Caroline LeRoy
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | September 28, 1797
Died | February 26, 1882 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 84)
Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Caroline LeRoy Webster (September 28, 1797 – February 26, 1882) was the second wife of 19th century statesman Daniel Webster.
Early life
She was a daughter of Hannah (
A descendant of
Personal life
She was the second wife to Daniel Webster, after Grace Fletcher Webster's death. She met Webster at her father's house while Webster was a guest there. After only a few months of courtship they got married. Their wedding was an upscale one with a large and fashionable assemblage.[2]
In 1839, she traveled to Europe with Webster, during this time she was a guest of Queen Victoria and the Duke of Wellington as well as other members of the British government and the British aristocracy.[3]
When Daniel Webster died in 1852, Caroline received $100,000 (about $3.7 million in 2023) which was invested for her benefit.[4] Thirty years later after Daniel Webster's death, Caroline LeRoy Webster died in her home in New York City after increasing illness and pneumonia. She died on February 26, 1882, in her bed. She was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York.[5]
References
- ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York, Volume 3. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1166, 1341.
- Hood Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Webster, Caroline Le Roy (1942). "Mr. W. & I,": Being the Authentic Diary of Caroline Leroy Webster, During a Famous Journey with the Hon. Daniel Webster to Great Britain and the Continent in the Year 1839. Washburn. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Harris, Virgil McClure (1912). Ancient, Curious and Famous Wills. Stanley Paul. p. 449. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ISBN 9780393045529. Retrieved 16 August 2019.