ighted to be. . . . [S]he came to love the stately pines better than any flower, or shrub, or other tree.???[5] Her father was a teacher,[3] and both parents shared early New England ancestry.[4] She studied, first, at the Foxcroft Academy,[3] founded by the state in 1823 ???for the promotion of literature, science, morality and piety.???[6] Sadly, her mother passed away when Lillian was 14.[4][7]