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Rosina “Rosa” <I>Lyon</I> Dayfoot

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Rosina “Rosa” Lyon Dayfoot

Birth
New York, USA
Death
26 Aug 1869 (aged 46)
Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Fenton, Genesee County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
plot 304
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DAYFOOT, MRS. R. L., for four years the principal of Fenton Seminary, died in Fenton. Her childhood home was on the banks of the beautiful Cassadaga lake in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. She prepared for Holyoke Seminary at Fredonia Academy in her native county and graduated at Holyoke, Mass. in 1848 while her aunt, Miss Mary Lyon, the founder of that renowned school, was still living, and remained there two years more as a teacher. She died at the age of 45, having been for many years widely known as a teacher in Ohio and Michigan. A husband and 2 daughters survive.
Daughter: Rosa Maria(Dayfoot)Wilson b.1851 d.1933 Delhi Norfolk Ontario Canada. Her husband Samuel Edgar Wilson b.1845 d.1929 Canada
DAYFOOT, MRS. R. L., for four years the principal of Fenton Seminary, died in Fenton. Her childhood home was on the banks of the beautiful Cassadaga lake in Stockton, Chautauqua Co., N.Y. She prepared for Holyoke Seminary at Fredonia Academy in her native county and graduated at Holyoke, Mass. in 1848 while her aunt, Miss Mary Lyon, the founder of that renowned school, was still living, and remained there two years more as a teacher. She died at the age of 45, having been for many years widely known as a teacher in Ohio and Michigan. A husband and 2 daughters survive.
Daughter: Rosa Maria(Dayfoot)Wilson b.1851 d.1933 Delhi Norfolk Ontario Canada. Her husband Samuel Edgar Wilson b.1845 d.1929 Canada

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Our beloved teacher give her the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates.



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