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Sarah Hooker Peck
Other Name:
Sarah Elizabeth Reeve Hooker
Gender:
Female
Born:
August 28, 1803
Died:
May 6, 1881
Home Town:
Andover, MA
Later Residences:
Cincinnati, OH
Marriage(s):
Solomon Peck (May 11, 1826)
Biographical Notes:
Sarah Hooker Peck was born Austu 28, 1803 to Rev. Ashel Hooker, II and his wife Phoebe Edwards Hooker of Goshen, Connecicut. In 1818 Sarah attended the Litchfield Female Academy as her sister Mary Ann had done several years earlier. Eight years later on May 11, 1826 Sarah wed Solomon Peck, a minister from Providence, Rhode Island. During their marriage Sarah and Solomon later resided in Cinncinati, Ohio and had two children. After a long life Sarah passed away on May 6, 1881.
Education
Years at LFA:
1818
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Mary Ann Hooker Cornelius
Sister
LFA (1810) - Solomon Peck
Husband - Phoebe Edwards Hooker
Mother - Ashel Hooker, II
Father
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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:
"Catalogue of the Ladies Academy in Litchfield" 1818 by J.A. Shepard (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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