Louisa was the daughter of Richard Thornton Wilson (1866 - 1929) Marion Steedman Mason Wilson (1875 - 1970) and she was the mother of her only child, a son Herbert Mason Simmons who was killed in a car accident in 1955.
Louisa was raised most of her life around thoroughbred race horses as her father was not only a successful New York banker but he was a avid thoroughbred horse breeder and racer whos stables racing colors of yellow and green were in many winner's circles around the country. Some of their winning horses won the Preakness Stakes, Withers Stakes, The Saratoga Special Stakes, Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes and the Toronto Cup Handicap.
In 1902, her father Richard Jr. purchased an estate at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, where in 1910 he built a mansion and maintained a stable and a blacksmith shop.
This was were Louisa and her sister Marion spent most of their young lives.
Sadley in 1926 the home burned down and the property was sold and her father would die in 1929. Louisa never forgot South Carolina, and this was where she chose to live out most of the rest of her life.
Louisa was the niece of many wealthy and famous American Millionaires and British Royals.
Her mother was Marion Steedman Mason Wilson, of a wealthy Boston family and Louisa was the niece of Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt who married Brig. General Cornelius "Nelly" Vanderbilt III.
Her uncle Marshall Orme Wilson married her Aunt Caroline "Carrie" Astor the daughter of William and "The Mrs Astor" of the famed 400.
Her Aunt Mary Rita Wilson married Odgen Goelet, and her cousin Mary Goelet married the Duke of Roxburghe and became the 8th Duchess of Roxburghe.
Her Aunt Lelia Belle Wilson married Sir Herbert a British Ambassador and became Lady Herbert.
Her Grandparents where Mr and Mrs. Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. a self made multi-millionaire who's families were from Georgia and Tennessee.
Her only sister Marion never had children and and Louisa's only child died leaving no further decedents of her father's family line.
Louisa was raised most of her life around thoroughbred race horses as her father was not only a successful New York banker but he was a avid thoroughbred horse breeder and racer whos stables racing colors of yellow and green were in many winner's circles around the country. Some of their winning horses won the Preakness Stakes, Withers Stakes, The Saratoga Special Stakes, Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes and the Toronto Cup Handicap.
In 1902, her father Richard Jr. purchased an estate at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, where in 1910 he built a mansion and maintained a stable and a blacksmith shop.
This was were Louisa and her sister Marion spent most of their young lives.
Sadley in 1926 the home burned down and the property was sold and her father would die in 1929. Louisa never forgot South Carolina, and this was where she chose to live out most of the rest of her life.
Louisa was the niece of many wealthy and famous American Millionaires and British Royals.
Her mother was Marion Steedman Mason Wilson, of a wealthy Boston family and Louisa was the niece of Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt who married Brig. General Cornelius "Nelly" Vanderbilt III.
Her uncle Marshall Orme Wilson married her Aunt Caroline "Carrie" Astor the daughter of William and "The Mrs Astor" of the famed 400.
Her Aunt Mary Rita Wilson married Odgen Goelet, and her cousin Mary Goelet married the Duke of Roxburghe and became the 8th Duchess of Roxburghe.
Her Aunt Lelia Belle Wilson married Sir Herbert a British Ambassador and became Lady Herbert.
Her Grandparents where Mr and Mrs. Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. a self made multi-millionaire who's families were from Georgia and Tennessee.
Her only sister Marion never had children and and Louisa's only child died leaving no further decedents of her father's family line.
Louisa was the daughter of Richard Thornton Wilson (1866 - 1929) Marion Steedman Mason Wilson (1875 - 1970) and she was the mother of her only child, a son Herbert Mason Simmons who was killed in a car accident in 1955.
Louisa was raised most of her life around thoroughbred race horses as her father was not only a successful New York banker but he was a avid thoroughbred horse breeder and racer whos stables racing colors of yellow and green were in many winner's circles around the country. Some of their winning horses won the Preakness Stakes, Withers Stakes, The Saratoga Special Stakes, Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes and the Toronto Cup Handicap.
In 1902, her father Richard Jr. purchased an estate at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, where in 1910 he built a mansion and maintained a stable and a blacksmith shop.
This was were Louisa and her sister Marion spent most of their young lives.
Sadley in 1926 the home burned down and the property was sold and her father would die in 1929. Louisa never forgot South Carolina, and this was where she chose to live out most of the rest of her life.
Louisa was the niece of many wealthy and famous American Millionaires and British Royals.
Her mother was Marion Steedman Mason Wilson, of a wealthy Boston family and Louisa was the niece of Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt who married Brig. General Cornelius "Nelly" Vanderbilt III.
Her uncle Marshall Orme Wilson married her Aunt Caroline "Carrie" Astor the daughter of William and "The Mrs Astor" of the famed 400.
Her Aunt Mary Rita Wilson married Odgen Goelet, and her cousin Mary Goelet married the Duke of Roxburghe and became the 8th Duchess of Roxburghe.
Her Aunt Lelia Belle Wilson married Sir Herbert a British Ambassador and became Lady Herbert.
Her Grandparents where Mr and Mrs. Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. a self made multi-millionaire who's families were from Georgia and Tennessee.
Her only sister Marion never had children and and Louisa's only child died leaving no further decedents of her father's family line.
Louisa was raised most of her life around thoroughbred race horses as her father was not only a successful New York banker but he was a avid thoroughbred horse breeder and racer whos stables racing colors of yellow and green were in many winner's circles around the country. Some of their winning horses won the Preakness Stakes, Withers Stakes, The Saratoga Special Stakes, Travers Stakes, Belmont Stakes and the Toronto Cup Handicap.
In 1902, her father Richard Jr. purchased an estate at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina, where in 1910 he built a mansion and maintained a stable and a blacksmith shop.
This was were Louisa and her sister Marion spent most of their young lives.
Sadley in 1926 the home burned down and the property was sold and her father would die in 1929. Louisa never forgot South Carolina, and this was where she chose to live out most of the rest of her life.
Louisa was the niece of many wealthy and famous American Millionaires and British Royals.
Her mother was Marion Steedman Mason Wilson, of a wealthy Boston family and Louisa was the niece of Grace Graham Wilson Vanderbilt who married Brig. General Cornelius "Nelly" Vanderbilt III.
Her uncle Marshall Orme Wilson married her Aunt Caroline "Carrie" Astor the daughter of William and "The Mrs Astor" of the famed 400.
Her Aunt Mary Rita Wilson married Odgen Goelet, and her cousin Mary Goelet married the Duke of Roxburghe and became the 8th Duchess of Roxburghe.
Her Aunt Lelia Belle Wilson married Sir Herbert a British Ambassador and became Lady Herbert.
Her Grandparents where Mr and Mrs. Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. a self made multi-millionaire who's families were from Georgia and Tennessee.
Her only sister Marion never had children and and Louisa's only child died leaving no further decedents of her father's family line.
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