Portrait of Lucy Woodruff Seymour
Lucy Woodruff Seymour
Other Name:
Lucy Morris Woodruff
Gender:
Female
Born:
July 1, 1807
Died:
1894
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Origen Storrs Seymour (August 5, 1830)
Biographical Notes:
On July 1, 1807 Lucy Woodruff Seymour was born to Morris and Candace Catlin Woodruff of Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1825 Lucy attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in her hometown. On August 5, 1830 she married lawyer Origen Storrs Seymour. Lucy and Origen had four children. She passed away in 1894.
Education
Years at LFA:
1825
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Lewis Bartholomew Woodruff
Brother
LLS (1830) LFA (1820) - George C. Woodruff
Brother
LLS (1825) - Origen Storrs Seymour
Husband
LLS (1824) LFA (1819-1820) - Candace Catlin Woodruff
Mother - Morris Woodruff
Father
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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