Levi Thaxter was the husband of Celia Laighton Thaxter, the famous poet from the Isles of Shoals. She was sixteen when they married and he was her tutor.

Levi was an actor and was well known for his readings, especially of Robert Browning poems.

Celia wrote many poems, including Landlocked, The Sandpiper, Compensation, and many more. You can read her poem entitled A Kittery Churchyard online and more of her poems here.

She was also renown for her garden on Appledore Island in the Isles of Shoals. It has been restored and you can still visit it today.

Here is a painting of Celia Thaxter by Childe Hassam entitled Celia Thaxter in her garden.

A biographical note of Levi Thaxter from the Farlow Reference Library of Cryptogamic Botany.

A story of their family and burial from SeacoastNH.com.

Here is a link to information about their home in Newton, MA (now a private residence).

One Woman's Work: The Visual Art of Celia Laighton Thaxter, an online description of an exhibition at the New Hampshire Historical Society's Tuck Library.