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Mary Jemison

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American frontierswoman who was adopted in her teens by the Seneca. Author of A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

United StatesLived 1743 to 1833 · aged 90
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" As a young girl, she was kidnapped and adopted into a Seneca family, assimilating to their culture, marrying twice to Native American men and having children with both. In 1824, she published a memoir of her life.

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"Mary being arrayed in Indian costume", illustration published in an 1856 biography of Jemison"Mary being arrayed in Indian costume", illustration published in an 1856 biography of JemisonStatue of Jemison in upstate New York. 1910 photoStatue of Jemison in upstate New York. 1910 photoStatue of Jemison, near her home in Adams County, Pennsylvania, erected in 1921Statue of Jemison, near her home in Adams County, Pennsylvania, erected in 1921

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Mary Jemison (Deh-he-wä-nis) was a Scots-Irish colonial frontierswoman in Pennsylvania and New York, who became known as the "White Woman of the Genesee." As a young girl, she was kidnapped and adopted into a Seneca family, assimilating to their culture, marrying twice to Native American men and having children with both. In 1824, she published a memoir of her life.

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United States
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Lived 1743 to 1833 · aged 90
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5 languages

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