Category: 1820-1849 (Born)
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Sara A. Fawcett
1846-1899 Sara Fawcett was the first supervisor of drawing in Newark. She had a “strong personality which was a combination of the clean-cut principles of her Puritan ancestors and a breadth of mind, clear vision and great tolerance”. Fawcett School was named in her honor. Students there in 1927 wrote, “She laid a firm and…
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Mary Hazard Avery Hine
1821-1907 Mary Hine was active in Newark civil work, including as 18 year president of the YMCA. Mary was born in Connecticut and married Charles C Hine in St. Louis, MO in 1853. Charles was an insurance journalist, publisher and editor, also working in banking and teaching in his early career. The couple and their…
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Nellie Gray Grashof
c. 1843-1928 Nellie (Ellen) Gray Grashof was a singer, mezzo-soprano, who had a 75 year career. She said, at age 83, “It is music that has kept me alive.” Her death in 1928 ran on the front page of the Newark Evening News. Nellie Gray was born in North Carolina, but came to Newark early…
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Jeannette Gilder
1849-1916 In Newark, Jeannette Gilder worked in the editorial department of the Newark Morning Register, helping her brother launch the paper. Later, she wrote for papers around the country, mainly the Chicago Tribune and published several books. The Newark News said she, “laid the foundation of her literary fame as a newspaper reporter in Newark.”…
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Emma Ward Edwards
1845-1896 Emma Ward Edwards was one of the first woman doctors in New Jersey. She ran a large general practice in Newark, also practicing at the Home of the Aged, and around Newark. Newark News wrote she was “to many households the beloved physician, the sympathizing helpful friend who spared herself no labor to reduce…
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Amanda Minnie Douglas
1831-1916 Amanda Douglas was a children’s author who wrote dozens of published books, with some sources saying 92! The Newark News wrote, “Young and old enjoy her writings” and she “had been a favorite author among thousands of readers.” Amanda was born in New York City, but moved to Newark by 1850, when she appears…
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Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge
1831-1905 Mary Mapes Dodge was a children’s author best known for Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates. She was the founding editor of St. Nicholas Magazine. Mary was born in New York. Sources vary for when she first came to Newark, however, her father, a chemist, agriculturist and professor, is shown in New York on…