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Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Elizabeth Potts (née Fitzhugh) Birney (March 25, 1803-Jan. 12, 1869)¹ of Geneva, was also the spouse of Gen. James Gillespie Birney (Feb. 4, 1792-November 1857),