Mary Sibbet Copley
Mary Sibbet Copley | |
|---|---|
Philanthropist | |
| Spouse |
William Thaw, Sr. (m. 1867–1889) |
| Children | 5, including Russell William Thaw (grandson) |
Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw (June 19, 1843 – June 9, 1929) was an American
charity worker.[1]
Early life
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Mary was born at Appleby Manor near Kittanning, Pennsylvania in Armstrong County on June 19, 1843.[2][3] She was the daughter of Margaret and Josiah Copley,[4] a pioneer editor who was well known in the community.[5]
Personal life
In 1867, she married
Together, they had five children that survived childhood:- Harry Kendall Thaw (1871–1947), who would later murder Stanford White[8][9][10] In his will, he left $10,000, less than 1% of his fortune, to wife Evelyn Nesbit.[11]
- Edward Thaw (1873–1924), who married Jane Olmsted (1880–1958)
- Josiah Copley Thaw (1874–1944), who married Mary Harrington Thomson (1881–1947)
- Margaret Copley Thaw (1877–1942),[12] who first married George Lauder Carnegie (1876–1921), nephew of Andrew Carnegie. After his death, she married Roger, Comte de Périgny and became Countess de Périgny.[13][14]
- Alice Cornelia Thaw (1880–1955), who married George Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940).[15] They divorced and she married Geoffrey George Whitney, Sr. in 1913.[16]
She died, a few days before her 87th birthday, on June 9, 1929, of pneumonia.[17] She was buried in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.[6][7][18]
Philanthropy
After her husband's death in 1889, she used the wealth she inherited to fund archaeology research, including funds for prominent women
Alice Fletcher and Zelia Nuttall.[19] Thaw also funded the Thaw Fellowship at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard College.[3]
Thaw was also the primary philanthropist supporting the
Cozzens Hotel in downtown Omaha in 1902, she made regular donations, practically underwriting the institution. In 1929, she left a bequest of $150,000 to the seminary.[20]
References
- Time magazine. June 17, 1929. Archived from the originalon November 6, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ Buchholtz, George John (1995). Backgrounds and lineages of some Copley and Buchholtz families. Gateway Press. pp. 71, 72, 130. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780803243811. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1915. p. 1353. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Thaw, Mary Sibbet (1891). In Memoriam, William Thaw. J. Eichbaum. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ New York Times. June 10, 1929. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Thaw, 86 Dead At Home In Pittsburgh. Mother of Harry K. Thaw, Widely Known For Many Philanthropies, Victim of Pneumonia". Associated Press in the Hartford Courant. June 10, 1929. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- New York Times. February 22, 1947. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Harry K. Thaw, Ex-Millionaire Playboy, Is Dead". Chicago Tribune. February 22, 1947. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ "Died". Time. March 3, 1947. Archived from the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Harry Thaw Will Leaves $10,000 To Evelyn Nesbit". Associated Press. March 30, 1947. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Countess De Perigny, Harry Thaws Sister. Widow of George L. Carnegie, Nephew of Steel Magnate". The New York Times. January 10, 1942. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- New York Times. November 8, 1945. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- New York Times. February 10, 1924. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Mrs. Geoffrey Whitney, Broker's Widow And Member of Thaw Family, Dies at 75". The New York Times. May 10, 1955. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- New York Times. December 19, 1912. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Harry Thaws Mother Dies of Pneumonia". Associated Press. June 10, 1929. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ISBN 9781467117388. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ISBN 9780817311285. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ^ Hawley, Charles A. (1941) Fifty Years on the Nebraska Frontier: The history of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Omaha. Omaha, NE: Ralph Printing Co.
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