concerts of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Society. Retirement She married Charles Monson Raymond on June 29, 1882, and after that only sang in private or for charity; and occasionally she assisted the choir at her church. At the time she retired, she was the most popular singer in America. She died at her home in Norwalk, Connecticut on April 3, 1921. Notes References American operatic contraltos 1842 births 1921 deaths People from Wayne, Maine Singers from Maine 19th-century American women opera singers