Mary Augustine Barber
Sister Mary Augustine | |
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Jerusha Booth Barber | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Jerusha Booth July 20, 1789 |
| Died | January 1, 1860 (aged 70) Summerville, near Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Mary (b. 1810); Abigail (b. 1811); Susan (b. 1813); Samuel (b. 1814); Josephine (b. 1816) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Order | Visitation of Holy Mary |
| Institute | Georgetown Visitation |
| Profession | Educator |
| Consecration | February 23, 1820 |
| Senior posting | |
Jerusha Booth Barber, in religion, Sister Mary Augustine (née Jerusha Booth; also Mrs. Jerusha Barber; Sister Mary Austin; Sister May Augustin; 1789 - January 1, 1860) was a 19th-century American educator and Visitation sister. She entered the Georgetown Visitation Convent in 1818, with her husband entering the Jesuits. She founded a convent of visitation in Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1836, remaining there till 1844. She taught in a convent in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1844 till 1848, and in Mobile, Alabama, until the time of her death. Her only son, Samuel, became a Jesuit, and her four daughters entered the convent.