Peake, Mary S., 1823-1862
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found: Lockwood, L. Mary S. Peake, 1862:t.p. (colored teacher at Fortress Monroe) p. 5, etc. (Mary Smith Kelsey; b. Norfolk, Va. 1823; married Thomas Peake 1851; d. 2/22/1862)
found: LC in RLIN, 1/31/94(hdg.: Peake, Mary S., 1823-1862; usage: Mary S. Peake)
found: NUC pre-1956(Peake, Mary Smith (Kelsey), 1823-1862)
found: African American National Biography, accessed September 6, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Peake, Mary S.; Mary Smith Kelsey; early childhood educator; born 1823 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States; received schooling in Washington, D.C.; joined the First Baptist Church in Norfolk; relocated to Hampton, Virginia (1847) and established the Daughters of Zion, a benevolent society; was forced to relocate during the Civil War (1861), settled near Fortress Monroe; began a school for freed and runaway slaves emancipated by the Civil War (1861); Reverend Lewis C. Lockwood brought her school under the auspices of American Missionary Association (AMA); her school became the Butler School (1865), located on Hampton Creek and run by General Samuel Chapman Armstrong (1868), chartered as Hampton Institute (1869); was a recipient of the American Tract Society's Medal of Praise; a housing development in Norfolk was named Peake's Point in her honor (1941); died 22 February 1862 in Hampton, Virginia, United States)
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1994-01-31: new
2015-09-02: revised
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