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 1816 - 1901
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| Born |
25 Jan 1816 |
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Female |
| Died |
18 Feb 1901 |
| Notes |
- Nantucket Prospect Hill Cemetery, Lot 505
Anna Gardner, Jan. 25, 1816 - Feb. 18, 1901
Daughter of Oliver C. Gardner and Hannah Macy Gardner. She was a teacher, writer and secretary of the New England Anti-Slavery Society, worker for women's rights, universal suffrage and temperance. She taught at the African School. In 1838, she divided her time teaching at the African School and Nantucket High School with Cyrus Peirce the principal (See Lot 148).
After the Civil War she taught in the schools of New England's Freedman's Bureau in the south. Anna was a poet. In 1881, she published her prose in a book titled Harvest Gleanings. Her poem Nature was included in Lucy Starbuck's collection of island poets, Seaweeds from the Shores of Nantucket. You may view her photographic portrait circa 1850's, circa 1860's in the Nantucket Historical Association collection. Image Number F910. Image Number P1209A.
http://www.prospecthillcemetery.com/index.php?s=milestones
viewed October 19, 2010.
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| Person ID |
I4824 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
Oliver C. Gardner, b. Abt 1788 |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Hannah Macy, b. 28 Feb 1788 |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
09 Apr 1807 |
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA  |
| Family ID |
F1153 |
Group Sheet |
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