Kenan married her cousin, the attorney Graham Kenan, on December 19, 1912.[1] Her husband died on February 5, 1920, in New York City.[1] They had no children.[1] After her husband's death, Kenan purchased a brick colonial house on Market Street in Wilmington.[1] She travelled extensively, spending time in Palm Beach and St. Augustine, Florida, and Lake Placid, New York.[1]
Death and legacy
Kenan died on March 16, 1968, in Wilmington. A funeral service was held at St. James Episcopal Church on March 20, 1968.[1] She was buried next to her parents in Oakdale Cemetery.[1]
After her death, her nephew, James Graham Kenan, gifted her home on Market Street to the state for the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.[1] The house is now used as the official residence of the university's chancellor.[1][8] The Sarah Graham Kenan Auditorium on the university's campus is named after her.[1][9] The library at Saint Mary's School is named in her honor.[10] The University of North Carolina School of the Arts named a scholarship after her.[11]
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