Margaret's first name was in honor of her father's younger sister; her middle name was in honor of her mother's sister and only sibling, Cecilia. At the age of two, Margaret with her parents moved from White Lake, N.Y., to Milford, Penna., where Margaret's four younger siblings were all born.
Margaret possessed a light-hearted and very happy disposition. She did not much enjoy taking piano lessons in her youth, but her parents did not give her much choice in the matter. Even as an adult though, she enjoyed whistling. She also enjoyed dancing and parties, and was otherwise socially outgoing and very popular.
She attended Barnard College at Columbia University and then worked at the main branch of the New York Public Library. When she moved back to Milford she worked in the Milford Library.
On October 14, 1922, Margaret married Clinton D. Wolfe in their own home at 801 East Broad Street, Milford, the house having been built by Clinton. By marrying, they united two prominent Milford families. However, Margaret by no means overvalued social status, refusing, for example, to touch a foot bell under the dinner table to summon the servants, as her mother-in-law wanted her to become accustomed to doing. (In any case, there were no servants to summon.)
Margaret and Clinton had four children: Leanna, Eddie, Grace and Marion.
In preparation for Grace's fifth birthday party, Margaret, two days before, created a little wading area in the Vandermark Creek bordering their property. To do so, she descended a steep ravine, arranged rocks to create a small wading pool, and ascended back up the incline. That evening Margaret miscarried (this being at least her second miscarriage) and hemorrhaged. Though hospitalized, she was not transfused. In the afternoon of July 18 as she lay dying on the hospital bed surrounded by her parents, her sister Marion, and Clinton, she said, "Somebody take care of Clint for me" and then "I'm going now." At those words he fainted, and she died.
Six years after Margaret's death, Clinton wrote in a letter to his eldest daughter, "The past years have been hard on me, Leanna. When your mother passed on the other side of the river something of me went too. I can't explain it even to myself. It was a blow I have never gotten over or ever expect to get over. She was very dear to me and although times were hard we never lost our love of one another. Of course I went into a moody silence which has lasted up until now."
Margaret's death at 35 was felt keenly by the children as well, who ranged from ages nine to one, and her absence forever changed the family dynamic.
Margaret possessed a light-hearted and very happy disposition. She did not much enjoy taking piano lessons in her youth, but her parents did not give her much choice in the matter. Even as an adult though, she enjoyed whistling. She also enjoyed dancing and parties, and was otherwise socially outgoing and very popular.
She attended Barnard College at Columbia University and then worked at the main branch of the New York Public Library. When she moved back to Milford she worked in the Milford Library.
On October 14, 1922, Margaret married Clinton D. Wolfe in their own home at 801 East Broad Street, Milford, the house having been built by Clinton. By marrying, they united two prominent Milford families. However, Margaret by no means overvalued social status, refusing, for example, to touch a foot bell under the dinner table to summon the servants, as her mother-in-law wanted her to become accustomed to doing. (In any case, there were no servants to summon.)
Margaret and Clinton had four children: Leanna, Eddie, Grace and Marion.
In preparation for Grace's fifth birthday party, Margaret, two days before, created a little wading area in the Vandermark Creek bordering their property. To do so, she descended a steep ravine, arranged rocks to create a small wading pool, and ascended back up the incline. That evening Margaret miscarried (this being at least her second miscarriage) and hemorrhaged. Though hospitalized, she was not transfused. In the afternoon of July 18 as she lay dying on the hospital bed surrounded by her parents, her sister Marion, and Clinton, she said, "Somebody take care of Clint for me" and then "I'm going now." At those words he fainted, and she died.
Six years after Margaret's death, Clinton wrote in a letter to his eldest daughter, "The past years have been hard on me, Leanna. When your mother passed on the other side of the river something of me went too. I can't explain it even to myself. It was a blow I have never gotten over or ever expect to get over. She was very dear to me and although times were hard we never lost our love of one another. Of course I went into a moody silence which has lasted up until now."
Margaret's death at 35 was felt keenly by the children as well, who ranged from ages nine to one, and her absence forever changed the family dynamic.
Margaret's first name was in honor of her father's younger sister; her middle name was in honor of her mother's sister and only sibling, Cecilia. At the age of two, Margaret with her parents moved from White Lake, N.Y., to Milford, Penna., where Margaret's four younger siblings were all born.
Margaret possessed a light-hearted and very happy disposition. She did not much enjoy taking piano lessons in her youth, but her parents did not give her much choice in the matter. Even as an adult though, she enjoyed whistling. She also enjoyed dancing and parties, and was otherwise socially outgoing and very popular.
She attended Barnard College at Columbia University and then worked at the main branch of the New York Public Library. When she moved back to Milford she worked in the Milford Library.
On October 14, 1922, Margaret married Clinton D. Wolfe in their own home at 801 East Broad Street, Milford, the house having been built by Clinton. By marrying, they united two prominent Milford families. However, Margaret by no means overvalued social status, refusing, for example, to touch a foot bell under the dinner table to summon the servants, as her mother-in-law wanted her to become accustomed to doing. (In any case, there were no servants to summon.)
Margaret and Clinton had four children: Leanna, Eddie, Grace and Marion.
In preparation for Grace's fifth birthday party, Margaret, two days before, created a little wading area in the Vandermark Creek bordering their property. To do so, she descended a steep ravine, arranged rocks to create a small wading pool, and ascended back up the incline. That evening Margaret miscarried (this being at least her second miscarriage) and hemorrhaged. Though hospitalized, she was not transfused. In the afternoon of July 18 as she lay dying on the hospital bed surrounded by her parents, her sister Marion, and Clinton, she said, "Somebody take care of Clint for me" and then "I'm going now." At those words he fainted, and she died.
Six years after Margaret's death, Clinton wrote in a letter to his eldest daughter, "The past years have been hard on me, Leanna. When your mother passed on the other side of the river something of me went too. I can't explain it even to myself. It was a blow I have never gotten over or ever expect to get over. She was very dear to me and although times were hard we never lost our love of one another. Of course I went into a moody silence which has lasted up until now."
Margaret's death at 35 was felt keenly by the children as well, who ranged from ages nine to one, and her absence forever changed the family dynamic.
Margaret possessed a light-hearted and very happy disposition. She did not much enjoy taking piano lessons in her youth, but her parents did not give her much choice in the matter. Even as an adult though, she enjoyed whistling. She also enjoyed dancing and parties, and was otherwise socially outgoing and very popular.
She attended Barnard College at Columbia University and then worked at the main branch of the New York Public Library. When she moved back to Milford she worked in the Milford Library.
On October 14, 1922, Margaret married Clinton D. Wolfe in their own home at 801 East Broad Street, Milford, the house having been built by Clinton. By marrying, they united two prominent Milford families. However, Margaret by no means overvalued social status, refusing, for example, to touch a foot bell under the dinner table to summon the servants, as her mother-in-law wanted her to become accustomed to doing. (In any case, there were no servants to summon.)
Margaret and Clinton had four children: Leanna, Eddie, Grace and Marion.
In preparation for Grace's fifth birthday party, Margaret, two days before, created a little wading area in the Vandermark Creek bordering their property. To do so, she descended a steep ravine, arranged rocks to create a small wading pool, and ascended back up the incline. That evening Margaret miscarried (this being at least her second miscarriage) and hemorrhaged. Though hospitalized, she was not transfused. In the afternoon of July 18 as she lay dying on the hospital bed surrounded by her parents, her sister Marion, and Clinton, she said, "Somebody take care of Clint for me" and then "I'm going now." At those words he fainted, and she died.
Six years after Margaret's death, Clinton wrote in a letter to his eldest daughter, "The past years have been hard on me, Leanna. When your mother passed on the other side of the river something of me went too. I can't explain it even to myself. It was a blow I have never gotten over or ever expect to get over. She was very dear to me and although times were hard we never lost our love of one another. Of course I went into a moody silence which has lasted up until now."
Margaret's death at 35 was felt keenly by the children as well, who ranged from ages nine to one, and her absence forever changed the family dynamic.
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