Comes from my family history of the Packard/Mills family still in the works:

On November 21, 1881, Cyrus Packard, two months after purchasing 112 acres in Plainfield from William L. Packard the farm in Plainfield with a stand of maple sugar trees, he married again. He married a woman named Dorothy "Dora" (or Dory) Ann Mills in Glens Falls, New York, the town in which she was born.

Dora, who had worked in a shirt factory (1880) and as a teacher (1870) in the past, had lived in Warren County, New York since June 1, 1849, when she was born, approximately. While her gravestone says she was 38 years, 10 months at the time of her death, the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Federal Censuses shows a woman named "Dorothy A. Mills" or "Dory Mills" as born in 1849 or 1850. The reasons for why she would say she was younger than she actually was are not currently known. What is known is that Dora was the daughter of John Rand Mills and Margaret Bibby. By 1881 she had eight living siblings, which are confirmed: Joseph B. Mills (1946-1900), Thomas Charles Mills (1846-1934), Edward E. Mills (1848-1938), Margaret Mills (1854-1920), John N. Mills (1856-1945), John C Mills (1858-1945), and of course, Robert Byron Mills I (1862-1950), called "Uncle Rob" or RBM I. Before getting to Dora and Cyrus's children, it is worth noting who Dora's parents were. John Rand Mills, was born in Ireland, reportedly in the Parish of Ballysheen, Tipperary, in September 1804, had immigrated to the United States by 1830, marrying Margaret Ann Bibby, who happened be born in the same part of Ireland, sometime between 1840 and 1850. By the time Dora was married to Cyrus, her father had been dead for five years, and her mother had been dead for nine years.

Over the following years, Dora and Cyrus would have seven children with the last name of Packard. They would include John Henry (Oct. 15-1882-Oct. 28, 1950), Margaret Alice (Jan. 27, 1884-Aug. 4, 1976), Joseph Winfield (Jun. 17, 1885- Mar. 9, 1910), Charles Edward (May 5, 1887-Nov. 4, 1960) or "Uncle Charlie," Marion Estelle (Feb. 12, 1889-Jun. 13, 1965), Robert Byron, later called Robert Byron Mills II or RBM II (Jan. 19, 1891-Apr. 11, 1956), Mabel Hattie (b. July 19, 1892) who reportedly died on Dec. 1, 1961.

There are land records which relate to Cyrus and Dora. There one agreement which mentions Dora and Cyrus's marriage, and the purchase of land. In this transaction, he likely mortgages (or sells?) 112 acres to Henry L. Goodrich.1 This is likely the Packard farm. Later that month, Henry C. Packard purchases for Cyrus, from Goodrich, the same land. The agreement mentions that the Stetson and Gurney families border the land, which are families mentioned in the last chapter as those who were tied by marriage into the Packard family.

On February 5, 1895, Dora died of tuberculosis (pulmonary phthisis) in Plainfield and was buried in Pottersville, part of New York's Warren County, a town was over 35 miles north of her birth place, Glens Falls. This burial place was likely chosen to put in proximity with surviving family members. The Packard family split apart. Bert was adopted by his uncle, Robert Byron Mills I (RBM I), taking the last name of Mills, and becoming RBM II. At the same time, his sister, Mabel, was adopted at around 2 years old by the Cosgrove family in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She would be in good hands. Thomas Cosgrove was married to Margaret "Maggie" E. Mills (1860-1920), who happened to be the sister of Dora Mills, with Mabel staying in this household until at least 1910.

With the family going different ways, few stayed with Cyrus. A little less than six months after Dora died, he married again. This woman, his third wife, was Clementina Cheney, coming from well-established New England families, stayed at home, while Cyrus was a carpenter. By 1900, only one of Cyrus's children from his marriage with Dora would be living with him: John H. Packard who is working as a farm hand.

With the death of Dora Mills in February 1895, four-year-old Bert (RBM II) was adopted by his uncle, RBM I and took the last name of Mills.

In 1895, when Dora died, she had no will or administration. This was no accident. Under the attitude of romantic paternalism, was the notion that women are weaker, with the law providing them with "increased protections" while men were the "protectors." Hence, women held few rights in eighteenth and nineteenth century society then men, not allowed to serve on juries, vote, or hold office. Once they married, they became "legally subordinate to their husbands" under the principle of coverture, thought up English jurist William Blackstone, meaning that a woman could not make contracts, write wills, sue or be sued in court, or own personal property since this belonged to the husband. However, some states passed "married women's property acts" like Massachusetts and New York. She may have held property but the law, as interpreted by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1886, applied to only "property a woman had as separate property" but not allowing her to own property with her husband jointly ("tendency by the entirety"). Additionally, Cyrus could have believed in the idea of romantic paternalism, saying that women should stay in the "domestic sphere" even though Dora had clearly worked outside the home before her marriage.

She may have attendeda YMCA talk in New York before her death https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21453145/mrs_cw_packard_may_be_dora/