Caroline LeRoy Webster (September 28, 1797 – February 26, 1882) was the second wife of 19th century statesman

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Early life

She was a daughter of Hannah (

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Cornell) LeRoy and Herman LeRoy. Her father was once head of the commercial house of Leroy, Bayard, McKiven & Co., a large trading company that operated in different parts of the world. Herman also served as the first Dutch Consul to the United States. A descendant of Thomas Cornell, Caroline's maternal grandfather, the

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Samuel Cornell, was the last Royal

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. Her aunt, Elizabeth Cornell, was married to banker

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, a close friend to

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, and her first cousin, Harriet Elizabeth Bayard, was married to

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, the last

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of the

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Personal life

She was the second wife of Daniel Webster, after Grace Fletcher Webster's death. She met Webster at her father's house while Webster was a guest there. After only a few months of courtship they were married. Their wedding was an upscale one with a large and fashionable assemblage. In 1839, she traveled to Europe with Webster, during this time she was a guest of

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and the

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as well as other members of the British government and the British aristocracy. When Daniel Webster died in 1852, Caroline received $100,000 which was invested for her benefit. Thirty years later after Daniel Webster's death, Caroline LeRoy Webster died in her home in New York City after increasing illness and

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. She died on February 26, 1882, in her bed. She was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York.

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Daniel Webster and Caroline Webster papers
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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Leroy, Caroline 1797 births 1882 deaths American people of Dutch descent Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Cornell family People from New York City Spouses of Massachusetts politicians

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