Caroline LeRoy
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Caroline LeRoy | |
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.jpg) Portrait c. 1845 by George Healy | |
| Born | September 28, 1797 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 26, 1882 (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery |
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Caroline LeRoy Webster (September 28, 1797 – February 26, 1882) was the second wife of 19th century statesman Daniel Webster.
She was a daughter of Hannah (née 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 Loyalist Samuel Cornell, was the last Royal Attorney General of North Carolina. Her aunt, Elizabeth Cornell, was married to banker William Bayard Jr., a close friend to Alexander Hamilton, and her first cousin, Harriet Elizabeth Bayard, was married to Stephen Van Rensselaer IV, the last patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck.[1]
