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Elizabeth Hyde Ford
Other Name:
Elizabeth Hyde
Gender:
Female
Born:
February 11, 1808 or September 2, 1808
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Catskill, NY
Marriage(s):
Zelotes Ford (October 2, 1832)
Biographical Notes:
Elizabeth Hyde Ford, daughter of Wilkes and Sally Hazen Hyde of Catskill, New York, was born in 1808. In 1824 and 1825 Elizabeth studied at the Litchfield Female Academy. Seven years later she married Zelotes Ford on October 2, 1832. During their marriage the couple had five children.
Education
Years at LFA:
1824-1825
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Zelotes Ford
Husband - Sally Hazen Hyde
Mother - Wilkes Hyde
Father
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:
1824 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Secondary Sources:
Hazen, Tracy Elliot, et al. The Hazen Family in America. R. Hazen, 1947.
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