[192-286] FANNY CASSANDRA SMITH, b Apr. 16, 1868; dau Francis and Emily C. (Mowry) Smith [192~-163a]; m June 22, 1893, MARINO GUALTERIO PEOLI, b July 12, 1864: d Feb. 22. 1907; s John and Antonia (Alfonso) Peoli. Res., 510 W. 123rd St., New York, N. ¥Y. (1920.)
One child:
Cecil Malcolm, 6b Oct. 13, 1894: d Apr. 12, 1915.
In 1912 Cecil Peoli was America’s youngest aviator and was known as “The Boy Wonder of the World.” He learned to fly in a week’s time and obtained a Pilot’s license in ten days. He was a born genius and in 1914 invented and built his own machine which flew the first time he tried it, all over
Staten Island. In 1915 he built a War plane at Washington, D. C.; during a flight something went wrong with the motor, and he was instantly killed, Apr. 12, 1915.—-His grandfather Peoli was an artist, and his grandmother Peoli was a descendant of the Royal House of Spain. Mrs. Fanny Cassandra Peoli was the first mother in the world to go up in an aeroplane in August, 1912.