Born 1823, Philadelphia, Pa. Described as "one of the most successful teachers at the Keystone Public School" in an 1887 newspaper clipping about her mother's 100th birthday, Mary Emma Edgar was (1888) principal of Secondary School No. 2, 19th Street Above Chestnut. (Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of Philadelphia, First Annual Message of, Vol. 4, 1888) Apparently suffered from some form of disability late in life; died (of breast cancer) at Philadelphia Home for Incurables, a home for permanently disabled, now (2021) known as Inglis House. (death certificate) Possibly the "Mary Edgar, age 30" (sic) residing (1860) with parents James and Frances Edgar (K4/2-3). (1860 U.S. census, Philadelphia)
Born 1823, Philadelphia, Pa. Described as "one of the most successful teachers at the Keystone Public School" in an 1887 newspaper clipping about her mother's 100th birthday, Mary Emma Edgar was (1888) principal of Secondary School No. 2, 19th Street Above Chestnut. (Edwin H. Fitler, Mayor of Philadelphia, First Annual Message of, Vol. 4, 1888) Apparently suffered from some form of disability late in life; died (of breast cancer) at Philadelphia Home for Incurables, a home for permanently disabled, now (2021) known as Inglis House. (death certificate) Possibly the "Mary Edgar, age 30" (sic) residing (1860) with parents James and Frances Edgar (K4/2-3). (1860 U.S. census, Philadelphia)
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