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Sarah Cornelia Seward (Seward)
Birth: 6-8-1833
Death: 1891
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"Seward, Sara Conelia, physician, born in Florida N.Y., June 8, 1833; died in Allahabad, India, June 12, 1891. She was the daughter of George W. Seward, youngest brother of William H. Seward, and a sister of the late Rev. S.S. Seward, D. D., and of George F. Seward, ex-United States minister to China. She was graduated at Miss Willardd's Troy Female Seminary, and at the Womans' Medical College in Philadelphia in 1860, and in 1861-'65 was in China with her brother. While she was studying medicine Sir William Muir, Governor of the Northwester Provinces of India, suggested to the Zenana Missionary Society the desirability of having women physicians to practive among the women of India, whom male practioners were never allowed to see. In response to an appeal from the society, Dr. Seward volunteered to go to India, and left New York in December, 1871. She established herself at Allahabad, and labored there with great success till her death, at first under the jurisdiction of the British Government, but for many years under that of the Presbyterian Board of Foreigh Missions of the United States. She had two dispensaries in the city, both of which were visited every day and showed an attendance of from forty to eight patients, and also a large practice in private houses and in missionary families."
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 18, 1864
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 20, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 10, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 5, 1848
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1837
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, January 18, 1835
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1834
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, November 4, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 20, 1833
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: "Seward, Sara Conelia, physician, born in Florida N.Y., June 8, 1833; died in Allahabad, India, June 12, 1891. She was the daughter of George W. Seward, youngest brother of William H. Seward, and a sister of the late Rev. S.S. Seward, D. D., and of George F. Seward, ex-United States minister to China. She was graduated at Miss Willardd's Troy Female Seminary, and at the Womans' Medical College in Philadelphia in 1860, and in 1861-'65 was in China with her brother. While she was studying medicine Sir William Muir, Governor of the Northwester Provinces of India, suggested to the Zenana Missionary Society the desirability of having women physicians to practive among the women of India, whom male practioners were never allowed to see. In response to an appeal from the society, Dr. Seward volunteered to go to India, and left New York in December, 1871. She established herself at Allahabad, and labored there with great success till her death, at first under the jurisdiction of the British Government, but for many years under that of the Presbyterian Board of Foreigh Missions of the United States. She had two dispensaries in the city, both of which were visited every day and showed an attendance of from forty to eight patients, and also a large practice in private houses and in missionary families."
Citation Notes: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041/mediax/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes: Ancestry: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041
http://zarcom.tripod.com/familytree/Seward/Seward_Family_NetVer.htm#JS
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes: She died of cholera in 1891
Ancestry: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041
The Church at Home and Abroad, Volume 10
http://books.google.com/books?id=rdFLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=missionary+Dr+Sara+Seward+India&source=bl&ots=Dj8GcCmBv3&sig=BWYitpjd9gWiRUpbPvMIa-jTMV4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VeGqU8vvCYygyASDz4DoAw&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=missionary%20Dr%20Sara%20Seward%20India&f=false
Biography
"Seward, Sara Conelia, physician, born in Florida N.Y., June 8, 1833; died in Allahabad, India, June 12, 1891. She was the daughter of George W. Seward, youngest brother of William H. Seward, and a sister of the late Rev. S.S. Seward, D. D., and of George F. Seward, ex-United States minister to China. She was graduated at Miss Willardd's Troy Female Seminary, and at the Womans' Medical College in Philadelphia in 1860, and in 1861-'65 was in China with her brother. While she was studying medicine Sir William Muir, Governor of the Northwester Provinces of India, suggested to the Zenana Missionary Society the desirability of having women physicians to practive among the women of India, whom male practioners were never allowed to see. In response to an appeal from the society, Dr. Seward volunteered to go to India, and left New York in December, 1871. She established herself at Allahabad, and labored there with great success till her death, at first under the jurisdiction of the British Government, but for many years under that of the Presbyterian Board of Foreigh Missions of the United States. She had two dispensaries in the city, both of which were visited every day and showed an attendance of from forty to eight patients, and also a large practice in private houses and in missionary families."
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 18, 1864
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 20, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 7, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 10, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 5, 1848
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1837
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, January 18, 1835
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 17, 1834
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, November 4, 1835
Letter from Samuel Sweezey Seward to William Henry Seward, November 21 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, July 20, 1833
Letter from Mary Jennings Seward to Samuel Sweezey Seward, August 15, 1833
Letter from George Washington Seward to William Henry Seward, July 22, 1833
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 13, 1833
Citations
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography:
"Seward, Sara Conelia, physician, born in Florida N.Y., June 8, 1833; died in Allahabad, India, June 12, 1891. She was the daughter of George W. Seward, youngest brother of William H. Seward, and a sister of the late Rev. S.S. Seward, D. D., and of George F. Seward, ex-United States minister to China. She was graduated at Miss Willardd's Troy Female Seminary, and at the Womans' Medical College in Philadelphia in 1860, and in 1861-'65 was in China with her brother. While she was studying medicine Sir William Muir, Governor of the Northwester Provinces of India, suggested to the Zenana Missionary Society the desirability of having women physicians to practive among the women of India, whom male practioners were never allowed to see. In response to an appeal from the society, Dr. Seward volunteered to go to India, and left New York in December, 1871. She established herself at Allahabad, and labored there with great success till her death, at first under the jurisdiction of the British Government, but for many years under that of the Presbyterian Board of Foreigh Missions of the United States. She had two dispensaries in the city, both of which were visited every day and showed an attendance of from forty to eight patients, and also a large practice in private houses and in missionary families."
Citation Notes:
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041/mediax/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Notes:
Ancestry: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041
http://zarcom.tripod.com/familytree/Seward/Seward_Family_NetVer.htm#JS
Citation for Death Info:
Citation Notes:
She died of cholera in 1891
Ancestry: http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26530087/person/12972721041
The Church at Home and Abroad, Volume 10
http://books.google.com/books?id=rdFLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA119&lpg=PA119&dq=missionary+Dr+Sara+Seward+India&source=bl&ots=Dj8GcCmBv3&sig=BWYitpjd9gWiRUpbPvMIa-jTMV4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VeGqU8vvCYygyASDz4DoAw&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=missionary%20Dr%20Sara%20Seward%20India&f=false