Laura haviland biography

Canadian-born abolitionist and welfare worker. Born Laura Smith on December 20, 1808, in Ontario, Canada; died on April 20, 1898, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; daughter of Daniel and Sene (Blancher) Smith; attended public school in Canada and the Union Free School in Lockport, New York; married Charles Haviland, Jr., on November 3, 1825; children: Harvey S.

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Laura Smith was born in Kitley Township, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, on December 20, 1808, the eldest of eight children of Quaker parents.

Laura Smith Haviland - Wikipedia

Smith found the Quaker faith of her parents to be too rigid, and leaned more toward frontier revivalism which emphasized humanitarianism. She married Charles Haviland, Jr., on November 3, 1825. A young Quaker, Charles shared his wife's religious and humanitarian convictions. In September of 1829, Laura Smith Haviland, Michigan Abolitionist - Tiya Miles, carousel XOTUZ