Person:Mary Smith (1322)

Sister Mary Raphael Smith, Sisters of Charity

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m. Bef 1813

Facts and Events

Name	Sister Mary Raphael Smith, Sisters of Charity
Baptismal Name	Mary Elizabeth Smith
Gender	Female
Birth`^?`	23 Aug 1813	Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States
Other`^?`	1822	Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United Statesattended St. Joseph's Academy
Other`^?`	1 May 1830	Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United Statesentered the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph which became the Daughters of Charity
Death`^?`	2 Mar 1884	Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland, United States

Research Notes

supposedly a niece of Capt. John Smith - proof pending
eventually became the Directress of St. Joseph's Academy
mentioned in 1853 letter to Archbishop (Anthony Blanc: New Orleans, Louisiana) - letter is from Sister Regina Smith - is she a possible relative?
see letters To Madge (Smith) Preston from Sister Mary Raphael and other Sisters from St. Joseph's Academy, circa 1862-1863, 1865, 1867, 1869

References

Family Recorded, in Smith, Mrs. Francis F. "Captain John Smith, Frederick Co. MD., of the Revolution, and some of his ancestors." Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. Volume X. Pages 328-334.

... The daughter of Captain John Smith was Mother Delphina of the Carmelites, of Baltimore, Maryland. His son, John Smith, died in Rome in 1824, a novice, or scholastic, of the Society of Jesus. His niece, Sister Mary Raphael, of the Sisters of Charity, was for many years, the leading spirit of the mother-house at Mt. St. Joseph's, Emmitsburg, Maryland. .