Marion Weeks papers

Marion Weeks (1890-1968) was born in July to William F. Weeks (1856-1922) and Mary Alice Denton Weeks (1867-1901) in Washington D.C. William was then appointed to a postmaster position in Choctaw Indian Territory, while there Mildred Weeks (1892-1957) was born. Mildred would go on to earn her M.D. and work in the field of public health and infectious diseases, she would marry fellow doctor and collaborator William Firth Wells. The family also spent time in Texas where the Denton side of the family lived then moved back to the Mid-Atlantic coast. Little is known of Marion’s life, but she appears on numerous trans-Atlantic passengers lists and wrote on the topics of art and English History, specifically members of the aristocracy. Marion never married and in 1948 inherited the historic home at 107 Water St. in Chestertown, Maryland from her Aunt Frances B. Denton (1871-1948). Frances served as private secretary to Col. Edward House (1858-1938), confidential adviser to President Woodrow Wilson, and purchased the house after his death in 1938. Upon Marion’s death in 1968 the house was deeded to the Maryland Historical Trust.