She was the daughter of John and Harriot Ogston. Her brother George William Ogston is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York City. On January 23, 1872 as Mary Isabel Aulick, she married George M. Robeson in the District of Columbia.
Daily Union Friday, June 18, 1858
District of Columbia
The Army And Navy
Married at Grace Church, Baltimore, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Cox, Lieut. Richmond Aulick, United States Navy, to Miss Mary Ogston, of that city.
The Sun Sunday, April 10, 1910
Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. G.M. Robeson Dead
Former Cabinet Hostess Was Native Of Baltimore
Husband Was Sect’y Of Navy
She Was A Social Leader In Washington During Administration Of President Grant
{Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun}
Washington, April 9. Mrs. Mary Robeson, widow of Honorable George M. Robeson, who was for eight years Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Grant, died suddenly at her home, 1745 N Street, shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. She was one of the best-known hostesses of the Grant administration and one of the few surviving ones of that circle. She was a native of Maryland, having been before her marriage Miss Mary Ogston, a member of the Ogston family of Baltimore.
Mrs. Robeson was twice married. Her first husband was the late Commodore Aulick, of the United States Navy. They had one son, the late Richmond Aulick. She was married to Mr. Robeson shortly before he received his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in 1869. She was a favorite with the Grants and during the eight years of that administration figured in all the important social affairs at the White House and in high official circles.
She is survived by only one child, a daughter, Miss Ethel Robeson, who made her home with her mother in this city. Mrs. Robeson was related to the Fricks and other prominent Baltimore families and to Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, of that city. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it is understood that the remains will be taken to Baltimore for interment in Greenmount Cemetery. She was very fond of her native city. The house in which she was born stands on Madison Street, near Cathedral, just back of the Stafford Hotel.
Her second husband, Secretary Robeson, was a native of Oxford, New Jersey, a graduate of Princeton and studied law with Chief Justice Hornblower at Newark. He became Attorney General of New Jersey in 1867 and served until June 22, 1869, when he became Secretary of the Navy, serving until March 1877, when he resumed the practice of law and two years later he was elected to Congress from the Camden (New Jersey) district. He died September 27, 1897.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Robeson had made her home in Washington. She had extensively traveled, had read widely and had a very retentive memory, especially for names and faces. President Grant frequently told her she was the only woman that could make him laugh by her wit and cultural pleasantries.
Daily Union Friday, June 18, 1858
District of Columbia
The Army And Navy
Married at Grace Church, Baltimore, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Cox, Lieut. Richmond Aulick, United States Navy, to Miss Mary Ogston, of that city.
The Sun Sunday, April 10, 1910
Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. G.M. Robeson Dead
Former Cabinet Hostess Was Native Of Baltimore
Husband Was Sect’y Of Navy
She Was A Social Leader In Washington During Administration Of President Grant
{Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun}
Washington, April 9. Mrs. Mary Robeson, widow of Honorable George M. Robeson, who was for eight years Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Grant, died suddenly at her home, 1745 N Street, shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. She was one of the best-known hostesses of the Grant administration and one of the few surviving ones of that circle. She was a native of Maryland, having been before her marriage Miss Mary Ogston, a member of the Ogston family of Baltimore.
Mrs. Robeson was twice married. Her first husband was the late Commodore Aulick, of the United States Navy. They had one son, the late Richmond Aulick. She was married to Mr. Robeson shortly before he received his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in 1869. She was a favorite with the Grants and during the eight years of that administration figured in all the important social affairs at the White House and in high official circles.
She is survived by only one child, a daughter, Miss Ethel Robeson, who made her home with her mother in this city. Mrs. Robeson was related to the Fricks and other prominent Baltimore families and to Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, of that city. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it is understood that the remains will be taken to Baltimore for interment in Greenmount Cemetery. She was very fond of her native city. The house in which she was born stands on Madison Street, near Cathedral, just back of the Stafford Hotel.
Her second husband, Secretary Robeson, was a native of Oxford, New Jersey, a graduate of Princeton and studied law with Chief Justice Hornblower at Newark. He became Attorney General of New Jersey in 1867 and served until June 22, 1869, when he became Secretary of the Navy, serving until March 1877, when he resumed the practice of law and two years later he was elected to Congress from the Camden (New Jersey) district. He died September 27, 1897.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Robeson had made her home in Washington. She had extensively traveled, had read widely and had a very retentive memory, especially for names and faces. President Grant frequently told her she was the only woman that could make him laugh by her wit and cultural pleasantries.
She was the daughter of John and Harriot Ogston. Her brother George William Ogston is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York City. On January 23, 1872 as Mary Isabel Aulick, she married George M. Robeson in the District of Columbia.
Daily Union Friday, June 18, 1858
District of Columbia
The Army And Navy
Married at Grace Church, Baltimore, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Cox, Lieut. Richmond Aulick, United States Navy, to Miss Mary Ogston, of that city.
The Sun Sunday, April 10, 1910
Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. G.M. Robeson Dead
Former Cabinet Hostess Was Native Of Baltimore
Husband Was Sect’y Of Navy
She Was A Social Leader In Washington During Administration Of President Grant
{Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun}
Washington, April 9. Mrs. Mary Robeson, widow of Honorable George M. Robeson, who was for eight years Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Grant, died suddenly at her home, 1745 N Street, shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. She was one of the best-known hostesses of the Grant administration and one of the few surviving ones of that circle. She was a native of Maryland, having been before her marriage Miss Mary Ogston, a member of the Ogston family of Baltimore.
Mrs. Robeson was twice married. Her first husband was the late Commodore Aulick, of the United States Navy. They had one son, the late Richmond Aulick. She was married to Mr. Robeson shortly before he received his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in 1869. She was a favorite with the Grants and during the eight years of that administration figured in all the important social affairs at the White House and in high official circles.
She is survived by only one child, a daughter, Miss Ethel Robeson, who made her home with her mother in this city. Mrs. Robeson was related to the Fricks and other prominent Baltimore families and to Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, of that city. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it is understood that the remains will be taken to Baltimore for interment in Greenmount Cemetery. She was very fond of her native city. The house in which she was born stands on Madison Street, near Cathedral, just back of the Stafford Hotel.
Her second husband, Secretary Robeson, was a native of Oxford, New Jersey, a graduate of Princeton and studied law with Chief Justice Hornblower at Newark. He became Attorney General of New Jersey in 1867 and served until June 22, 1869, when he became Secretary of the Navy, serving until March 1877, when he resumed the practice of law and two years later he was elected to Congress from the Camden (New Jersey) district. He died September 27, 1897.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Robeson had made her home in Washington. She had extensively traveled, had read widely and had a very retentive memory, especially for names and faces. President Grant frequently told her she was the only woman that could make him laugh by her wit and cultural pleasantries.
Daily Union Friday, June 18, 1858
District of Columbia
The Army And Navy
Married at Grace Church, Baltimore, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Cox, Lieut. Richmond Aulick, United States Navy, to Miss Mary Ogston, of that city.
The Sun Sunday, April 10, 1910
Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. G.M. Robeson Dead
Former Cabinet Hostess Was Native Of Baltimore
Husband Was Sect’y Of Navy
She Was A Social Leader In Washington During Administration Of President Grant
{Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun}
Washington, April 9. Mrs. Mary Robeson, widow of Honorable George M. Robeson, who was for eight years Secretary of the Navy during the administration of President Grant, died suddenly at her home, 1745 N Street, shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. She was one of the best-known hostesses of the Grant administration and one of the few surviving ones of that circle. She was a native of Maryland, having been before her marriage Miss Mary Ogston, a member of the Ogston family of Baltimore.
Mrs. Robeson was twice married. Her first husband was the late Commodore Aulick, of the United States Navy. They had one son, the late Richmond Aulick. She was married to Mr. Robeson shortly before he received his appointment as Secretary of the Navy in 1869. She was a favorite with the Grants and during the eight years of that administration figured in all the important social affairs at the White House and in high official circles.
She is survived by only one child, a daughter, Miss Ethel Robeson, who made her home with her mother in this city. Mrs. Robeson was related to the Fricks and other prominent Baltimore families and to Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, of that city. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but it is understood that the remains will be taken to Baltimore for interment in Greenmount Cemetery. She was very fond of her native city. The house in which she was born stands on Madison Street, near Cathedral, just back of the Stafford Hotel.
Her second husband, Secretary Robeson, was a native of Oxford, New Jersey, a graduate of Princeton and studied law with Chief Justice Hornblower at Newark. He became Attorney General of New Jersey in 1867 and served until June 22, 1869, when he became Secretary of the Navy, serving until March 1877, when he resumed the practice of law and two years later he was elected to Congress from the Camden (New Jersey) district. He died September 27, 1897.
Since the death of her husband Mrs. Robeson had made her home in Washington. She had extensively traveled, had read widely and had a very retentive memory, especially for names and faces. President Grant frequently told her she was the only woman that could make him laugh by her wit and cultural pleasantries.
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