Hill, Katharine Louisa Smith, 1847-1935.
Katharine Louisa (Smith) Hill was the daughter of Catharine Rachel (Childs) Smith and Augustus William Smith (1802-1866), the professor of mathematics of the founding faculty of Wesleyan University and the fifth president of Wesleyan. She married Walter Nickerson Hill, a civilian research chemist for the U.S. Navy, in 1877; he was killed in an explosion in New Jersey in 1884. As a widow with three small children, Hill settled in Newport, R.I., where she had relatives, taught private school, and was an active church member and director of the Newport Historical Society.
From the description of Papers, 1800-1967 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006647
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| creatorOf | Hill, Katharine Louisa Smith, 1847-1935. Papers, 1800-1967 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Walter Nickerson Hill Papers, Hill (Walter Nickerson) Papers, (bulk 1870-1884), 1860-1905 | John Hay Library, Special Collections |
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| associatedWith | Childs, Catharine Ledyard, 1789- | person |
| associatedWith | Childs family. | family |
| associatedWith | Childs, Perry G., 1779-1835. | person |
| associatedWith | Hill family. | family |
| associatedWith | Hill, Katharine Ledyard. | person |
| associatedWith | Hill, Walter Nickerson, 1846-1884. | person |
| associatedWith | Ledyard family. | family |
| associatedWith | Ledyard, Lewis Cass, 1851-1932. | person |
| associatedWith | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, Augustus William, 1802-1866. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith family. | family |
| associatedWith | Smith, Helen Fairchild. | person |
| associatedWith | Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915. | person |
| associatedWith | Wells College. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wesleyan University | corporateBody |
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Birth 1847
Death 1935
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