Eliza Emily Chappell Porter
Teacher, Deceased Person
1807 – 1888
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Who was Eliza Emily Chappell Porter?
Eliza Emily Chappell Porter was the first public school teacher in Chicago, at Fort Dearborn. She established normal schools, educated settlers and American Indians at Mackinac Island, aided the wounded during the American Civil War as a member of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, participated in the Underground Railroad, and taught freedmen.
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- Born
- Nov 5, 1807
Geneseo - Spouses
- Profession
- Lived in
- Franklin County
- Died
- Jan 1, 1888
Santa Barbara - Resting place
- Rosehill Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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