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Cynthia Thorne Thompson
Other Name:
Cynthia M. Thorne
Gender:
Female
Born:
April 7, 1810
Died:
March 4, 1895
Home Town:
Stanford, NY
Marriage(s):
Edward P. Thompson (1834)
Biographical Notes:
Cynthia Thorne Thompson of Stanford, New York was born on April 7, 1810. In 1826 and 1827 her parents, Gilbert and Margaret Thorme, had Cynthia educated in Litchfield, Connecticut at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. After completing her studies in Litchfield, she attended Emma Willard's Troy Female Seminary in Troy, New York in 1827. Seven years later she married Edward P. Thompson of Standford. Cynthia passed away on March 4, 1895.
Education
Years at LFA:
1826-1827
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Edward P. Thompson
Husband - Margaret Smith Thorne
Mother - Gilbert Thorne
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:
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1827 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1827 Litchfield Female Academy Summer 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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