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Mary Ridgley “May” <I>Brown Hughes</I> Lee

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Mary Ridgley “May” Brown Hughes Lee

Birth
Death
4 Mar 1922 (aged 40)
New York, USA
Burial
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
BB-29
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Daughter of Frank and Mary Ridgley Brown, widow of Gordon Taylor Hughes, wife of Merwyn Ketcham Lee.

She gave birth to a daughter, Mary, of Gordon Hughes in August 1904. They had married in November 1903.
Gordon Hughes, a prominent New York lawyer and Harvard graduate, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home at 65 Central Park West in New York in April 1907.
His funeral took place in Hamilton, Ohio. He was the son of the wealthy Col. Joseph B. Hughes; Gordon was his only son.
One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, but it died at about a year old.

After the death of Gordon Hughes, she married Alfred Edward Dietrich, a New York millionaire, who was at one time president of the Chesapeake Gas Company in Baltimore. They divorced in 1901. She married Merwyn Ketcham Lee in June 1921.

Before her first marriage she was on Mr. Astor's Famous 400 list in New York.
Daughter of Frank and Mary Ridgley Brown, widow of Gordon Taylor Hughes, wife of Merwyn Ketcham Lee.

She gave birth to a daughter, Mary, of Gordon Hughes in August 1904. They had married in November 1903.
Gordon Hughes, a prominent New York lawyer and Harvard graduate, died suddenly of heart trouble at his home at 65 Central Park West in New York in April 1907.
His funeral took place in Hamilton, Ohio. He was the son of the wealthy Col. Joseph B. Hughes; Gordon was his only son.
One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, but it died at about a year old.

After the death of Gordon Hughes, she married Alfred Edward Dietrich, a New York millionaire, who was at one time president of the Chesapeake Gas Company in Baltimore. They divorced in 1901. She married Merwyn Ketcham Lee in June 1921.

Before her first marriage she was on Mr. Astor's Famous 400 list in New York.


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  • Created by: Dan Phelan
  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183568586/mary_ridgley-lee: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ridgley “May” Brown Hughes Lee (11 Sep 1881–4 Mar 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183568586, citing Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Dan Phelan (contributor 47709857).