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Nancy Day Powers
Other Name:
Nancy Day
Gender:
Female
Born:
October 5, 1787
Died:
1829
Home Town:
Catskill, NY
Marriage(s):
James Powers (December 1807)
Biographical Notes:
Nancy Day Powers was born on October 5, 1787 to Stephen Day and Dimmis Ranson Day of Catskill, New York. Nancy attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1802, and married James Powers of Catskill, New York in December of 1807. After their marriage the couplethey had two children. Nancy passed away in 1829.
Education
Years at LFA:
1802
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Betsey Day Punderson
Sister
LFA (1807) - James Powers
Husband - Julia Day
Sister
LFA (1802) - Stephen Day
Father - Dimmis Ranson Day
Mother
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:
Nancy is listed as a fellow student in Maryann Bacon's 1802 Journal (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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