Greenway, Isabella Selmes

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Title: Greenway, Isabella Selmes
Alias: Selmes, Isabella; Ferguson, Isabella; Greenway, Isabelle; Greenway, Isabella Dinsmore; King, Isabella; King, Isabelle Greenway
Gender: Female
Biography: "Like her mother before her, Isabella was born on the Dinsmore farm. Although educated in St. Paul and New York, she often returned to Boone County to spend her summers. At the age of nineteen, Isabella married Robert H. Munro Ferguson, nineteen years her senior. They had two children, Martha and Bobby. One year after Robert died of tuberculosis, Isabella married his good friend, John C. Greenway and the couple had one son, Jack. Following Greenway’s death, Isabella started her own furniture company, the Arizona Hut, and then designed a hotel on the edge of Tucson, Arizona, called the Arizona Inn. It is a historic inn and is still owned and managed by her descendants. " --Cathy Callopy; Isabella Greenway was a cattle rancher and businesswoman. She owned Gilpin Air Lines (Los Angeles, Calif.), and founded the Arizona Inn (Tucson, Ariz.). She was the first woman elected to Congress from Arizona. Initially she filled the seat left vacant by Lewis W. Douglas when he resigned. She was re-elected in her own right for another term, serving from 1933 to 1937.; Isabelle once sailed on the 'R.M.S. Olympic', the 'Titanic's' sister ship, She departed Cherbourg, France, arriving in New York City on 28 Sep 1926. She had previously sailed on the 'Colombia' with her husband Robert Ferguson, leaving Glasgow, Scotland and arriving in New York City on 14 Oct 1907.
Member: Selmes family; Ferguson family; Greenway family; King family
Birth date: 22 Mar 1886
Place of birth: Dinsmore Homestead Farm (Boone County, Ky.)
Father: Selmes, Tilden Russell
Mother: Flandrau, Martha Macomb
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 15 Jul 1905; Oyster Bay (N.Y.); Marriage 2: 1923; location unknown; Marriage 3: 22 Apr1939; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Spouse(s): Ferguson, Robert H. Munro; Greenway, John Campbell; King, Harry Orland
Child(ren): Ferguson, Martha Munro; Ferguson, Robert Munro; Greenway, John Selmes
Death date: 18 Dec 1953
Place of death: Tucson (Ariz.)
Death and burial information: Cause of death: Coronary thrombosis; Dinsmore Cemetery (Boone County, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Rancher; Business owner; U.S. Congresswoman (1933-1937)
Resided in: St. Paul (Minn.); St. Armand (N.Y.); Tyrone (N.M.); Tucson (Ariz.)
Related resource: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: "Greenway, Isabella Selmes"; History, Art & Archives, United States House of Representatives: "Greenway, Isabella Selmes"
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #7907916; New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967; New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957; New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940; Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960
Source(s): Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900; Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; Find A Grave.com; Dinsmore Homestead Foundation

Item sets: Persons--Kentucky--Boone County

Media: Isabella Selmes Greenway

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Ferguson, Martha Munro	Person
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