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Mary Denison Shoemaker
Other Name:
Mary Elizabeth Denison; Mary Elizabeth Dennison
Gender:
Female
Born:
1808
Died:
December 2, 1833
Home Town:
New Haven, CT
Marriage(s):
Charles D. Shoemaker (October 24, 1825)
Biographical Notes:
Mary Denison Shoemaker was born in 1808 to Austin Denison and Martha Dwight Denison of New Haven, Connecticut. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1814 and 1816 through 1818. On October 24, 1825 Mary married Charles D. Shoemaker; they had two children. Mary died on December 2, 1833.
Education
Years at LFA:
1814,1816-1818
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Martha Dwight Denison Sturdevant
Sister
LFA (1818-1822) - Charles D. Shoemaker
Husband - Austin Denison
Father - Martha Dwight Denison (b. 1777)
Mother
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:
"Rules for the School and Home" and Names of the Young Ladies belonging to Miss Pierce's School in the Summer of 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1817 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).
"Catalogue of the Female Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1817 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).
"Catalogue of the Female Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
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