Britannia Wellington Kennon

BRITANNIA WELLINGTON KENNON

The Washington Post, Wednesday, February 1, 1911, Funeral of Mrs. Kennon, Services in Home Where She Was Born, Married and Died

Members of Old Maryland, Virginia and District Families Pay Respects to Descendant of Martha Washington
At the historic old mansion in which she was born, married and died at Thirty-first and Q Streets Northwest, funeral services for Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, widow of Commandant Beverly Kennon of the Washington Navy Yard and great-granddaughter of Martha Washington were held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. She died last Friday and would have celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday had she lived one day more.

Mrs. Kennon was for 25 years President of the Louise Home; was once President of the Aged Woman's Home, President of the Society of Colonial Dames of the District, honorary Vice President of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, honorary President of the Alumnae of Georgetown Covenant and honorary President of the Needlework Guild.

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