Socialite. Born Mary Townsend Nicoll on January 1st, 1860 to Solomon Townsend Nicoll & Charlotte Ann Nicoll. The Nicoll family had lived in the same neighborhood as the Brown and Lord families and they had attended St. Paul's Preparatory School in New Hampshire with her older brothers De Lancey and Benjamin. That is how Mary met James, On June 3rd 1879 She married James Brown Lord, They had one son James Couper Lord on May 9th 1881. Lord died of liver cancer in 1902 at the age of forty-four leaving her as a widow for the first time. Her second husband whom she married in 1906, also happened to have been a classmate and friend of Lord's at Princeton. Cornelius Cuyler Cuyler was President of the U.S. Mortgage and Trust Co. of NY and had come from a long line of prominent early settler's and elected officials in America. Cuyler was instrumental in the building program of the Class of '79 Building at Princeton where Lord was purportedly selected as the architect for this project. Cuyler was also the benefactor for Cuyler Hall at Princeton and was a donor to that institution where his grave may be found nearby the college. Tragically he died of head injuries he suffered when he was thrown from an automobile while touring in France with his wife in 1909. Mary Townsend Nicoll Lord Cuyler survived and now once again had found herself widowed. Her last husband, Thomas Fortune Ryan, noted philanthropist to the Catholic Church, was President of the American Tobacco Company as well as many other corporations, died of old age in 1928. It was reported that her position in society had somewhat diminished when she had married Ryan just twelve days after Ryan's first wife had died in 1917. One of his son's who had publicly criticized the marriage was left only with his father's pearl studded buttons. She had inherited an estimated 44 million dollars in 1928 when Ryan died of old age. Mary Townsend Nicoll Ryan passed away on July 2nd 1937, Her body was sent to New York, her funeral was held at Saint George's Church, Her body was returned to Oak Ridge and placed beside Mr. Ryan in the mausoleum.
Socialite. Born Mary Townsend Nicoll on January 1st, 1860 to Solomon Townsend Nicoll & Charlotte Ann Nicoll. The Nicoll family had lived in the same neighborhood as the Brown and Lord families and they had attended St. Paul's Preparatory School in New Hampshire with her older brothers De Lancey and Benjamin. That is how Mary met James, On June 3rd 1879 She married James Brown Lord, They had one son James Couper Lord on May 9th 1881. Lord died of liver cancer in 1902 at the age of forty-four leaving her as a widow for the first time. Her second husband whom she married in 1906, also happened to have been a classmate and friend of Lord's at Princeton. Cornelius Cuyler Cuyler was President of the U.S. Mortgage and Trust Co. of NY and had come from a long line of prominent early settler's and elected officials in America. Cuyler was instrumental in the building program of the Class of '79 Building at Princeton where Lord was purportedly selected as the architect for this project. Cuyler was also the benefactor for Cuyler Hall at Princeton and was a donor to that institution where his grave may be found nearby the college. Tragically he died of head injuries he suffered when he was thrown from an automobile while touring in France with his wife in 1909. Mary Townsend Nicoll Lord Cuyler survived and now once again had found herself widowed. Her last husband, Thomas Fortune Ryan, noted philanthropist to the Catholic Church, was President of the American Tobacco Company as well as many other corporations, died of old age in 1928. It was reported that her position in society had somewhat diminished when she had married Ryan just twelve days after Ryan's first wife had died in 1917. One of his son's who had publicly criticized the marriage was left only with his father's pearl studded buttons. She had inherited an estimated 44 million dollars in 1928 when Ryan died of old age. Mary Townsend Nicoll Ryan passed away on July 2nd 1937, Her body was sent to New York, her funeral was held at Saint George's Church, Her body was returned to Oak Ridge and placed beside Mr. Ryan in the mausoleum.
Gravesite Details
Mausoleum built in 1929 and designed by Messer, Carrère and Hastings & the bronze Doors were created by famous sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens.
