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Mary Rankin Ward
Other Name:
Mary Ogden Rankin
Gender:
Female
Born:
July 17, 1816
Died:
November 23, 1886
Home Town:
Newark, NJ
Later Residences:
Newark, NJ
Marriage(s):
Issac Ward (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Mary Rankin Ward of Newark, New Jersey was born July 17, 1816 to William and Abigail Ogden Rankin. In 1831Mary attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut, as her sisters did as well. Sometime after completing her studies she married Issac Ward. Mary passed away on November 23, 1886.
Education
Years at LFA:
1831
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Issac Ward
Husband - Susan Rankin Duryee
Sister
LFA (1832) - Phebe Rankin Goble
Sister
LFA (1830-1832) - Sarah Rankin
Sister
LFA (1831) - Abigail Ogden Rankin
Mother - Sara Rankin
Sister - William Rankin
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:
Mrs. A.S. Farnam mentioned the Rankin sister in an interview she gave to Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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