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'''Hannah Tobey Shapleigh Farmer''' was an American philanthropist and author.<ref name="TheNational1892">{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography |date=1892 |publisher=White |page=362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zZ5ecax4qYC&pg=PA362 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
Hannah Tobey Shapleigh was born in [[Berwick, Maine]], March 20, 1823.<ref name="TheNational1892" /> Her parents were Richard and Olive (Tobey) Shapleigh.<ref name="Brown1900">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=John Howard |title=Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States |date=1900 |publisher=James H. Lamb Company |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWJkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA42 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Hannah had two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth.<ref name="Beedy1895">{{cite book |last1=Beedy |first1=Helen Coffin |title=Mothers of Maine |date=1895 |publisher=Thurston Print |pages=380-91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZnQUZHkZxQC&pg=PA380 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
She married [[Moses G. Farmer|Moses Gerrish Farmer]], December 25, 1844, whom she materially assisted in the development of many important discoveries and inventions.<ref name="Brown1900" /> Only a few days after her marriage, Mrs. Farmer identified herself with the Antislavery Society. Her home at [[Dover, New Hampshire]], soon became a way station of the [[underground railroad]].<ref name="Beedy1895" />
Upon the breaking out of the [[American Civil War|civil war]], and during its continuance, she originated and conducted a series of entertainments for the benefit of the soldiers, by which large sums of money and quantities of supplies were realized and afterwards distributed, more particularly by the treasurer of the Christian Commission.<ref name="TheNational1892" />
In 1888, she erected in [[Eliot, Maine]], to the memory of an infant son, a large edifice, Rosemary Cottage, which afforded shelter and food and comfort to mothers and children. This institution was transferred by her to the care of the City Missionary Society of [[Boston]].<ref name="TheNational1892" />
She contributed both prose and poetry to the general press, writing largely for the advancement of various philanthropic movements.<ref name="Brown1900" /><ref name="TheNational1892" />
==Personal life==
The couple had a daughter, Sarah Jane Farmer.<ref name="TheNational1892" />
She died in Eliot, Maine, June 27, 1891.<ref name="Brown1900" /><ref name="TheNational1892" />
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'''Hannah Tobey Shapleigh Farmer''' was an American philanthropist and author.<ref name="TheNational1892">{{cite book |title=The National Cyclopedia of American Biography |date=1892 |publisher=White |page=362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zZ5ecax4qYC&pg=PA362 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
Hannah Tobey Shapleigh was born in [[Berwick, Maine]], March 20, 1823.<ref name="TheNational1892" /> Her parents were Richard and Olive (Tobey) Shapleigh.<ref name="Brown1900">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=John Howard |title=Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States |date=1900 |publisher=James H. Lamb Company |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mWJkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA42 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Hannah had two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth.<ref name="Beedy1895">{{cite book |last1=Beedy |first1=Helen Coffin |title=Mothers of Maine |date=1895 |publisher=Thurston Print |pages=380-91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZnQUZHkZxQC&pg=PA380 |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
She married [[Moses G. Farmer|Moses Gerrish Farmer]], December 25, 1844, whom she materially assisted in the development of many important discoveries and inventions.<ref name="Brown1900" /> Only a few days after her marriage, Mrs. Farmer identified herself with the Antislavery Society. Her home at [[Dover, New Hampshire]], soon became a way station of the [[underground railroad]].<ref name="Beedy1895" />
Upon the breaking out of the [[American Civil War|civil war]], and during its continuance, she originated and conducted a series of entertainments for the benefit of the soldiers, by which large sums of money and quantities of supplies were realized and afterwards distributed, more particularly by the treasurer of the Christian Commission.<ref name="TheNational1892" />
In 1888, she erected in [[Eliot, Maine]], to the memory of an infant son, a large edifice, Rosemary Cottage, which afforded shelter and food and comfort to mothers and children. This institution was transferred by her to the care of the City Missionary Society of [[Boston]].<ref name="TheNational1892" />
She contributed both prose and poetry to the general press, writing largely for the advancement of various philanthropic movements.<ref name="Brown1900" /><ref name="TheNational1892" />
==Personal life==
The couple had a daughter, Sarah Jane Farmer.<ref name="TheNational1892" />
She died in Eliot, Maine, June 27, 1891.<ref name="Brown1900" /><ref name="TheNational1892" />
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Farmer, Hannah Tobey Shapleigh}}
[[Category:1823 births]]
[[Category:1891 deaths]]
Okumaya devam et...