At the time, Anna was living at Oak Terrace, her family's estate far upriver at Tivoli, New York.

[3]: 20 On December 1, 1883, she married Elliott Roosevelt[6] in Calvary Church at Gramercy Park in New York City.

One day out of port, their ship was rammed by the SS Celtic, the bow of which pierced a full 10 feet (3.0 m) into the side of the Britannic, killing several passengers and injuring numerous others.

When Eleanor was eight, Anna contracted diphtheria and died at age 29 at her home, 52 East 61st Street in Manhattan.

[14] Elliott died at his home, 313 West 102 Street on August 14, 1894,[9] from a seizure after a suicide attempt and the cumulative effects of alcoholism.

[15] The remains of both Anna and Elliott are interred in the Hall family vault at the cemetery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Tivoli.