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Cornelia Griswold Vail

Other Name:
Cornelia Ann Griswold
Gender:
Female
Born:
March 8, 1813
Died:
1841
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Charles Vail (April 19, 1832)
Biographical Notes:
Cornelia Griswold Vail, daughter of John and Abigail Bissell Griswold of Litchfield, Connecticut, was born March 8, 1813. From 1828 until 1830 Cornelia studied at the Litchfield Female Academy. On April 19, 1832 she married Dr. Charles Vail of Litchfield, and the couple had two children. Cornelia passed away in 1841.
Education
Years at LFA:
1828-1830
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
help 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:
1828 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).

1829 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).

"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy ... 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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