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Julia Cooke Kissam
Other Name:
Julia Maria Cooke
Gender:
Female
Born:
October 7, 1808
Died:
1881
Home Town:
Hartford, CT
Marriage(s):
Richard Sharpe Kissam, Jr. (June 8, 1830)
Biographical Notes:
Julia Cooke Kissam was born on October 7, 1808 to Oliver Dudley Cooke and Sophia Pratt Cooke of Hartford, Connecticut. Julia attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1823 and 1824 and again in 1827. On June 8, 1930 she married Richard Sharpe Kissam Jr. and they had five children together. Julia passed away in 1881.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823-1824,1827
Room and Board:
Dr. Sheldon's House
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Richard Sharpe Kissam, Jr.
Husband - Sophia Pratt Cooke
Mother - Oliver Dudley Cooke, Jr.
Brother
LLS (1818) - Oliver Dudley Cooke
Father
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:
1823 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
"Julia Cooke" was found written in lead pencil on the side of a dormer window in the Dr. Sheldon house along with a list of other students who presumably boarded at the house.
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
"Julia Cooke" was found written in lead pencil on the side of a dormer window in the Dr. Sheldon house along with a list of other students who presumably boarded at the house.
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