The Women of Locust Grove

Lucy met William Croghan through his connection with her brothers, and they were married on July 14, 1789, in Louisville.

Ann married General Thomas Sidney Jesup, Quartermaster General of the United States Army between 1818 and 1860. Her family lived in Washington City, where Jesup was stationed during most of his long and distinguished military career, traveling often to Locust Grove.

In 1819 she married George Hancock, son of a Virginia planter and her uncle William Clark’s brother-in-law. They owned Locust Grove from 1828 to 1834. Her husband sold the property to John Croghan upon Eliza’s death during a cholera epidemic.

Charlotte was married to Stephen Bishop until his death in 1857. She later married Nicholas Bransford, also a cave guide at Mammoth Cave.

New York socialite and wife of George Croghan.

Daughter of William Croghan, Jr. and Mary O’Hara Croghan.