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Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.105, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History,  ...
Margaret Bennett
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.105, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Margaret Bennett

American, 1874 - 1940
BiographyMargaret Bennett was born on 8 October 1874 to Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bennett of West Virginia.

She married accomplished lawyer Robert Crain (1866-1928) in 1898. They had four children that lived to adulthood: Robert Crain, Jr.; William George Bennett Crain, Sr.; Eleanor Morgan Crain McPeck; and Margaret Crain Pittroff.

As an adult, Margaret lived in Washington, D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1933, after Robert's death in 1926, she married Louis Richmond Cheney (1859-1944) and moved to Hartford, Connecticut. Margaret and Louis lived on Woodland Street. She died of a heart attack at their home on 22 December 1940.


Source: FindAGrave.com (accessed 3/2/2024), primary sources on Ancestry.com, and an article entitled "L. R. Cheney Will Be Wed in Baltimore" which was published in the "Hartford Courant" on November 26, 1933.
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