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Emily O'Neill Davies
1903 – 1935 Saint Luke's Church Cemetery
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- Birth
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New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA
- Death
- 24 May 1935 (aged 31)
San Jose, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
- Burial
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Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, USA Add to Map
- Memorial ID
- 44238820 View Source
Socialite, Heiress, She was the daughter of Frederick Martin Davies & Emily O'Neill Davies, She married William Henry Vanderbilt III at Grace Church in Manhattan in 1923, Divorced 1927. On December 7, 1928, Emily wed Sigourney Thayer, They divorced a year later. Her last marriage in 1933 was to the writer Raoul Whitfield. Shortly after starting divorce action against Whitfield, Emily was found shot to death in her bedroom at the ranch on May 24, 1935. A hastily assembled coroner's jury found that she had committed suicide, despite the fact that the gunshot wound was on her lower left side and she was right-handed. The bullet, from a Colt .45, passed through her lungs and hit her heart.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Socialite, Heiress, She was the daughter of Frederick Martin Davies & Emily O'Neill Davies, She married William Henry Vanderbilt III at Grace Church in Manhattan in 1923, Divorced 1927. On December 7, 1928, Emily wed Sigourney Thayer, They divorced a year later. Her last marriage in 1933 was to the writer Raoul Whitfield. Shortly after starting divorce action against Whitfield, Emily was found shot to death in her bedroom at the ranch on May 24, 1935. A hastily assembled coroner's jury found that she had committed suicide, despite the fact that the gunshot wound was on her lower left side and she was right-handed. The bullet, from a Colt .45, passed through her lungs and hit her heart.
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
Bio by: Bobby Kelley
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- Maintained by: Stories Of The Gilded Age
- Originally Created by: Marc Thayer, III
- Added: Nov 12, 2009
- Find a Grave Memorial ID:
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44238820/emily_o'neill-davies: accessed ), memorial page for Emily O'Neill Davies (10 Aug 1903–24 May 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44238820, citing Saint Luke's Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by Stories Of The Gilded Age (contributor 46959922).
