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    Maria Louisa Niven (Vanderbilt)

    Birth: 1827

    Death: 6-4-1896

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Daughter of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt, first married to Congressman Horace Francis Clark, then to Robert Johnston Niven, a democrat and transportation entrepreneur.  Frances "Fanny" Seward references her and her husband, Mr. Clark, attending a dinner at their home in Washington, D.C. in her 1860 diary. 

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Biography: 
Daughter of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt, first married to Congressman Horace Francis Clark, then to Robert Johnston Niven, a democrat and transportation entrepreneur. Frances "Fanny" Seward references her and her husband, Mr. Clark, attending a dinner at their home in Washington, D.C. in her 1860 diary.
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https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/cornelius-vanderbilt/
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Cornelius Vanderbilt - New Netherland Institute
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141633932/maria-louisa-niven
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Maria Louisa Vanderbilt Niven - Find A Grave
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