Background
Blake, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1840 in Dungarven, Ireland. Daughter of Patrick and Mary (Murphy) McGrath.
Blake, Mary Elizabeth was born in 1840 in Dungarven, Ireland. Daughter of Patrick and Mary (Murphy) McGrath.
Ed Quincy High School, 1855-1859. Mr. Emerson’s Private School, in Boston, 1859-1861. Academy Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, 1861-1863.
John G. Blake, 1865. Mother 5 sons (Harvard men). Daughter (ed Sacred Heart and Radcliffe). Contributor to N. Am Review.
Lippincott; Catholic World. Ave Maria. Independent. Outing; Scribner; Peace Journal.
Providence Journal; Congregationalist. The Pilot; Donahue’s Magazine, and for many years, the Boston Journal (Rambling Talks), under initials M. E. B. Author: Poems, 1884, 2d edition., 1890. On the Wing (Western travel), 1885.
Mexico, Picturesque and Political (with Margaret Sullivan), 1887. A Summer Holiday in Europe, 1889. Verses Along the Way.
1890; A Memoir, 1895. The Merry Months All (verses), 1895. Youth in Twelve Centuries (verses), 1886.
In the Harbor of Hope (verses), 1901. Wrote: A Tilt at a Black Monster, N. American Review. Muscle and Morals, Lippincott.
A Plea for Patriotism, same. Essays, Historic, Critical and Biographical, Catholic World. Home: Boston.
Married Doctor.