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Mabel Kent (Lucas)

Birthdate:
Death: May 17, 1971 (87)
Place of Burial: Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Ex-wife of Arthur Atwater Kent, Sr.
Mother of Arthur Atwater Kent, Jr.; Elizabeth Brinton Van Alen; Virginia Tucker Catherwood and Jonathan Prentiss Kent

Managed by: Eliot Hewlett Hewett Kent
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About Mabel Kent

Wife of inventor A. Atwater Kent. He called her in 1925 from a blimp for what was the world's first air-to-ground telephone call. They had four children A. Atwater Kent, Jr., Elizabeth Kent Van Alen, Virginia Kent Catherwood and J. Prentiss Kent. They were later divorced.

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Mabel Kent's Timeline

1883
September 22, 1883
1908
May 2, 1908
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1911
February 5, 1911
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1915
April 17, 1915
1923
May 28, 1923
1971
May 17, 1971
Age 87
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Wayne, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States