Martha F. Gerry
Personal life
Personal life
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In 1939, she married Edward Harriman Gerry (1914–2003\) at [St. James Episcopal Church](/wiki/St._James%27_Episcopal_Church_%28New_York_City%29 "St. James' Episcopal Church (New York City)") on [Madison Avenue](/wiki/Madison_Avenue "Madison Avenue") and [Seventy\-first street](/wiki/71st_Street_%28Manhattan%29 "71st Street (Manhattan)") in New York City. Gerry was the son of [Robert Livingston Gerry, Sr.](/wiki/Robert_L._Gerry%2C_Sr. "Robert L. Gerry, Sr.") (1877–1957\) and Cornelia Averell Harriman (1884–1966\), the daughter of railroad executive [E. H. Harriman](/wiki/E._H._Harriman "E. H. Harriman") and his wife [Mary Williamson Averell](/wiki/Mary_Williamson_Averell "Mary Williamson Averell").[New York Times article dated March 4, 1908](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/03/04/archives/miss-harriman-bride-of-robert-l-gerry-grace-church-so-crowded-by.html) Robert was also the nephew of [Peter G. Gerry](/wiki/Peter_G._Gerry "Peter G. Gerry") and [Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt](/wiki/Edith_Stuyvesant_Vanderbilt "Edith Stuyvesant Vanderbilt"), and the grandson of [Elbridge Thomas Gerry](/wiki/Elbridge_Thomas_Gerry "Elbridge Thomas Gerry"), himself the grandson of [Elbridge Gerry](/wiki/Elbridge_Gerry "Elbridge Gerry"), the [5th](/wiki/List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_the_United_States "List of Vice Presidents of the United States") [U.S. Vice President](/wiki/U.S._Vice_President "U.S. Vice President"). The Gerry's maintained residences in [Monticello, Florida](/wiki/Monticello%2C_Florida "Monticello, Florida") and [Mill Neck, New York](/wiki/Mill_Neck%2C_New_York "Mill Neck, New York"). Together, they were the parents of:

* Libby Farish Gerry
* Cornelia Harriman Gerry, who married Richard A. Corbett in 1970\.
* Martha Rice Gerry, who married Frank Bradford Townley in 1978\.
* William Farish Gerry (b. 1955\), who married Gay Caroline Vincent, daughter of [Betsy von Furstenberg](/wiki/Betsy_von_Furstenberg "Betsy von Furstenberg") in 1988\.

Gerry died September 17, 2007, following heart surgery at [New York Presbyterian Hospital](/wiki/New_York_Presbyterian_Hospital "New York Presbyterian Hospital"), of which she had been a Life Trustee. Her husband predeceased her on January 24, 2003\.


Where did Edward Harriman Gerry and his wife get married?