Mary Sibbet Copley
American philanthropist
Mary Sibbet Copley Thaw (June 19, 1843 – June 9, 1929) was an American philanthropist and charity worker .[ 1]
Early life
"Lyndhurst", the Thaw mansion in Pittsburgh, built 1887-89. Mary was born at Appleby Manor near Kittanning, Pennsylvania in Armstrong County on June 19, 1843.[ 2] [ 3] Josiah Copley ,[ 4] [ 5]
Personal life
In 1867, she married William Thaw, Sr. (1818–1889) after the death of his first wife.[ 6] [ 7]
Harry Kendall Thaw (1871–1947), who would later murder Stanford White [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Evelyn Nesbit .[ 11] Edward Thaw (1873–1924), who married Jane Olmsted (1880–1958)
Josiah Copley Thaw (1874–1944), who married Mary Harrington Thomson (1881–1947)
Margaret Copley Thaw (1877–1942),[ 12] George Lauder Carnegie (1876–1921), nephew of Andrew Carnegie . After his death, she married Roger, Comte de Périgny and became Countess de Périgny.[ 13] [ 14] Alice Cornelia Thaw (1880–1955), who married George Seymour, 7th Marquess of Hertford (1871–1940).[ 15] Geoffrey George Whitney, Sr. in 1913.[ 16] She died, a few days before her 87th birthday, on June 9, 1929, of pneumonia .[ 17] Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh.[ 6] [ 7] [ 18]
Philanthropy
After her husband's death in 1889, she used the wealth she inherited to fund archaeology research, including funds for prominent women archaeologists including Alice Fletcher and Zelia Nuttall .[ 19] Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard College .[ 3]
Thaw was also the primary philanthropist supporting the Omaha Presbyterian Theological Seminary . After her initial contribution of the Cozzens Hotel in downtown Omaha in 1902, she made regular donations, practically underwriting the institution. In 1929, she left a bequest of $150,000 to the seminary.[ 20]
References
^ "Died" . Time magazine the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ Buchholtz, George John (1995). Backgrounds and lineages of some Copley and Buchholtz families . Retrieved 20 April 2018 . ^ a b Browman, David L. (2013). Cultural Negotiations: The Role of Women in the Founding of Americanist Archaeology U of Nebraska Press . pp. 65–66. ISBN 9780803243811 . Retrieved 20 April 2018 . ^ Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography: Illustrated . Retrieved 20 April 2018 .^ Thaw, Mary Sibbet (1891). In Memoriam, William Thaw 10 . Retrieved 20 April 2018 . ^ a b "Mary C. Thaw Dies; A Philanthropist; Mother of Harry K. Thaw Succumbs to Pneumonia in Her 87th Year. Lifetime Gifts $6,000,000. Widow of a Pittsburgher Who Figured Largely in Development of Pennsylvania Railroad. Her Father a Pioneer Editor" . New York Times . Retrieved 2010-10-09 .^ a b "Mrs. Thaw, 86 Dead At Home In Pittsburgh. Mother of Harry K. Thaw, Widely Known For Many Philanthropies, Victim of Pneumonia" . Associated Press in the Hartford Courant the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-09 .^ "Harry K. Thaw is Dead in Florida. Coronary Thrombosis Fatal to Former 'Playboy' Who Shot Stanford White in 1906" . New York Times . Retrieved 2008-07-23 .^ "Harry K. Thaw, Ex-Millionaire Playboy, Is Dead" . Chicago Tribune the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-10-09 .^ "Died" . Time the original on December 19, 2009. Retrieved 2008-07-23 .^ "Harry Thaw Will Leaves $10,000 To Evelyn Nesbit" . Associated Press . March 30, 1947. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 2008-07-23 .^ "Countess De Perigny, Harry Thaws Sister. Widow of George L. Carnegie, Nephew of Steel Magnate" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ "Count Roger De Perigny. British East Africa Rancher Married Carnegie Kin" . New York Times . Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ "Countess Perigny Sued For Alienation. Newark Woman Says Sister of Harry Thaw Stole Husband, an Auto Salesman" . New York Times . Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ "Mrs. Geoffrey Whitney, Broker's Widow And Member of Thaw Family, Dies at 75" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2010-10-09 .^ "Former Countess of Yarmouth to Marry Boston Broker in Spring" . New York Times . Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ "Harry Thaws Mother Dies of Pneumonia" . Associated Press . Retrieved 2010-12-29 .^ Speranza, Lisa; Foley, Nancy (2016). Allegheny Cemetery Arcadia Publishing . p. 104. ISBN 9781467117388 . Retrieved 20 April 2018 . ^ Browman, David L.; Williams, Stephen, eds. (2002). "From the Second Gordon R. Willey Biennial Symposium on the History of Archaeology, 1998" . New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology . Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press . p. 237. ISBN 9780817311285 . Retrieved 25 June 2022 . ^ Hawley, Charles A. (1941) Fifty Years on the Nebraska Frontier: The history of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Omaha. Omaha, NE: Ralph Printing Co.
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