page_title: Frederick Gebhard
section_title: Marriages
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Gebhard / Personal life / Marriages
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Louise Morris Gebhard, épouse d'Henry Clews, vente aux enchères "Photographies par Otto Wegener (1849-1924)" à Hôtel de vente Drouot le 8 novembre 2018
context_page_description: Frederick Gebhard was a wealthy New Yorker who at the age of 22 became infatuated with Lillie Langtry, a renowned beauty, who had been elevated to celebrity status following her affair with Edward, Prince of Wales. A relationship developed between Gebhard and Langtry that lasted nine years. There was speculation that they would one day marry but this never materialized.
context_section_description: In 1894, Gebhard married Louise Hollingsworth Morris (1877–1936) of Baltimore, the ceremony was held in the home of her parents and officiated by Maltbie Davenport Babcock a Presbyterian minister.  The couple divorced in 1901, he claiming desertion and she claiming he sent her away; the divorce was granted in her favor.  Soon after the divorce Louise married Henry Clews Jr., the American-born artist.
  Gebhard next married Marie Louise Gamble (1880–1974), an actress known as Marie Wilson, who had been a member of a sextette called the Florodora.  The wedding was a secret affair carried out in 1907 by the Baptist minister Rev Harry Marsh Warren, but the details leaked out months later.  Warren was known as the "Hotel Parson" because he held services in hotel lobbies and was available at all hour to marry couples on demand.  He was also the founder of the National Save a Life League, formed to prevent suicides.  Although they parted, Marie returned to nurse Gebhard in his final illness. Following his death in 1910, Marie disputed his will that named his sister Isabelle as sole beneficiary.  Marie claimed that a new will had been made before he died; she also claimed that the value of the estate was much higher than the figure declared in the probate.
caption: His first wife, Louise Hollingsworth Morris
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