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    Mary Stow (Robinson)

    Birth: 1844

    Death: 9-26-1918

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Mary Robinson Stow was the daughter of Alanson and Zillah (Townsend) Robinson, of Buffalo, NY. Alanson was a very prosperous banker and railroad executive. Mary was the niece of Abigail Jane (Robinson) Perry and cousin to Ellen Perry, Frances "Fanny" Seward's close friend. Fanny references Mary in her 1858-1859 diary in Auburn, NY, and then in Buffalo, NY. In 1862, Mary married first, Francis Walsingham Tracy, the son of Albert H. Tracey, a personal friend of William H. and Frances Seward. The couple divorced in 1871. Mary then married Eugene N. Robinson, her cousin. Mary married next George G. Stow.

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Mary Robinson Stow was the daughter of Alanson and Zillah (Townsend) Robinson, of Buffalo, NY. Alanson was a very prosperous banker and railroad executive. Mary was the niece of Abigail Jane (Robinson) Perry and cousin to Ellen Perry, Frances "Fanny" Seward's close friend. Fanny references Mary in her 1858-1859 diary in Auburn, NY, and then in Buffalo, NY. In 1862, Mary married first, Francis Walsingham Tracy, the son of Albert H. Tracey, a personal friend of William H. and Frances Seward. The couple divorced in 1871. Mary then married Eugene N. Robinson, her cousin. Mary married next George G. Stow.

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The New York Times
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CABBY'S STARTLING TALE.: THE ROBINSON FAMILY'S SKELETON. EUGENE N. ROBINSON'S FORMER COACHMAN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL--EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SECRECY ON THE SUBJECT--THE COACHMAN'S STORY--A CARD FROM MR. ROBINSON.
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1878
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CABBY'S STARTLING TALE.: THE ROBINSON FAMILY'S SKELETON. EUGENE N. ROBINSON'S FORMER COACHMAN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL--EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SECRECY ON THE SUBJECT--THE COACHMAN'S STORY--A CARD FROM MR. ROBINSON." 1878.New York Times (1857-1922), Jan 16, 2. https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/cabbys-startling-tale/docview/93780378/se-2.
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Source Citation Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
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Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Census of the state of New York, for 1855. Microfilm. Various County Clerk Offices, New York.
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Source Citation New York Department of Health; Albany, NY; NY State Death Index Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.