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Smith, Jane Luella Dowd

educator, author, poet, was born June 6, 1847, in Sheffield, Mass. At the age of eighteen she graduated from the Westfield Normal school. After teaching school for a year, she entered the Ladies' seminary of North Granville, New York, where she graduated valedictorian of the class in 1868. She attained success in educational work; was principal of the South Hampton High school, Sheffield High school, Stamford High school, and the South Egremont academy. In 1875 she was married to Dr. Henry H. Smith of Hudson, N. Y. She is the author of three volumes of verse, entitled Wayside Leaves; Wind Flowers; and Flowers from Foreign Fields.