Wheaton College - Nike Yearbook (Norton, MA)

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( Bn 1834, the grieving Whea- ton Family of Norton, Massachusetts erected a school for young women to serve as a living memorial in the memory of Eliza Frances Wheaton. Miss Wheaton had passed away early in her married life and the estate that JUDGE LABAN WHEATON AERIAL VIEW OF WHEATON was her wedding present came to serve as Wheaton’s main endowment. The Wheaton family were distin- guished members of the Norton community. Judge Laban Wheaton served the area originally as a Harvard educated physician. In later years, he served terms in the Massachusetts General Court and the Representatives in Washington, DG: His marriage to cousin Fanny Morey , Saver as House of produced two children, each of whom would have an integral part to play in the establishment of the semi- nary. The daughter-in-law of Judge Wheaton, Eliza Bayles Chapin, con- tributed greatly to the new school. Highly educated herself, she firmly believed in the need for women to expand their intellectual horizons. Throughout her long life, until her death in 1905, she played an active Se us tie ELIZA B. WHEATON (1905) role in expanding both the teaching staff and the physical resources of the seminary. Eventually, she had wished to see the seminary evolve into a col- lege. As a result of her careful and wise guidance, that goal materialized only a few years after her death. Both Mrs. Wheaton and her husband La- ban Morey Wheaton took active part in establishing and nuturing the young seminary.

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