Elizabeth Victoria Beers

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MRS ELIZABETH V CLERC BEERS The writer in preparing this memorial of his lifelong and beloved friend desires to acknowledge the kindness of Dr Job Williams principal of the American School for the Deaf at Hartford Conn in obtaining for him the necessary information as to dates facts etc Mrs Beers was born in Hartford on the 25th of March 1820 was married to Mr George Beers May 13 1845 and died May 2 1897 She was a teacher from 1859 to 18S4 in the Hartford school in which her distinguished father Mr Laurent Clerc was so prominent Mrs Beers leaves two children Prof Henry A Beers of Yale College and Mrs Heaton of Hartford Her brother the Rev Francis J Clerc DD is the only surviving member of the family of Mr and Mrs Laurent Clerc Mrs Beers was a woman of remarkable intelligence culture and vivacity and much beloved by a large circle of admiring friends Her devotion to her aged parents during the latter days of their earthly pilgrimage was a striking feature of her Christian character Her death was peaceful and we take comfort in the belief that she is at rest in paradise Thomas Gallaudet

Trivia

• One of her direct descendants is the actor James Spader