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Fayerweather
Fayerweather may refer to: People * George Fayerweather (c. 1802–1869), American blacksmith *Julia Fayerweather Afong (1840–1919), Hawaiian high chiefess *Sarah Harris Fayerweather (1812–1878), American activist Other uses * Fayerweather Island, island in Connecticut *Fayerweather & Ladew Fayerweather & Ladew was one of the oldest and largest leather manufacturers in the world. It was located in Glen Cove, Long Island. History The company was started in 1870 by Joseph B. Hoyt, Harvey Smith Ladew and Daniel B. Fayerweather as J. B ..., leather manufacturer * George Fayerweather Blacksmith Shop, blacksmith shop in Rhode Island {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fayerweather
George Fayerweather III (c. 1802– 13 November 1869) was an American blacksmith and activist for abolitionism. He was of mixed Narragansett and African descent from South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Early life and education Fayerweather was born to George Fayerweather, a blacksmith who built the 1820 Fayerweather homestead, and a Narragansett woman who was the descendant of a sachem. His father was descended from slaves freed after the American Revolutionary War. Work Like their father, Fayerweather and his brother Solomon took up blacksmithing as a skilled trade, as did several of their descendants. It was a key position in a 19th-century village. Fayerweather moved to Canterbury, Connecticut, where in 1833 he married Sarah Harris (1812–1878), a free black woman born in Norwich, Connecticut Norwich ( ) is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Yantic River, Yantic, Shetucket River, Shetucket, and Quinebaug Rivers flow into the city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Fayerweather Afong
Julia Hope Kamakia Paaikamokalani o Kinau Beckley Fayerweather Afong (February 1, 1840 – February 14, 1919) was a Hawaiian high chiefess who married Chinese millionaire merchant Chun Afong with whom she had sixteen children. She was of British, American and Hawaiian descent. Life She was born on February 1, 1840, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiʻi, the first-born child and daughter of Abram Henry Fayerweather (1812–1850) and Mary Kekahimoku Kolimoalani Beckley (1820–1850). Her family was considered to be of the aliʻi (noble) class. She was the maternal granddaughter of British Captain George Charles Beckley and Ahia, a distant relation of the reigning House of Kamehameha and descendant of the 15th-century King Līloa. Her two sisters were Mary Jane Fayerweather Montano, Mary Jane Fayerweather Davison Montano (1840–1918), who married American pharmacist Benoni Richmond Davison and Colombian photographer Andreas Avelino Montano, and Hannah Fayerweather Bell (1843–1870), who ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Harris Fayerweather
Sarah Harris Fayerweather (April 16, 1812 – November 16, 1878) was an African-American activist, abolitionist, and school integrationist. Beginning in January 1833, at the age of twenty, she attended Prudence Crandall's Prudence Crandall House, Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, the first integrated school in the United States. Early life Fayerweather was born Sarah Ann Major Harris on April 16, 1812, in Norwich, Connecticut. The daughter of William Monteflora Harris and Sally Prentice Harris, both of whom were free farmers, Fayerweather was of African and French West Indian descent and the second oldest of twelve children. Her father, William Harris, was a prominent advocate for civil rights in Norwich, Connecticut, who strongly believed that education was the key to social and economic progress. The Harris family first attended the Second Congregational Church of Norwich, a predominantly white congregation that openly sought out African Americans. Here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayerweather Island
Fayerweather Island is a -acre land mass in Long Island Sound. Part of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, it is located south of the city's Seaside Park. The island contains a resurgent coastal forest composed primarily of white oak (''Quercus alba'') and Eastern red cedar (''Juniperus virginiana'') growth. It is home to the Black Rock Harbor Light, built in 1823, at the mouth of Black Rock Harbor. Physical description *Elevation: ~. *NOAA maintains weather station FWIC3 on the island. History *1807: Island purchased from David Fayerweather by the US Government. *1823: The present lighthouse was built, with four-foot-thick rubble walls faced with brownstone ashlar, to replace an earlier wooden structure that had been washed away in a hurricane. A keeper's house was constructed at the same time. *1837–38: A granite seawall—called "the fortification"—was constructed to help maintain the integrity of the island and lighthouse station. It was extended across what had bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayerweather & Ladew
Fayerweather & Ladew was one of the oldest and largest leather manufacturers in the world. It was located in Glen Cove, Long Island. History The company was started in 1870 by Joseph B. Hoyt, Harvey Smith Ladew and Daniel B. Fayerweather as J. B. Hoyt & Co. Edward R. Ladew became a partner in 1877, and Joseph Harvey Ladew, Sr., became a partner in the company on February 1, 1889. References Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1905 Leathermaking Glen Cove, New York 1905 disestablishments in New York (state) Manufacturing companies established in 1870 1870 establishments in New York (state) Ladew family {{DEFAULTSORT:Fayerweather and Ladew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
