Frances Elizabeth (Fanny) Appleton (1817–1843)
Frances Elizabeth (Fanny) Longfellow (1843–1861)
1817–61
American. Second wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Sister of Mary Appleton, the wife of Robert Mackintosh (brother of Frances Emma Elizabeth Wedgwood, CD’s sister-in-law). Was burned to death in her home when her dress caught fire.
Sources
DAB
Massachusetts, town and vital records, 1620–1988 (Ancestry.com, accessed 2 February 2018)
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
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