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Clarinda Pettibone Holcomb
Other Name:
Clarinda Pettibone
Gender:
Female
Born:
January 19, 1781
Died:
October 17, 1885
Home Town:
Granby, CT
Marriage(s):
Thomas Holcomb (January 3, 1803)
Biographical Notes:
Clarinda Pettibone Holcomb is believed to have attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1798. The daughter of Chauncey and Theodosia Hayes Pettibone of Granby, Connecticut, Clarinda was born January 19, 1781. On January 3, 1803 she married Thomas Holcomb of Granby, Connecticut, and the couple had six children. She passed away on October 17, 1885.
Education
Years at LFA:
1798
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Chauncey Pettibone Holcomb
Son
LLS (1824) - Thomas Holcomb
Husband - Theodosia Hayes Pettibone
Mother - Chauncey Pettibone
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:
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