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Ellen Nellie <I>Rudolph</I> Rockwell

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Ellen "Nellie" Rudolph Rockwell

Birth
Death
16 Nov 1933 (aged 88)
Queens, Queens County, New York, USA
Burial
Proctor, Rutland County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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• Younger sister of Lucretia Rudolph who became Mrs. James A. Garfield.(First Lady)
• Very well educated, graduated from Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio. Could proably read Greek & Latin texts as did her sister, Lucretia, and probably continued to study on her own as did Lucretia.
• Wrote eloquent letters - see archival materials for one or two that survive.
• Devoted wife & mother; much loved.
• Always lived with her unmarried daughters, Bertha & Ethel Rockwell.
• Younger sister of Lucretia Rudolph who became Mrs. James A. Garfield.(First Lady)
• Very well educated, graduated from Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio. Could proably read Greek & Latin texts as did her sister, Lucretia, and probably continued to study on her own as did Lucretia.
• Wrote eloquent letters - see archival materials for one or two that survive.
• Devoted wife & mother; much loved.
• Always lived with her unmarried daughters, Bertha & Ethel Rockwell.


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