Priscilla Wood Dundon, 56, of Bristol Mills, a dealer in American antiques, died Sept. 9 at her home. She was born Dec. 19, 1952, the daughter of the late Walter Brown Dundon, Jr. and Clarissa Vanderbilt Dundon of Killingworth, Conn.
She graduated from the Country School in North Madison, Conn. and from the Williams School in New London, Conn., an affiliate of Connecticut College. She attended Mount Holyoke College but left over her sophomore year to travel to Europe and get some work experience.
In 1985 Priscilla was accepted at Yale where she majored in American Studies. She graduated in 1987 summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Priscilla wrote and edited several children’s books for the Weekly Reader Press, edited a travel magazine for the hair care industry, and wrote for the Clinton Recorder and The Middletown Press.
In 1976 to celebrate the Bicentennial, Priscilla and James Miller of Madison, Conn. wrote “As We Were,” a comprehensive history of south central Connecticut illustrated with old photographs.
Priscilla was president of the Killingworth Historical Society, served on the Republican Town Committee and was a member of the Madison Beach Club.
In the late 1990s Priscilla and her mother moved to Bristol Mills where they opened Vanderbilt and Dundon Antiques, specializing in fine early American furniture.
Priscilla is survived by her mother; sister, Martha Dundon Dunlap and husband Mark Elliott Dunlap of Yarmouth; and three nephews and a niece, Nathan Blaisdell Dunlap of Falls Church, Va., Amos Vanderbilt Dunlap of Crested Butte, Col., Lucas Dickinson Dunlap of College Park, Md., and Margaret Stafford Wells Dunlap of New York City, N.Y.
