Education
Mary was educated at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn and excelled in advanced mathematics and astronomy.
Mary was educated at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn and excelled in advanced mathematics and astronomy.
In 1862, Mary and her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio from Brooklyn, New New York Thomas was the oldest son of a businessman, whose empire of candle manufacturing, real estate and housing construction would soon grow exponentially. They had two sons together, Sheldon and Albert.
Albert was killed in a sledding accident while at prep school.
Together, the couple bought an enormous estate called "Mariemont" near Newport, Rhode Island. In her final years, she recognized her "vast responsibility" and began funding various orphanages, colleges, hospitals, and schools with the enormous fortune she inherited upon her husband"s death.
She avoided publicity as much as possible for her donations. In 1923, she funded the planned community of Mariemont, Ohio, named after her estate in Rhode Island.
She died four years later in 1927.