Anna Hartwell Lusk
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Mary Hartwell Chittenden Lusk
Simeon B. Chittenden (grandfather)
Anna Hartwell Lusk | |
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| Born | January 8, 1870 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 21, 1968 (aged 98) Guilford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Parent(s) | William Thompson Lusk Mary Hartwell Chittenden Lusk |
| Relatives | Graham Lusk (brother) Simeon B. Chittenden (grandfather) |
Anna Hartwell Lusk (January 8, 1870 – August 21, 1968) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age.[1]
Anna Hartwell Lusk was born in New York City on January 8, 1870, the daughter of Prof. William Thompson Lusk[2] and Mary Hartwell (née Chittenden) Lusk.[3]
Her mother died, aged 31, when Anna was 1 year old. A 13-day-old sister, Lily Adams Lusk, died in September 1871, a year and a half after Anna's birth. Chittenden Memorial Library at Yale University was built in honor of Anna's mother.[2] Among her surviving siblings were elder brother was Dr. Graham Lusk (a physiologist and nutritionist), who married Mary Woodbridge Tiffany (a daughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany); Mary Elizabeth Lusk, who married journalist and author Cleveland Moffett; and Dr. William Chittenden Lusk, who, like Anna, did not marry. Her father was an Adjutant-General in the United States Volunteers during the Civil War.[4]
Her maternal grandparents were Mary Elizabeth (née Hartwell) Chittenden[a] and U.S. Representative Simeon B. Chittenden.[5] Her paternal grandparents were Sylvester Graham Lusk and Elizabeth Freeman Lusk (née Adams).[6]