Frances Theodora Parsons
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Frances Theodora Smith was born in New York in 1861 to Denton Smith, a tea merchant, and Harriet Shelton Smith. She was educated privately at Miss Comstocks School. She is said to have gained her love of botany during summers spent with her grandparents in rural New York state.
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