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Mary Lewis Bostwick
Other Name:
Mary K. Lewis
Gender:
Female
Born:
May 1, 1809
Died:
1845
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
William Warner Bostwick (April 10, 1828)
Biographical Notes:
Mary Lewis Bostwick, daughter of Ozias and Mary Jones Lewis of Litchfield, Connecticut, was born May 1, 1809. From 1824 until 1826 Mary was educated at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in her hometown. Two years later, on April 10, Mary wed William Warner Bostwick of Whitestown, New York. During their marriage the couple had three children.
Education
Years at LFA:
1824-1826
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Algernon Sidney Lewis
Brother
LFA (1822-1823) - William Henry Lewis
Brother
LFA (1820-1821) - Amelia Lewis Peck
Sister
LFA (1826-1828,1830) - Ozias Lewis
Brother
LFA (1827-1828) - William Warner Bostwick
Husband - John Lewis
Brother
LFA (1830-1831) - Mary Jones Lewis
Mother - 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:
Mary wrote an inscprition and signed her name in Jane M. Seymour's Album (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
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).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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).
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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