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Henry Walter
Other Name:
William Henry Walter
Gender:
Male
Born:
November 20, 1808
Died:
May 12, 1846
Home Town:
New Haven, CT
Marriage(s):
Ellen Cochran Walter (unknown)
Philena Chase Walter (unknown)
Philena Chase Walter (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Henry Walter of New Haven, Connecticut was born November 20, 1808 to Joel and Sarah Leavenworth Walter. In 1823 and 1824 he attended the Litchfield Female Academy, as his brother George had a few years earlier. Henry was married twice during his lifetime. First to Ellen Cochran Walter, and later to Philena Chase Walter, with whom he had two children. Henry passed away May 12, 1846.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823-1824
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Ellen Cochran Walter
Wife - Philena Chase Walter
Wife - Sarah Leavenworth Walter
Mother - Joel Walter
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:
1823 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).
1824 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).
1824 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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