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Caroline Ward Wooster
Other Name:
Caroline J. Ward
Gender:
Female
Born:
1810
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Judson Wooster (January 26, 1845)
Biographical Notes:
Born in 1810, Caroline Ward Wooster was the daughter of William Ward, Jr. and his wife Charlotte Munger Ward of Litchfield, Connecticut. In 1824 Caroline attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy, as two of her brothers and two of her sisters did as well. On January 26, 1845 she married Judson Wooster.
Education
Years at LFA:
1824
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Henry Ward
Brother
LFA (1819-1821) - Judson Wooster
Husband - Harriet Ward
Sister
LFA (1821) - John Ward
Brother
LFA (1820) - Julia Ward
Sister
LFA (1819,1822) - Charlotte Munger Ward
Mother - William Ward, Jr.
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:
1824 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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