Mae was born c. 1861,[2] in Richmond, Indiana,[1][3][a] and resided there until almost of adult age, when the family removed to Chicago, Illinois.

[6] While a resident of El Paso, Texas, Bramhall visited the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

[7] Entitled, The Wee Ones of Japan, it described the Japanese child from babyhood to their school days, including their dress, their ways, their play and study, and the customs which surround them.

[6] She suffered before her death, which occurred February 5 or 7, 1897,[c] age 36,[2] at the Home for Incurables, Fordham, Bronx, New York.

[5] A number of unpublished manuscripts were the only legacy she left to her adopted son, Dudley Bramhall, of Chappaqua, New York.