On 22 October 1867, in New York, Mary Elizabeth (Lily) Nixon (1843?- 1874; daughter of John Macaulay Nixon) of New York Married John Kirby Macaulay (1842-1884) of Kingston, the only son of Hon. John Macaulay (1792-1857) and his first wife Helen Macpherson (d. 1846), and a grandson of Robert Macaulay (1744-1800) and Ann Kirby (1770-1850). As part of her wedding day finery, she carried this fan. In the late 19th century, particularly in the fall season, fans were a fashionable accessory, rather than a necessity, for high society New York.