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Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.26, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, C…
Ednah Dow Smith
Gift of Mrs. George Wells Cheney, Jr., 1991.54.26, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, Copyright Undetermined

Ednah Dow Smith

1841 - 1915
BiographyEdnah Dow Smith was born 12 May 1841 to Samuel Garfield Smith (1799-1842) and Elizabeth Dow Leonard (1806-1879). She married Knight Dexter Cheney (1837-1907) of Manchester silk fame in 1862. They had eleven children together between 1862 and 1881: six daughters and five sons.

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