Looking Back
The Year is…1896 An English Dutchess Born at Blue Ridge Summit by James Rada, Jr. When Alice Montague and Teakle Wallis Warfield were married in 1895, Alice was already pregnant, and Teakle was dying. He had tuberculosis, which is probably why they traveled to Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1896. Besides being…
An Excerpt from The State Sanatorium at Sabillasville from 1908: Part 2 Plus - Duchess of Windsor
Joan Fry Wally Simpson, Duchess of Windsor Bessie Wallis Warfield was born June 19, 1896, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, and was the twice-divorced American woman who became the lover of King Edward VIII, while he was Prince of Wales. He became King in 1936, while she was still married to shipping magnate Ernest Simpson.…
