Almira Stetson

Name

Almira Stetson

First Name

Almira

Additional Names

Backus (middle)

Last Name

Stetson (maiden)

Born

22 May 1828

Died

6 March 1916

Parents

James Alexander Stetson (1801-1893)
Dolly Witter Stetson (1807-1899)

Spouse

Courtland Yardley deNormandie (1827-1902)
Unitarian minister (Brooklyn)

Note

Born in Brooklyn, Connecticut
Mentioned in Southworth to GSB letter of 1844-01-12 (John Hay Collection, Brown University) - "P.S. Almira Stetson sends love to you. She is a great advance on the wild uncouth rough she was when I knew her in Brooklyn. She is my sister – more so than Laura or Debrah (?) Southworth, who were born of the same woman with myself."
Also mentioned in 1844-02-11 as visiting Brooklyn (HA 1282, Brown University John Hay Collection)

Associated Causes

Utopianism

Labor, Rights of

Temperance

Women's Rights

Abolition