Mary J. Lincoln

After graduating from Wheaton in 1864, Mary J. Lincoln taught at a Vermont country school for a year before marrying David A. Lincoln. Her sister-in-law was Jeannie Woodbury, a trustee at the Wheaton Seminary. Mary and her husband moved to Boston, but when David’s health failed, Mary worked for neighbors as a domestic. In 1879, the Boston Cooking School was established and Mary was recommended to teach there, which she did until 1885. Her first book, Mrs. Lincoln’s Cookbook was published in 1884.

From 1885 to 1889 she taught at Lasell Seminary in Auburndale, MA, and she gathered material for her Boston School Kitchen Textbook (1887), which appeared in many editions until Fannie Farmer took over publication. Among many other titles, Mary published Peerless Cookbook (1886); Carving and Serving (1887); and Frozen Dainties (1902). In 1894 she began a ten year association with American Kitchen Magazine. She was also active with the New England Women’s Press Association. In addition to writing, Mary also lectured extensively after the death of her husband.

Mary E. Lincoln

Mary E. Lincoln graduated in 1866.

Jane Eliza Woodbury

Jane Eliza Woodbury or Jeannie Woodbury, granddaughter of Caleb Woodbury, Sr. and Silence King, was born on March 7, 1945 to Caleb Woodbury Jr. and Mary Eliza Southworth. They lived in Adrien, Michigan and after high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota Jeannie began to teach school at Lake Richmond, Minnesota. In the autumn of 1864 Jeannie enrolled in the Wheaton Female Seminary of Norton and proceeded to teach at Wheaton after gradutation. She married Annes Allen Lincoln, Jr. in the Congregational Church in Norton on October 21, 1868. Jane Woodbury was also Mary J. Lincoln's sister in law. At the Wollaston Congregational Church Jeannie served as president of the Women's Board of Foreign Missions, and presidnet of the Wheaton Club from 1893 to 1896. She and her husband Ames Lincoln were both Trustees of Wheaton Seminary. She had five children and died on September 11, 1926.