Kathy Pinna
Margaret O'Neill Eaton
Margaret O'Neill Eaton was known as a beauty in her youth. Even in old age, she was a handsome woman.
Margaret O'Neill first married John B. Timberlake with whom she had 3 children. After John died, she married Senator John Henry Eaton. (It was rumored that Timberlake committed suicide because of an affair between Peggy and Eaton since they married so quickly after she became a widow.)
Her third marriage was to an Italian music teacher and dancing master, Antonio Gabriele Buchignani. He was 19 - she was 59. After 7 years of marriage, Antonio ran off - with much of her money and her 17 year old granddaughter.
Peggy died in poverty.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Brady-Handy collection
Margaret O'Neill first married John B. Timberlake with whom she had 3 children. After John died, she married Senator John Henry Eaton. (It was rumored that Timberlake committed suicide because of an affair between Peggy and Eaton since they married so quickly after she became a widow.)
Her third marriage was to an Italian music teacher and dancing master, Antonio Gabriele Buchignani. He was 19 - she was 59. After 7 years of marriage, Antonio ran off - with much of her money and her 17 year old granddaughter.
Peggy died in poverty.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress, Brady-Handy collection
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