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"Brick," at Walnut Hill and at the Academy. She was a graduate of the Framingham, Mass., Normal school and taught in several Massa- chusetts towns. With her sister, Mary H. Coolidge, she conducted Chester Academy for some time. From Chester she removed to Lockport, N. Y., where she was Preceptress of the High School for four years. In 1876 she went to South America and founded a Normal school for young ladies in Buenos Aires, a school under the control of the Argentine Government. After three years spent in this work, she returned in 1880 to the United States and for many years conducted a private school in Lockport, N. Y. She was also an able instructor of teachers of high school work, especially of languages, her favorite subject. She had at her command, for speaking or writing, seven languages.
In 1914 Miss Coolidge returned to Chester where she spent her last years.
HARRIETTE I. COOLIDGE, twin daughter of Edward and Susan (Knowlton) Coolidge, was born on the late Dudley C. Swain place, now owned by Mrs. Helen Cole. Educated in the Chester public schools and Chester Academy through private study under Miss Harriette A. Melvin, and a supplementary course of study of four years under the Chautauqua system, from which she graduated in 1896. She taught for nine years in Londonderry, Bedford, Windham, Antrim, East Chester, Chester, Hampstead, Hopkinton, Concord and Atkinson.
MARTHA L. COOLIDGE, twin daughter of Edward and Susan (Knowlton) Coolidge, was born in Chester. Educated in the public schools and Chester Academy supplemented by private instruction by Miss Harriette A. Melvin, she taught for 32 years in her native State, namely, at Londonderry, Bedford, Chester, Hampstead, Atkinson, and East Chester. Her long years of service have been marked by love of her work and faithfulness to duty.
CRAWFORD.
DURAXA W. CRAWFORD, daughter of William and Eliza R. Crawford, was born in Chester. Educated in the common schools of Chester, at Pinkerton Academy and at the Plymouth State Normal school, she taught in various public schools in N. H. and Mass .; and was Principal of Schools at Byfield, Mass., and Cherry Valley, Mass.
LIDA E. CRAWFORD, dau. Wm. and Eliza R., was educated at Chester Academy, Worcester Normal School, and graduated from Pace Institute, Boston. She taught school and music in Chester and surrounding towns for several years; went to Boston in 1890; was book-keeper at the Massachusetts General Hospital for 16 years; is now head book-keeper at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Brookline, Mass.
DALE.
ANNIE L. DALE (m. Mills) was born in Chester and educated in the public schools and Academy of her native town, and at Bradford Academy. She taught in the public schools of Chester.
M. ABBIE DALE (m. Nichols) was born in Chester, and educated in the public schools and Academy of her native town, and also took a course at Bradford Academy. She taught in the public schools of Chester.
ELKINS.
SUSAN ELKINS (m. Hazelton), was born in Kingston, May 2, 1834. After attending the Kingston schools she studied at Chester Academy. She taught in the Bunker Hill District, in Auburn. She
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was married to Edwin Hazelton, who died leaving her a widow with four daughters, all of whom were teachers. She died Jan. 11, 1917. ELLERY.
ELIZA J. ELLERY (m. Thorpe), a native of Chester, conducted a successful school for those afflicted with defective speech, at her home in Newton Centre, Mass., where she lived for 24 years. She was a descendant of a brother of William Ellery, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. During her residence in Newton she was a member of the Newton Highlands Woman's Club and of the Boston Browning Society. She was married to Walter Thorpe. She died a few years ago at the age of 76, three children surviving her, viz, Walter H. Thorpe, a Boston attorney; Dr. E. H. Thorpe of Boston, and Elizabeth Thorpe.
EMERY.
ANNIE BARTLETT EMERY, daughter of John S. and Susan (Hazelton) Emery, was born in Chester. She was educated in the public schools, at Chester Academy and Bradford Academy, 1874-5. She taught in Chester, Auburn, Candia and Newton.
FITTS.
MILDRED MAY FITTS, daughter of George L. and Harriett E. Fitts, was born in Chester July 24, 1891. She was educated in the schools of Chester and at Pinkerton Academy, from which she graduated in 1910. Taught in the Towle school, 1911-12.
FITZ.
LUTHER FITZ, born in Chester, attended Pembroke Academy. Taught several years in Chester, Danvers, Mass., and West Groton, Mass. He married Elizabeth French Hazelton, who was born in Chester and who was also a teacher for several years in Chester, Sandown, Hampstead and Sandwich. She attended the Nathaniel Emerson Private School in Chester and the Lowell, Mass., High School. The children of Luther and Elizabeth H. Fitz were teachers, as follows :
ELIZABETH H. FITZ (m. Hill) attended Chester Academy, taught from age of 16 years until her marriage at age of 23, serving in the schools of Chester and Derry. Her twin daughters, Emma Josephine and Ella May Hill, were also teachers for several years.
ELLA L. FITZ (m. Grant), attended Chester Academy. Taught in Chester, Raymond, Auburn, Exeter, Derry, Sandown and Faribault, Minn.
ISABELLE H. FITZ, attended Chester Academy and Wellesley College. Taught in Epping, Hampstead, West Newbury, Mass., and four years in the Groton, Mass., High School.
JOSEPHINE S. FITZ attended Chester Academy. Taught in Derry.
MAY A. FITZ (m. Howe), attended Chester Academy and Bradford Academy. Taught in Chester, Hampstead, Auburn, London- derry and West Newbury, Mass. She married Charles H. Howe, Principal of Wakefield, Mass., High School. Their daughter, Alice G. Howe, a graduate of Smith College, is a noted teacher of lip reading in the schools of Rochester, N. Y.
GILLINGHAM.
MYRA A. GILLINGHAM, daughter of Nelson and Olive (Cheswell) Gillingham, was born in Chester May 23, 1859. She was educated in the public schools and at Chester Academy and taught in Raymond and Chester. She died Apr. 28, 1881.
Franklin Crombie
Charles Chass
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GOLDSMITH.
CELESTIA S. GOLDSMITH. [See Biographies].
EMMA N. GOLDSMITH, born in Chester, educated in the public schools and at Chester Academy, taught five years in the Le Moyne Normal School where she had a wonderful influence over the young people under her care and was greatly beloved.
VESTA GOLDSMITH, born in Chester, was educated in the public schools and at Chester Academy and began teaching in 1870. She taught in the schools of adjoining towns and in West Newbury, Mass. A popular and efficient instructor, her chosen life work was cut short by failing health.
Two children of Nathan W. and Mary W. (Kimball) Goldsmith have been trained for work as teachers, viz:
ELEANOR H. GOLDSMITH, born in Chester, attended the public schools of Chester and was graduated from Pinkerton Academy. She is now studying music in Boston, and teaching the piano, pre- paratory to her chosen work as a music teacher.
EMMA PEARL GOLDSMITH, born in Chester, attended the public schools of Chester and Pinkerton Academy, from which she was graduated. She then attended Boston University and was graduated from that institution in 1917. She has also done post- graduate work at Radcliffe College, specializing in English; taught one year at Chester High School and two years at Ballard Normal school, Macon, Ga.
GREEN.
GERTRUDE JENNIE GREEN (m. Wilkins), daughter of John F. and Jennie E. (Morse) Green, born in Chester. Educated in the public schools of Chester, at Pinkerton Academy and at the Plymouth State Normal school, she taught one year in Chester, three years in the graded schools of Goffstown, four years in Milford and six years in Andover, Mass. In 1910 she was married to Frank E. Wilkins, of Milford. He passed away in 1915. Mrs. Wilkins still resides in Milford, where she is actively associated with various church and social organizations.
MILDRED EMELINE GREEN, (m. Bond), daughter of John F. and Jennie E. (Morse) Green, was born in Chester. After attending the public schools, she entered Pinkerton Academy, from which she graduated. She is also a graduate of the Keene State Normal school. After teaching one year in Chester, and one year in the graded school at Grasmere, she was married, in 1913, to Ernest H. Bond, of Man- chester, where they now live with their two children, Dorothy and Virginia.
SUSIE M. GREEN, (m. Gillingham), daughter of Addison and Ruth B. (Sanborn) Green, was born in Raymond, March 27, 1875. Educated in the common schools of Raymond and the Raymond High School, she began teaching in 1892, and was a popular teacher in the Chester schools from 1898 to 1902. She married George Ernest Gillingham, of Chester and now resides there.
GREENE.
ETHEL MABEL GREENE was born in Chester, March 25th, 1885. She was the daughter of Mabel McQuestion and Charles H. Greene. She attended school in Chester and graduated from Pinkerton Academy, Derry, in 1904. She was a graduate of the Plymouth Normal School in the class of 1907. In 1905 she taught school in Candia and in the fall of 1907 in Franconia. She died in Franconia Dec. 26, 1907.
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MABEL (Mc QUESTION) GREENE was born in Manchester, Nov. 18, 1857. She attended school in Auburn and also Pinkerton Academy. She taught school in Auburn, Chester and Weare. She married Charles H. Greene Jan. 31, 1884. She died Jan. 23, 1908.
GREENLEAF.
ELIZABETH COATES GREENLEAF, a native of Newbury- port, Mass., was born Sept. 15, 1830, and died in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 14, 1899. She attended Mount Holyoke Seminary, entering in Sept., 1848. Later she attended Cooper Institute, New York City, to study art. An item found in the diary of Miss Lucy Robinson, dated 1852, states that Miss Greenleaf taught the High School in Chester two terms and received $100 for both terms. She taught both academic subjects and painting for some time, and later did commercial painting for an architect, coloring house plans, etc. She was eminently success- ful in her career.
HAZELTON.
ABIGAIL P. HAZELTON, daughter of John A. and Louise (Chase) Hazelton, born in Chester, was educated in the public schools, at Chester Academy, and also at Pinkerton Academy. She has been a teacher for many years, and is now Principal of the Durrell School, Somerville, Mass. With her sister, Alice, noted below, she has for ten years been particularly successful in conducting "Camp Anawan," a camp for girls on Winnepesaukee Lake. She has also taken supple- mentary work in College Extension Courses.
ALICE B. HAZELTON, daughter of John A. and Louise (Chase) Hazelton, born in Chester, was educated in the public schools and at Chester Academy. She also took private instruction from Miss Harriette Melvin, and graduated from Pinkerton Academy. She has also taken supplementary work in the College Extension Courses. She is a teacher in the Runkle School, Brookline, Mass., and is associated with her sister, Abigail, noted above, in conducting the excellent camp for girls on Winnepesaukee Lake.
ANNA L. HAZELTON, daughter of John A. and Louise (Chase) Hazelton, attended the public schools of Chester, Worcester, Mass., graduating from Pinkerton Academy. She taught in the N. H. Schools, in Pueblo, Colorado, in Newton, Mass., and in Somerville, Mass. She died June 25, 19II.
CARRIE BELLE HAZELTON, (m. Clark), daughter of Amos and Sarah (Morse) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She was educated in public and private schools, at Chester Academy and in a Business College in Lawrence, Mass. She taught in Chester, Londonderry, Derry and Windham. She was married to Charles Clark, of London- derry; moved to Largo, Fla., but failing health soon compelled her to start for her northern home. She got as far as Richmond, Va., where she died, Nov. 5, 1910.
ELIZABETH S. HAZELTON (m. Hooke), daughter of Amos and Sarah (Morse) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She attended public and private schools in Chester and the Academy. She taught in Chester, Auburn, Raymond and Sandown for over thirty years; was a member of the School Board of Chester fourteen years; married J. Albert Hooke, of Chester.
EMILY J. HAZELTON, daughter of Thomas and Lucretia (Hills) Hazelton, was born in Chester, May 3, 1822. She was educated in the public schools of Chester and in a training school in Springfield, Mass., taught in Chester and surrounding towns and in Tennessee and Iowa. She died at Chester, Jan. 21, 1909.
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FRANCES REBECCA HAZELTON, daughter of John A. and Louise (Chase) Hazelton, was born and educated in the public and private schools of Chester, Chester Academy, and Pinkerton Academy. She taught in Auburn. She died April 15, 1881.
HANNAH MARIA HAZELTON, born Apr. 12, 1827, was a very successful teacher for more than 20 years. She commenced teaching May 18, 1846, in Atkinson, and taught in Chester and sur- rounding towns. During the six terms she taught in Dist. No. I, in Chester, in 1858-9, she had the care of from 62 to 82 scholars each term. More than a thousand names were on her list of those who had come under her instruction. She married Samuel Harriman of Ray- mond. After his death she married Mr. Prescott of Raymond. She was sister-in-law to Susan Elkins (Hazelton), noted above; and died Jan. 22, 1912.
JENNIE P. HAZELTON, daughter of John A. and Louise (Chase) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She was educated in the public and private schools, at Chester Academy, and at Bradford Academy. She taught in Chester, Auburn, Raymond and Salem. Was a member of the School Board of Chester for six years.
MARY F. HAZELTON (m. Morse), daughter of Edwin and Susan (Elkins) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She attended the district school, Chester Academy and Bradford, Mass. Academy. Beginning in 1875, she taught for ten years in Chester and nearby towns. She was married to Augustus P. Morse, and has made her home on Walnut Hill for many years.
NATHAN S. HAZELTON, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Hazelton, was born May 29, 1829. He was educated at Chester, Gilmanton Academy, Dartmouth College and Andover Theo- logical Seminary. He taught in Claremont and Ashland; also in Townsend, Baldwinsville and Winchendon, Mass. Married Mary A. Lawrence and settled in Springfield, Vt., as pastor of the Congre- gational church. He died there Jan. 22, 1860.
NELLIE M. HAZELTON, daughter of Edwin and Susan (Elkins) Hazelton, was born Feb. 3, 1862. She attended Chester Academy ; taught several terms in nearby towns, as long as her health would permit. She died Nov. 27, 1884.
OLIVE BELLE HAZELTON, (m. Jones), daughter of Edwin and Susan (Elkins) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She attended Pinkerton Academy and Seaside Seminary, Southport, Ct., and taught several years, until her marriage to Edwin P. Jones. She died Mar. 28, 1912, leaving a daughter, Irma O., listed below.
SARAH L. HAZELTON, (m. Sanborn), daughter of Amos and Sarah (Morse) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She attended public and private schools and Chester Academy; taught in Auburn, Ray- mond, Londonderry, Sandown and Chester. She married Justin Sanborn of Sandown; moved to Londonderry, where she died Apr. 3, 1915.
SUSAN D. HAZELTON, (m. Orcutt), daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Sanborn) Hazelton, was born Mar. 8, 1817. Educated in public and private schools in Chester, she taught in Auburn, Derry, Atkinson, Sandown, Londonderry, Bristol, Holderness, Fisherville, Greenland and Chester. She was married to Ephraim Orcutt, of Chester. Died Jan. 21, 1902.
SUSAN D. HAZELTON 2d. (m. Smith), daughter of Amos and Sarah (Morse) Hazelton, was born July 27, 1847. Educated in public and private schools in Chester and at Pinkerton Academy. She taught in Derry, Chester, Londonderry, Sandown, Auburn, and in Methuen,
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Mass. She was married to Henry C. Smith, of Londonderry. Died 1903.
SUSIE E. HAZELTON, (m. Bursiel), daughter of Edwin and Susan (Elkins) Hazelton, was born in Chester. She attended the public schools and Chester Academy; then, like her three older sisters, she taught with good success for some years in Chester and other towns. She married Charles E. Bursiel, of Bedford, where she now resides.
HEALEY.
MARY J. HEALEY, (m. Underhill) was a teacher in the North Chester school. She was married to Isaac F. Underhill. Their daughter, Addie C., was a teacher, and is listed with the Underhill family.
HUNT.
CLARA LUCY HUNT, (m. Bodwell), daughter of John N. and Mary E. (Shirley) Hunt, was born in Derry, Jan. 3, 1881. She began her school life in Chester, and later attended the public schools of Derry, Pinkerton Academy and the Plymouth State Normal school from which she graduated 1907. She taught one term at the "Brick" school in Chester, and has been a teacher in Derry about 17 years. She was married to Charles W. Bodwell in 1919, and makes her home in Derry.
GRACE LORENA HUNT, daughter of John N. and Mary E. (Shirley) Hunt, was born in Chester, Sept. 21, 1882. Attended the South school, the public schools of Derry, Pinkerton Academy and tthe Plymouth State Normal school (graduated 1906). She taught in Derry 17 years, and in Beverly, Mass., 1920-2I.
JONES.
IRMA OLIVE JONES, daughter of Edwin P. and Olive Belle (Hazelton) Jones, was born in Chester, Oct. 23, 1896. She was graduated from the Manchester grammar and high schools and from the Keene State Normal school, and has taught in the Varney school, Manchester, the past two years.
KNOWLES.
EVA M. KNOWLES, (m. Sanborn), daughter of Charles H. and Mary A. (Hook) Knowles, was born in Chester, June II. 1866. She attended the public schools of Chester and Chester Academy; taught in Fremont; was married to Bert S. Sanborn, Apr. 26, 1884.
JENNIE M. KNOWLES, (m. Ray), daughter of Charles H. and Mary A. (Hook) Knowles, was born in Chester, Feb. 4, 1870. She attended the public schools, Chester Academy, and Raymond High school. Taught in Chester and Auburn. Was married to Samuel E. Ray, Mar. 13, 1889.
LYDIA ANN KNOWLES, (m. Cogswell), only daughter of Lot and Abigail (Sleeper) Knowles, was born in Chester, May 7, 1831. Her early education was obtained in the Chester schools. Later, she taught in the Chester schools, also in the Robert French district in Fremont and in Raymond. To quote from the Chester Town Reports, under the head of Schools we learn that "Miss Lydia Ann Knowles taught in District No. 4 the Fall term of 1854, III/2 weeks; no Winter term. This school appeared well at the close. The teacher seemed to have performed her duties faithfully and efficiently. District No. 8 Summer term 1853, 9 weeks, pay $24.75. We believe the teacher discharged her duties faithfully and conscientiously, and the appear- ance of the school was quite creditable. Lauren Armsby, Committee."
Two of her oldest pupils now living, Elbridge Wason and Charles
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F. True, speak of the excellence of her character and ability as a teacher. All the children loved her and she liked to have the little ones three or four years old come with their brothers and sisters. Each morning she offered prayer, herself, at the beginning of the session, and the work and study of the day were carried out accordingly. She kept a good school, ruled by love, rather than by fear. In 1863 she was married to Charles E. Cogswell, of Haverhill, Mass., where she resided until her death from pneumonia, in 1877. Her daughter, Martha (Cogswell) Emerson, now lives in Haverhill.
LANE.
LAURA REBECCA LANE, daughter of Henry H. and Emma (Tenney) Lane, was born in Chester and attended the Chester primary and grammar schools and Sanborn Seminary at Kingston. She holds a State Teachers' Certificate; taught her first school at North Chester ; and for ten years was a teacher in the primary school at Chester.
LEARNARD.
CLARA M. LEARNARD, (m. West), daughter of Silas F. and Clara Blake (Morse) Learnard, was born in Chester. She was educated in the Chester public schools, Danvers, Mass., public schools, Chester Academy (1861-65), and the Plymouth State Normal school. She taught in the public schools of Haverhill, Mass., and was for some years Instructor in English at Almira College, Greenville, Il1. She married Franklin West, of Derry.
LUCY E. LEARNARD, daughter of Silas F. and Clara Blake (Morse) Learnard, was born in Danvers, Mass., but received part of her education in Chester. She was a teacher for some time in the schools of Chester in Dist. No. I, and for many years was a teacher of music in Chester and the surrounding towns. She died at Chester May 24, 1919.
MARTHA T. LEARNARD, daughter of Silas F. and Clara Blake (Morse) Learnard, was born in Chester. She was educated in the Chester public schools, Danvers, Mass., public schools, Chester Academy (1861-65), New London Literary Institution (graduated 1870), Plymouth State Normal school and the Berlitz School of Lan- guages, Boston. She also studied Greek, Latin, French and German under private instructors. She taught as follows: Almira College, Greenville, Ill., (Instr. in Latin, three years) ; Lewiston, Penn., Academy, three years; Colby Academy, New London, nine years ; The Misses Ely's School, N. Y. City, six years. She was known as a most efficient teacher. She died at Chester, Jan. 29, 1923.
LEWIS.
MIRIAM LEWIS, daughter of Farish G. Lewis, was born in Cambridge, Mass. Her early school life, however, was in Chester, after which she studied at Colby Academy (1912-16), New Hampshire College (1916-20) and Simmons College (Summer course, 1921). She has taught in Woodsville High School one year and in Bellows Falls, Vt., High school (1921-22). During her Academy and College days she was a student of high rank and was very prominent in the social and literary life of the students.
MARDEN.
MARY ELLEN MARDEN, (m. Everett), daughter of George and Roxanna (Sanborn) Marden, was born in Chester, Oct. 30, 1844. She was educated in the public schools of Chester and at Chester Academy. She taught in the Sleeper district in 1861, in the North school and in the Albert Hooke district in 1862, and in North Danville
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in 1863. She was married to Aaron Everett, Dec. 13, 1866, and made her home for nine years in Roxbury and Methuen, Mass. She died in Methuen, Oct. 14, 1875, leaving three sons, Eugene, Russell and Ray- mond. Eugene married in 1890 Myra F. Parker, listed below.
SARAH ANNA MARDEN, (m. Morse) daughter of George and Roxanna (Sanborn) Marden, was born in Chester, May 1, 1851. Educated in the district schools and at the Academy, she taught in Candia in 1868; later in Chester (Knowles and Towle districts) and in West Kingston. She was married to Clarence O. Morse, Nov. 26, 1872, and lived on Walnut Hill until her death, Dec. 7, 1907. Her's was a life of great usefulness in the community. For many years she was a favorite teacher of girls in the Sunday School of the Congre- gational church.
MARSTERS.
ANNA WOODBURY MARSTERS (m. Marston), daughter of Woodbury, and Kezia (Felch) Marsters, born at Chester, May 30, 1859; educated at the district school and Chester Academy. Took a year's course in languages under the tutorage of Rev. Charles Tenney, also a year's course under Miss Lucy P. Greenough; was assistant teacher at Chester Academy in 1879; taught in district No. 4, Chester in 1880; Hampton Falls in 1881. She married Samuel L. Marston and removed to Amesbury, Mass.
MELVIN.
ALBERT THOMAS MELVIN, son of John and Maud (Smith) Melvin, born in Chester, graduate of Pinkerton Academy and Dart- mouth College; taught in Robert College, Turkey, 1905-1908.
HARRIETTE N. MELVIN (Mrs. Charles N. Tibbets), sister of above-named; educated in Derry, Pinkerton Academy; taught, Windham and Derry, 1908-II; Hull, Mass., 1911-13.
HARRIETTE, HELEN and SARAH MELVIN, daughters of Thomas J. and Harriette (Tenney) Melvin, taught with unusual success. Harriette taught at the Chester Academy several terms, and, with her sister Sarah, also taught at Mt. Holyoke Seminary . A former pupil of Miss Harriette Melvin says :
"No teacher excelled her in graceful attitude and clear, concise explanations in the classroom. A teacher whom we instinctively respected and honored, a kindly, consistent Christian example and inspiration for her pupils." Many private pupils sought the assistance of these estimable and efficient teachers, and speak with gratitude of their attainments and character.
CHARLES T. MELVIN, son of Thomas J. and Harriette (Tenney) Melvin taught at intervals during his college and seminary courses.
HARRIETTE A. MELVIN (see sketch of life).
SARAH H. MELVIN, educated at Chester Academy and Mt. Holyoke, post graduate work at Boston School of Technology, was assistant at Chester Academy two years; Boston, Private School two years; Wilmington Academy, Vermont, two terms; Mt. Holyoke College, 1870-1895, 25 years.
HELEN E. MELVIN, educated at Chester Academy and Mt. Holyoke College. She was a teacher at Cornwall, Conn .; Underhill Academy, Vermont; Northfield Seminary, Mass .; Mt. Holyoke, So. Hadley; Constantinople School and College for Girls, 8 years ; classes connected with W. T. C. U. Rooms, Manchester, N. H., two years.
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