Marion Metcalf
1859-1930
Teacher, family caregiver & congregant
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Marion Metcalf was born in Elyria, Ohio, May 1, 1859, the oldest daughter of Isaac Stevens Metcalf and Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf. She was graduated from the Elyria High School and from Wellesley College. She taught in the Elyria High School and taught the sciences at Wellesley College. She taught Bible at Hampton Institute of Hampton, Va. Miss Metcalf returned to her home in Elyria to care for her motherless younger brothers... --Read full obituary linked below.
- About the collection
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Correspondence, writings, diaries, and journals documenting family and rural life, as well as early business correspondence and records, and a few photographs, all pertaining to Isaac Stevens Metcalf and the Metcalf, Furber, and Putnam families. Family correspondence was used to keep all of the branches of the family in touch with each other when family members moved away. There are many instances where multiple family members wrote on one letter to one or more other family members...
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