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Grace Anna Shaw was born in 1846, in Ohio, to Henry Wheeler Shaw and Zilpha (or Zipporah) Bradford Shaw.<ref>1865 New York State Census.</ref> Her father (1818-1885) was quite famous as humorist "Josh Billings," second only to his contemporary Mark Twain. Most of the newspaper articles ever written about Grace mention her father, who toured the United States reciting stories from his popular books. The family lived in Massachusetts and then New York, as Henry worked through an assortment of jobs until he found his voice as a folksy writer in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1858. | |||
She married William H. Duff, a stock broker. | She married William H. Duff (1843-1909), a New York stock broker. Their only surviving son Bradford Ferris Duff tragically died at the age of 25 on September 6, 1893.<ref>Duff obituary. New York Evening Post (September 8, 1893): 5.</ref> | ||
She died on [[May 21]], 1923. | |||
She died on [[May 21]], 1923. | |||
== Involvement with Theosophical Society == | == Involvement with Theosophical Society == | ||
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Grace Shaw Duff was an American Theosophist and philanthropist who was heavily involved in work in the early days of Krotona Institute of Theosophy and the Order of the Temple of the Rosy Cross.
Personal life
Grace Anna Shaw was born in 1846, in Ohio, to Henry Wheeler Shaw and Zilpha (or Zipporah) Bradford Shaw.[1] Her father (1818-1885) was quite famous as humorist "Josh Billings," second only to his contemporary Mark Twain. Most of the newspaper articles ever written about Grace mention her father, who toured the United States reciting stories from his popular books. The family lived in Massachusetts and then New York, as Henry worked through an assortment of jobs until he found his voice as a folksy writer in Poughkeepsie, New York in 1858.
She married William H. Duff (1843-1909), a New York stock broker. Their only surviving son Bradford Ferris Duff tragically died at the age of 25 on September 6, 1893.[2]
She died on May 21, 1923.
Involvement with Theosophical Society
Mrs. Duff was admitted to the American Theosophical Society on November 12, 1901 at the Central Lodge in New York City. She was sponsored by Minnie C. Holbrook and Florence A. Taylor.[3] She remained a member of Central Lodge until the end of her life, even after she moved to Hollywood in December 1915 to be near the Krotona Institute of Theosophy.[4] Being wealthy, she probably continued to maintain a household in New York, and spent time in Paris, as well.