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Jane Welles Parish
Other Name:
Jane Elizabeth Welles
Gender:
Female
Born:
November 2, 1806
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Lowville, NY
Marriage(s):
Russell Parish (January 24, 1832)
Biographical Notes:
Jane Welles Parish of Lowville, New York was born on November 2, 1806 to Melancthon Woolsey Welles and his wife Abigail. From 1816-1817 Jane studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Several years later she married Russel Parish on January 24, 1832 and the couple had two children. No other information is known about her life at this time.
Education
Years at LFA:
1816-1817
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Abbie Ann Welles
Sister
LFA (1825) - Russell Parish
Husband - Mary Welles Kelley
Sister
LFA (1815) - Abigail Buell Welles
Mother - Melancthon Woolsey Welles
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:
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1817 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).
1817 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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