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Julia Moffat Bowman

Other Name:
Julia Ann Moffat
Gender:
Female
Born:
May 20, 1806
Died:
July 27, 1889
Home Town:
Blooming Grove, NY
Marriage(s):
Chancellor Livingston Bowman (December 14, 1826)
Biographical Notes:
Julia Moffat Bowman, daughter of Samuel and Bethia Reeder Bowman of Blooming Grove, New York, was born on May 20, 1806. In 1819 she traveled to Litchfield, Connecticut, where she spent the year studying at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. On december 14, 1826 Julia married Chancellor Livingston Bowman, a farmer. During their marriage, Julia and Chancellor resided in Blooming Grove, and the couple had five children.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
help 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).
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