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Almira Marshall Clarke
Other Name:
Almira A. Marshall
Gender:
Female
Born:
Unknown
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Granville, MA
Later Residences:
Haddam, CT
Stockbridge, MA
Pen Yan, NY
Deerfield, MA
Franklin, NY
Stockbridge, MA
Pen Yan, NY
Deerfield, MA
Franklin, NY
Marriage(s):
Tertius S. Clarke (September 10, 1828)
Biographical Notes:
Almira Marshall Clarke registered as a student from Granville, Massachusetts at the Litchfield Female Academy in 1819, and spent the year studying. On September 10, 1828 she wed Tertius S. Clarke a reverend from Deerfield, Massachusetts, and the couple went on to have four children. During their marriage Tertius's job moved the couple to many locations.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Tertius S. Clarke
Husband
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:
1819 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
Secondary Sources:
Sheldon, George. History of Deerfield, Massachusetts. Deerfield, MA: 1896.
Jones, Electa F. Stockbridge, Past & Present. Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Co., 1854.
Jones, Electa F. Stockbridge, Past & Present. Springfield, MA: Samuel Bowles & Co., 1854.
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