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September 28, 2006
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Thursday, September 28, 2006
A Brief Biography of Mary Grace Witherbee Black of Pelham Manor
Today's Historic Pelham Blog posting transcribes a brief biography of Mary
Grace Witherbee Black of Pelham Manor published in 1914. Mrs. Black was
one of the most influential women in the development of the Village of
Pelham Manor. The brief biography appears immediately below:
"BLACK, Mary Grace Witherbee (Mrs. Robert Clifford
Black), Pelham Manor, N. Y.
Born Port Henry, N. Y., May 18, 1853; dau. Silas Heminway and Sophie
Catherine (Goff) Witherbee; ed. governesses and at Farmington, Conn., and
Miss McAuley's School, N. Y. City; m. N. Y. City, April 20, 1875, Robert
Clifford Black; children: R. Clifford Jr., Witherbee. Interested in West
Side Nursery, Jewell Day Nursery and Babies' Ward (N. Y. City), Miriam
Osborn Memorial Home, Harrison, N. Y.; Pelham Summer Home for Children and
several musical societies. Favors worman suffrage. Presbyterian.
Republican. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Manor (Pelham Manor), N. Y.
Yacht, Sleepy Hollow, Larchmont Yacht."
Source: Leonard, John William, ed., Woman's Who's Who of America - A
Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and
Canada 1914 - 1915, p. 103 (NY, NY: The American Commonwealth Company
1914).
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