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Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.27, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Und ...
Ellen Waitstill Cheney
Gift of Edith Cowles Poor, 2008.38.27, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Ellen Waitstill Cheney

American, 1862 - 1938
BiographyEllen "Nell" Waitstill Cheney was the eldest child of Knight Dexter Cheney (1837-1907) and Ednah Dow Smith (1841-1915).

She married Dr. Alexander Lambert (1861-1939) in 1895. They both went to France during World War I, where she served with the American Red Cross Women's War Relief Corps.

Ellen was a passenger involved in the Boston Express "Stamford Wreck," which took place on 12 June 1913. According to a Hartford Courant article published on 17 June 1913, she sustained minor injuries.

She died of a heart attack on 13 January 1938, at which time she and her husband were living in New York City.
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