History of Milton, (Saratoga County) New York United States of America

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Mary Hallock Foote, author, was born in Milton, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1847; daughter of Nathaniel and Anne (Burling) Hallock; granddaughter of James and Elizabeth (Townsend) Hallock, and of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hull) Burling of New York, and a descendant of English Quaker families on both the father's and mother's sides. She was educated at home and at a little seminary for young ladies at Poughkeepsie on the Hudson. She studied art at the school of design for women, Cooper institute, New York, working in black and white with the view to becoming a book illustrator. In 1876 she was married to Arthur D. Foote, mining engineer, and his business made their home in the mining districts of California, Colorado and Idaho. Mrs. Foote became well known, both as an author and as an illustrator, the wild scenes of frontier life and the scenery of the region giving her countless subjects for illustrating and for her novels. Her stories and illustrations appeared at first almost exclusively in the pages of Scribner's magazine, and afterward in the Century and St. Nicholas magazines. She published: The Led-Horse Claim (1883); John Bodewin's Testimony (1886); The Last Assembly Ball (1889); The Chosen Valley (1892); In Exile (1894); Co'ur d'Alene (1894); The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories (1895); Little Fig-tree Stories (1900); and site illustrated the works of many other writers, including Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor and Hanging of the Crane.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Milton, (Saratoga County) New York

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