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Front of dress with evening bodice 2.

Gift of Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe and Mrs. Gilbert A. Wick ...
Mary Jane Buel
Front of dress with evening bodice 2. Gift of Mrs. Seth P. Holcombe and Mrs. Gilbert A. Wicke, 1981.26.15a-d, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Public Domain

Mary Jane Buel

American, 1827 - 1884
BiographyMary Jane Buel was born on 11 December 1827 in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Buel (1782-1874) and Minerva (Wadhams) Buel (1793-1874). She had four siblings: Henry Wadhams Buel (1820-1893), Edward Collins Buel (1824-1852), Maria Louise Buel (1831-1831), and Samuel David Buel (1832-1851).

She married Thomas Kimberly Brace (1825-1870) on 18 January 1853 in Litchfield. They had four children: Mary Buel Brace Collins (1853-1934), Emily M. Brace (1857-1924), Julia Wadhams Brace (1859-1890), and Lucy Mather Brace Allen (1864-1951).

She died on 21 March 1884 in Hartford, Connecticut. She is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford.
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