Mrs. Collings taught school in Vt in 1862, then New Ipswich till 1865, then Illinois, and then went to New Mexico in 1881 to teach for another 46 yrs! So she had a teaching career that spanned 65 yrs!!
In the 1870 census, she is listed as "keeping house" but in the 1880's census, she's listed as a teacher. Maybe because she had little ones listed on the census, she took time out of teaching to stay at home. 1910 teacher at a mission school in New Mexico.. Her daughter also.
Elizabeth Collings died July 19 1933
If she was teaching in 1862 she must have been at least 20 years old. If she was born in 1842 she lived into her 90s.
Mrs. Collings taught school in Vt in 1862, then New Ipswich till 1865, then Illinois, and then went to New Mexico in 1881 to teach for another 46 yrs! So she had a teaching career that spanned 65 yrs!!
In the 1870 census, she is listed as "keeping house" but in the 1880's census, she's listed as a teacher. Maybe because she had little ones listed on the census, she took time out of teaching to stay at home. 1910 teacher at a mission school in New Mexico.. Her daughter also.