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Frances Ward Smyth
Other Name:
Frances Elizabeth Ward
Gender:
Female
Born:
July 3, 1808
Died:
November 21, 1861 or November 21, 1867
Home Town:
Hartford, CT
Marriage(s):
Isaac Fryer Smyth (September 28, 1829)
Biographical Notes:
Frances Ward Smyth, daughter of James and Ruth Butler Ward, was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 3, 1808. In 1824 and 1825 she attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Four years after completing her studies Frances married Isaac Fryer Smyth on September 28, 1829. She passed way in 1861 or 1867.
Education
Years at LFA:
1824-1825
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Isaac Fryer Smyth
Husband - Harriet Ward Hall
Sister
LFA (1829-1831) - Ruth Butler Ward
Mother - James Ward
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).
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1825 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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