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Katherine Emmons Force Spencer (March 12, 1891 – September 8, 1956) was an American real estate investor and socialite. She was a member of the zoning board for Newport, Rhode Island. Early life Katherine Emmons Force was born on March 12, 1891, in Brooklyn, New York. She was the elder daughter of William Hurlbut Force (1852–1917) and Katherine Arvilla (née Talmage) Force (1864–1939). Her younger sister Madeleine was the widow of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV of the Astor family, who died during the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Her maternal grandfather was New York State Assemblyman Tunis V. P. Talmage, and her great-grandfather Thomas G. Talmage was Mayor of Brooklyn. Personal life On December 6, 1922, Force was married to Lorillard Suydam Spencer (1883–1939) at the home of her sister, then Mrs. William Karl Dick, at 7 East 84th Street. Lorillard, who was divorced from his first wife, Mary Ridgeley Sands, was the son of Lorillard Spencer and Caroline Suydam (née Berryman) Spencer. Together they had two sons and a daughter: Katherine Talmage Lorillard Spencer (1923–1992), who married Joseph Henry Doherty (1923–1992) in 1957. Stephen Wolcott Spencer (1925–2010), who wed Marjorie Potts, daughter of Owen Lewis Potts of Santiago, Chile, in 1957. William Hurlbut Force Spencer (1929-2022), who married Louise Thacher Jones (1927–2013) in 1956. Later in her life, she became a real estate investor and was a member of the zoning board for Newport. Her husband died in 1939. She died of a heart attack at her cottage, Chasteullux, in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 8, 1956. References. Discover the Katherine Spencer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Katherine Spencer books.

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  • Harbor of the Heart synopsis, comments

    Harbor of the Heart

    Katherine Spencer

    The people of Angel Island find a safe harbor and the gift of hope in this inspirational novel from New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer. Liza Ma...

  • Me synopsis, comments

    Me

    Katharine Hepburn

    A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the Year “In her book about her life, Miss Hepburn insists that that woman in the movies was not her at all. ‘I’m not going to hide ...

  • Wear and Tear synopsis, comments

    Wear and Tear

    Tracy Tynan

    “Tracy Tynan uses the universal medium of clothing to tell the highly specific story of her bohemian British upbringing, and she does so with wit, candor, and yesstyle” (Lena Dunha...

  • While My Pretty One Knits synopsis, comments

    While My Pretty One Knits

    Anne Canadeo

    Follow a group of women as they discover the depths of their friendship when a murder rocks their peaceful Massachusetts town in this cozy mystery from Anne Canadeo.The Black Sheep...

  • The Way Home synopsis, comments

    The Way Home

    Katherine Spencer

    The shores of Angel Island are awash with love in this novel in Thomas Kinkade's New York Times bestselling series.   Claire North understands how Angel Island sets the rhythm...

  • A Wandering Heart synopsis, comments

    A Wandering Heart

    Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

    All the stars come out in Angel Island in this charming, inspirational novel from New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer.A movie crew arrives to sh...

  • Till Death Do Us Purl synopsis, comments

    Till Death Do Us Purl

    Anne Canadeo

    The fourth in the charming knitting mystery series that is “sure to hook cozy fans” (Publishers Weekly) featuring Maggie Messina and her close circle of knittingclub friends, who m...

  • The Palace synopsis, comments

    The Palace

    Gareth Russell

    A “riotously readable…tender and affectionate” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British historyfrom King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth IIas seen through th...

  • The Wedding Promise synopsis, comments

    The Wedding Promise

    Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

    New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer present an inspiratinal novel in the series set on Angel Island, a place where anything is possible, even th...

  • When a Lord Needs a Lady synopsis, comments

    When a Lord Needs a Lady

    Jane Goodger

    “A heartwarming and amusing romance . . . with steamy scenes and believable tension” from the author of The Mad Lord’s Daughter and When a Duke Says I Do (Library Journal).&#x...

  • A Murder in Mohair synopsis, comments

    A Murder in Mohair

    Anne Canadeo

    In Anne Canadeo's cozy eighth Black Sheep Knitting Mystery, a coldhearted murder in Plum Harbor leads the knitters to investigate a new psychic who may be far more dangerous than s...

  • Home Song synopsis, comments

    Home Song

    Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

    In this inspiring novel, worldrenowned “Painter of Light”™ Thomas Kinkade brings us back to Cape Lightthe little town we know by heart…The charming seacoast village of Cape Light i...

  • The Inn at Angel Island synopsis, comments

    The Inn at Angel Island

    Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

    New York Times bestselling authors Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer present the first novel in the Angel Island series, set on an island a stone's skip away from Cape Ligh...