Mary Ridgely Brown Lee (1881-1922)
MSA SC 3520-2226
Official Hostess of Maryland, 1895-1896

Mary Ridgely Brown Lee
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
(Frank Brown Collection)
MSA SC 778

Born:  September 11, 1881¹
Father:  Governor Frank Brown²
Mother:  Mary Ridgely Preston Brown³
Siblings:  Frank Snowden Ridgely Brown⁴
Maternal Grandfather:  David Ridgely⁵
Maternal Grandmother:  Mary R. Ridgely
Paternal Grandfather:  Stephen T. Cockey Brown⁶
Paternal Grandmother:  Susan A. Bennett⁷
Brown Family Homes:  "Springfield", Carroll County, and 900 and 902 N. Charles St., Baltimore City⁸
Marriage:  November 3, 1903 to Gordon T. Hughes⁹
Second Marriage:  May 26, 1909 to Alfred Elliott Dieterich¹⁰
Third Marriage:  June 9, 1920 to Merwyn Ketcham Lee¹¹
Children:  Mary Brown Hughes¹²
Lee Family Home:  105 E. 53rd St., New York City¹³
Died:  March 4, 1922 of pneumonia¹⁴
Buried:  Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore City¹⁵

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