Mary Regina (Morton) Miller (1806-1881)

She was the granddaughter of Major-General Philip Schuyler and the daughter of Washington Morton and his wife, Cornelia Schuyler. Her parents dying in her early childhood, she was adopted into the family of her maternal uncle, Mr. Philip J. Schuyler, where she received the best education which the times afforded. She became the wife of Hon. William Starr Miller, an eminent and wealthy merchant and at one time a member of congress. With him she made the tour of Europe, and thus had an opportunity of mingling with the best societies at home and abroad, in all of which she shone as a lady of culture and refinement. By his death she became a widow in 1854, without children, and possessed of an ample fortune. Two years afterward she purchased the old homestead of her ancestors, in this town and the taste she displayed in refitting it rendered it one of the most beautiful and attractive residences in the county. The rare treasures of art with which it is adorned are surpassed by those in few private houses. In 1860, she founded the Starr Institute, naming it after her respected husband. They died without children.