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Chloe Merrick Reed

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Chloe Merrick (1832–1897) was an American educator who opened a school for freedmen on Amelia Island, Florida. She later married governor Harrison M. Reed.

Merrick was born in Syracuse, New York in 1832 and taught in Syracuse public schools from 1854 to 1856. In 1863 she moved to help freed slaves who had fled to the Union Army lines in Fernandina, Florida. She taught and aided the former slaves, as well as opening an orphan asylum.[1]

She married Harrison M. Reed, governor of Florida from 1868 until 1873, in 1869.[1] She supported legislative efforts to alleviate social problems, improve education and provide relief for the poor. She died in 1897. Listed as a Great Floridian, her plaque is located at the historic Simmons-Merrick House at 102 South 10th Street in Fernandina Beach.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Chloe Merrick Reed Florida Memory (photo from state archives)
  2. ^ Chloe Merrick Waymarking.com

Further reading

  • Chloe Merrick Reed: Freedom's First Lady by Sarah Whitmer Foster and John T. Foster, Jr. The Florida Historical Quarterly Vol. 71, No. 3 (Jan., 1993), pp. 279–299
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