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Sarah <I>Harris</I> Fayerweather

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Sarah Harris Fayerweather

Birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
16 Nov 1878 (aged 66)
South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
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South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
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Sarah a resident of Canterbury, CT. Sarah, age 20, was the first Black student to enter The Canterbury Female Boarding School (Prudence Crandall's school for girls) in January 1833. She was married in November 1833 to her husband George Fayerweather III in a double ceremony with her brother Charles and his bride (Sarah's close friend) at the Westminster Congregational Church in Canterbury, CT. On Sept. 9, 1834, the Fayerweathers celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter they named Prudence Crandall Fayerweather - the same evening the academy was attacked by an angry mob.
The Fayerweathers' other children were Sarah(1835), Mary(1837), Isabella(1839), George 4th(1842), Charles(1846)

Source: Some of this information comes from the book titled The Forbidden Schoolhouse by Suzanne Jurmain, copyright 2005.
Sarah a resident of Canterbury, CT. Sarah, age 20, was the first Black student to enter The Canterbury Female Boarding School (Prudence Crandall's school for girls) in January 1833. She was married in November 1833 to her husband George Fayerweather III in a double ceremony with her brother Charles and his bride (Sarah's close friend) at the Westminster Congregational Church in Canterbury, CT. On Sept. 9, 1834, the Fayerweathers celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter they named Prudence Crandall Fayerweather - the same evening the academy was attacked by an angry mob.
The Fayerweathers' other children were Sarah(1835), Mary(1837), Isabella(1839), George 4th(1842), Charles(1846)

Source: Some of this information comes from the book titled The Forbidden Schoolhouse by Suzanne Jurmain, copyright 2005.

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Her's(sic)was a living example of obedience to faith,devotion to her children and a loving , tender interest in all

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