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Laura Gold Stevens
Other Name:
Laura Sedgwick Gold
Gender:
Female
Born:
May 26, 1804
Died:
November 12, 1867
Home Town:
Cornwall, CT
Marriage(s):
William S. Stevens (January 1, 1828)
Biographical Notes:
Laura Gold Stevens, duaghter of Hezekiah and Rachel Wadsworth Gold of Cornwall, Connecticut, was born May 26, 1804. In 1816 and again in 1818 Laura traveled to Litchfield, Connecticut, where she studed at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy for the year. On January 1, 1828 Laura was married to William S. Stevens, and the couple had three children during their marriage. Laura passed away on November 12, 1867.
Education
Years at LFA:
1816,1818
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Sally Gold Rogers
Sister
LFA (pre-1810) - William S. Stevens
Husband - Julia Gold Cleveland
Sister
LFA (1818) - Rachel Wadsworth Gold
Mother - Hezekiah Gold
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:
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy Collection).
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