Credit: Information about her life and death is attributed to find a grave, where there is lots of great information. She died in 1896 in an apartment hotel in San Francisco. She was a contralto singer and also called the Songstress of Nevada. She was supposed to appear at the Tivoli during the grand opera season but passed away. She was a sister in law of MM Gillespie. Cabinet card date on the back says the picture was take February 13, 1895 by Newsboy in New York. There is some black smudging marks near her shoes in the photo.