Louisa Cutler (Ward) Terry (1823-1897)

Mrs Louisa Cutler (Ward) Crawford, Terry

She was a first cousin of the self-styled arbiter of New York Society, Ward McAllister. She lived in Rome where her apartment at the Palazzo Odescalchi became the most cosmopolitan meeting place in the Italian capital. Her first husband was the celebrated sculptor Thomas Gibson Crawford. She was the mother of novelists F. Marion Crawford and Mary Crawford Fraser, and Margaret (Terry) Chanler.

Parents (2)

Samuel Ward III

Partner in Prime, Ward & King, New York; President of the Bank of Commerce

1786-1839

Julia (Cutler) Ward

Mrs Julia Rush (Cutler) Ward

1796-1824

Spouses (2)

Thomas Gibson Crawford

Thomas Gibson Crawford, Sculptor, of Rome & New York

1814-1857

Luther Terry

American Painter, of Palazzo Odescalchi, Rome, Italy

1813-1900

Children (6)

Anne (Crawford) von Rabe

Baroness Anne (Crawford) von Rabe; Author, aka "Von Degen"

1846-1912

Jane Campbell Crawford

Died unmarried in early adulthood

1848-1867

Mary Crawford Fraser

Mrs Mary (Crawford) Fraser; Author & Novelist aka "Mrs. Hugh Fraser"

1851-1922

Francis Marion Crawford

F. Marion Crawford; Novelist, of "Villa Crawford" Sant'Agnello, Sorrento, Italy

1854-1909

Margaret (Terry) Chanler

Mrs "Daisy" Margaret Louisa (Terry) Chanler; Author

1862-1952

Arthur Noel Terry

of 87 Clinton Place,New York, and Connecticut

1864-1939