Frederick Ayer (missionary)

Frederick Ayer
Born1803 (1803)
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Died28 September 1867(1867-09-28) (aged 63–64)
OrganizationAmerican Missionary Association
SpouseElizabeth Taylor Ayer

Frederick Ayer (1803 - 28 September 1867) was a missionary from the American Missionary Association who worked with the Ojibwe in Minnesota and Wisconsin. After the Civil War, he went to Atlanta, Georgia in 1865 to help set up schools for newly freed slaves (freedmen).

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