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4 unusual facts about Margaret Maher


Margaret Maher

Margaret's brother-in-law Tom Kelley, a laborer, bought property from Emily Dickinson's father, Edward, in October 1864, that Tom had been leasing for his young family and Maher in-laws.

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Margaret, at 58 years old, is believed to have moved back to Kelley Square upon the 1899 death of her remaining Dickinson employer, Lavinia, Emily's younger sister.

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Margaret was born on 25 February 1841 in Killusty, a townland in a region of South Tipperary, Ireland, known as the Golden Vale of the River Suir.

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This property included land with a dwelling house adjacent to the Dickinson Meadow and railroad depot off of Main Street in Amherst, about a quarter-mile from the Dickinson Homestead.



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