Person:Marion Smith (24)

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday, February 24, 1950, Page 11, Column 3:

“PETERS - MARION LOUISE, February 23, 1950, after a long illness, at her residence, 255 Henry Street, Brooklyn, beloved wife of the late W. Sterling Peters. Services at the Chapel, Green-Wood Cemetery, Saturday, 3 p.m.”

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Her obituary provides us with her mother’s maiden name, McPhail [this was also confirmed in the obituaries of her maternal aunt and uncle that I found in the New York newspapers], and gives us her age:

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday, February 25, 1950, Page 9, Column 1:

“Mrs. M. J. Peters, Widow of Broker

Mrs. Marion Smith Peters, 75, widow of W. Sterling Peters, stock broker, was to be buried this afternoon in Green-Wood Cemetery following services at 3 o'clock in the cemetery chapel. She died Thursday in her home, 255 Henry St., after a long illness. Mrs. Peters was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of the late William Cyrus Smith and Louise McPhail Smith. For many years she had a Summer home at East Hampton and for long had been active in the East Hampton Garden Club. She was interested in antique furniture and was one of a group that restored Mulford House in East Hampton, where "Home, Sweet Home" was written. Her husband died in 1929. Mrs. Peters is survived by a half-brother, Russell Y. Smith of South Orange, N. J.”

Based on her age, she was born around 1875. Note again that she was living in the same house that once belonged to William Sterling Peters’ aunt

1.   Research contributed by Dr. Anthony Troha.