Mary Telfair

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Mary Telfair
Birthdate:	1791
Death:	1875 (83-84)
Place of Burial:	Thunderbolt, Chatham County, Georgia, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Gov. Edward Telfair and Sarah Telfair Sister of Edward Telfair, Jr; Josiah G. Telfair; Alexander Telfair; Sarah G. Haig; Thomas Telfair and 1 other; and Margaret Hodgson « less

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Immediate Family

Sarah Telfair

mother
Gov. Edward Telfair

father
Edward Telfair, Jr

brother
Josiah G. Telfair

brother
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Alexander Telfair

brother
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Sarah G. Haig

sister
Thomas Telfair

brother
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Margaret Hodgson

sister

About Mary Telfair

Mary Telfair outlived her siblings and became the benefactor of the first public art museum in the American South, now a complex of three buildings called the Telfair Museums. After her death in 1875, her will also provided for the founding of the Telfair Hospital for Females. Today it is known as Mary Telfair Women's Hospital and is part of Savannah's St. Joseph's/Candler health system.

Bequeathed home built by her father to the Ga. Historical Society as the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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1791	1791	Birth of Mary Telfair
1875	1875 Age 84	Death of Mary Telfair
????		Burial of Mary Telfair Bonaventure Cemetery, Thunderbolt, Chatham County, Georgia, United States

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