Alice ( Lilly ) Augusta Smillie

from a biographical note of her husband -

George’s second wife, most often listed as Lily Brandon Munroe has an interesting story, but it is
hard to find. She is listed variously as:

Alice Mary Lindsay Brandon
Alice Lindsay Brandon Munroe
Alice Augusta (Brandon) Munroe
Lily (Brandon) Munroe

Alice/Lily was born in England and lived, in 1880, with her family on the upper east side of
Manhattan. Her father was a successful iron broker and an incorporator of The Railroad Safety
Track Joint Company with Ernest Brandon.

Alice married geologist Bowen Hersey Munroe (1868-1935) and divorced him in 1897. He was the
son of Jennie Lucy Bowen and Benjamin Hersey Munroe.

Author Stephen Crane (1871-1900) fell in love with her (and she may have returned his affection)
while she was still married. It is said that she was the inspiration for his book, “Maggie: A Girl of the
Streets” published in 1893.

See: "Stephen Crane: A Life of Fire" by Paul Sorrentino, Harvard University Press, 2014, starting on
p. 93.

Stephen asked Lily to run away with him, but Lily Brandon Munroe refused to marry him and they
parted. She then married George F.C. Smillie and apparently had a long and gratifying life