death_date children denomination birth_date term residence organization death_place birth_name title spouse name occupation death_cause resting_place years_active birth_place monuments parents known_for movement article_title home_town
1 january 1888 nine presbyterian 05 november 1807 july 1863 -- ? mackinac michigan green bay , wisconsin island , michigan fort dearborn , chicago , u.s. sanitary commission santa barbara , california eliza emily chappell associate director , northwest sanitary commission rev. jeremiah porter eliza emily chappell porter teacher pneumonia rosehill cemetery , chicago 1823 -- 1875 geneseo , new york eliza chappell school , chicago robert chappell elizabeth kneeland chappell first public school teacher in chicago underground railroad eliza emily chappell porter
 franklin county , new york
eliza emily chappell porter

eliza emily chappell porter -lrb- november 5 , 1807 -- january 1 , 1888 -rrb- was the first public school teacher in chicago , at fort dearborn .
she established normal schools , educated settlers and american indians at mackinac island , aided the wounded during the american civil war as a member of the u.s. sanitary commission , participated in the underground railroad , and taught freedmen .
