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Sarah Thompson Sherman
Other Name:
Sarah Thompson
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 8, 1811
Died:
June 3, 1895
Home Town:
Crawford, NY
Marriage(s):
Ebenezer Sherman (November 1, 1842)
Biographical Notes:
Sarah Thompson Sherman, born November 8, 1811, was the daughter of Alexander and Hannah Bull Thompson of Crawford, New York. From 1828 until 1829 Sarah attended the Litchfield Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. On November 1, 1842 she married Ebenezer Sherman. No other information is known about Sarah's life except her death on June 3, 1895.
Education
Years at LFA:
1828-1829
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Ebenezer Sherman
Husband - Catherine Thompson Moore
Sister
LFA (1824) - Alexander Thompson
Father - Hannah Bull Thompson
Mother
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:
Sarah is mentioned in Julia Ann Walsh's 12 January 1829 letter to Mehetable Walsh while a student at the Female Academy (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection - Photocopy).
1828 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1829 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1828 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1829 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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