Born 19 July
1874 at Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Died 29
March 1946 at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina
Mary was the
daughter of William Adamson and Eleanor Frances Prescott
Adamson. She was raised in the family home known as Hegly's Hall at Germantown, at that time an affluent neighborhood located in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her
father was a merchant and died when she was only four years of age. Mary was
raised by her mother and her mother’s sister, Hannah Prescott. Mary married to Gilbert Joseph Palen on 11 June 1895 at
Germantown. Mary and Gilbert had no children. They divorced sometime between
1898 and 1908. Mary took back her maiden name and never remarried. She returned
to her family home at Germantown. Her last known residence was at Fletcher,
North Carolina where I believe she relocated to sometime after 1916. Mary died as
a result of heart disease in a hospital at Asheville. She
was buried in the Adamson family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery at Philadelphia.
As the first wife of Gilbert Palen, she was John More Association Alexander
line cousin #M3253.
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