Davis, Mary Fenn (1824–1886)

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Davis, Mary Fenn (1824–1886)

American spiritualist. Name variations: Mary Fenn; Mary Fenn Love. Born Mary Fenn Robinson, July 17, 1824, in Clarendon, Orleans Co., NY; died July 18, 1886, in West Orange, New Jersey; dau. of Chauncey and Damaris (Fenn) Robinson; m. Samuel G. Love (schoolteacher), 1846 (div.); m. Andrew Jackson Davis (spiritualist known as "Poughkeepsie Seer and Clairvoyant"), 1855 (marriage annulled); children: (1st m.) 2.

With 2nd husband, founded Herald of Progress (Spiritualist newspaper) in NY (1860); wrote and lectured on such subjects as Harmonial Philosophy, temperance, and women's rights.