother's Secret (Public domain ed.). Norman L. Munro, Publisher.

Bibliography

• Polenberg, Richard (27 October 2015). Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee," "John Henry," and Other Traditional American Folk Songs. Cornell University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-5017-0148-1.

External links

• Works by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller at Internet Archive
• Works by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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