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John Lewis
Gender:
Male
Born:
November 4, 1815
Died:
October 12, 1839
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Biographical Notes:
John Lewis was born November 4, 1815 to Ozias and Mary Jones Lewis. In 1830 and 1831 John was education at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in his hometown of Litchfield, Connecticut. He died of yellow fever near Augusta, GA in 1839.
Education
Years at LFA:
1830-1831
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- William Henry Lewis
Brother
LFA (1820-1821) - Amelia Lewis Peck
Sister
LFA (1826-1828,1830) - Ozias Lewis
Brother
LFA (1827-1828) - Algernon Sidney Lewis
Brother
LFA (1822-1823) - Mary Jones Lewis
Mother - Mary Lewis Bostwick
Sister
LFA (1824-1826) - Ozias Lewis (1774-1860)
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:
"Catalogue of the Litchfield Academy … 1830" (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1831 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Death notice, Litchfield enquirer. October 24, 1839, p. 3
1831 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Death notice, Litchfield enquirer. October 24, 1839, p. 3
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