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Mary Elizabeth <I>Penington</I> Dunning

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Mary Elizabeth Penington Dunning

Birth
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA
Death
12 Aug 1898 (aged 35)
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA
Burial
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1559076, Longitude: -75.5265676
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Daughter of Congressman John Brown & Rebecca Rowan Penington.

Wife of John P. Dunning.

She was murdered along with her sister (Ida H. Deane) by a jealous lover of her husband named Cordelia Botkin.

Cordelia, who lived in San Francisco, Ca., sent poisoned candy to Mary "Elizabeth" who shared it with her sister. They both died of arsenic poisoning days later.
Daughter of Congressman John Brown & Rebecca Rowan Penington.

Wife of John P. Dunning.

She was murdered along with her sister (Ida H. Deane) by a jealous lover of her husband named Cordelia Botkin.

Cordelia, who lived in San Francisco, Ca., sent poisoned candy to Mary "Elizabeth" who shared it with her sister. They both died of arsenic poisoning days later.


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