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At the age of ten, the Shadd's moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Mary attended a Quaker School for the next six years. This experience influence dMary later in life, whereby she returned to this location and opened a school for Black children in 1840.
Sat, 1906-04-21. *Mary Washington was born on this date in 1906. She was an African American accountant and CPA. Born in Vicksburg, Miss., Mary Thelma Morrison was the daughter of Daisy and William Morrison, a carpenter, who boasted to friends that his young daughter could read the entire newspaper.at, 1906-04-21. *Mary Washington was born on this date in 1906. She was an African American accountant and CPA. Born in Vicksburg, Miss., Mary Thelma Morrison was the daughter of Daisy and William Morrison, a carpenter, who boasted to friends that his young daughter could read the entire newspaper.