Healy family of Georgia
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Healy family of Georgia became notable in U.S. history because three of their children achieved significant firsts as African Americans in the United States during the second half of the 19th century. Born in Jones County, Georgia to Mary Eliza and Michael Morris Healy, the children were of both Irish-American and African American heritage. In an era preceding the American Civil War when it was unlawful to educate them in Georgia, they benefited from their…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Healy family of Georgia became notable in U.S. history because three of their children achieved significant firsts as African Americans in the United States during the second half of the 19th century. Born in Jones County, Georgia to Mary Eliza and Michael Morris Healy, the children were of both Irish-American and African American heritage. In an era preceding the American Civil War when it was unlawful to educate them in Georgia, they benefited from their parent''s ability to obtain an education for them in Northern states. They attended a combination of Quaker and later Catholic schools in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Canada. Of the nine who lived to adulthood, three of the boys became ordained Catholic priests and educators. All three girls became nuns, one of whom also attained a rank of Mother Superior and was a noted educator as well. Another son joined the United States Revenue Cutter Service, a predecessor of the U.S. Coast Guard, and achieved notability serving for more than 20 years along the 20,000 mile coastline of the newly acquired Territory of Alaska.