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carefully selected teachers and the private schools between the regular terms. Teachers were secured from Brown University, among them Dr. Theophilus Hutchins and Francis Wheaton, and later Charles A. Snow, afterwards a Baptist minister. Some of the women teachers here were of unusual excellence, as Amelia D. Blanding, Susan and Elizabeth Blanding, and Elizabeth B. Pierce. Nearly forty young pupils have received here their pre- paration for service as teachers.
It should be stated that several of the districts had libraries of their own. Every district raising $30 for this purpose was assisted by the State. There was such a library in the Village (district number 7), kept in J. C. Marvel's store, which was frequently con- sulted. The remains of such a library are still to be seen at the Bliss School (number 5). In most cases, however, the old books have become scattered and lost.
An interesting event connected with our common schools was the fortieth reunion of the pupils of Mrs. Elizabeth Z. Baker, fourteen in number, at the Hornbine School (number 10) in Oc- tober, 1909. Other pupils also and friends of the school were pres- ent, exercises being held in the church, and Mrs. Baker and her class of fourteen were photographed.
Among the men and women who have been effective workers for the welfare of the Rehoboth schools may be mentioned Ira Perry, L. Morse, Esq., Asaph L. Bliss, George H. Carpenter, John C. Marvel, James Blanding, William D. Hunt, Francis A. Bliss, Elizabeth B. Pierce, and Charlotte W. Brown.
Taken as a whole the Rehoboth schools will compare favorably with those of other country towns, having maintained an ex- ceptionally high standard. Many bright girls have become suc- cessful teachers, even without the advantages of a normal training. Men of affairs have also received here their preparation for a suc- cessful career. Ex-Governor John W. Davis, Philip Munroe, Marsden J. Perry, Nathaniel B. Horton, Henry T. Horton, Jere- miah W. Horton, Edwin R. Bosworth, and William W. Bland- ing may be mentioned with numerous others.
In addition to the common district schools, several private schools have been opened with greater or less success. About the years 1830-35, Rev. Otis Thompson, who had trained at the Rehoboth parsonage no less than fifteen young ministers for their calling, taught a select school in his own house, which was highly
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advantageous to the young people who attended it. There was later a movement for a select school of advanced grade in the An- nawan neighborhood, taught by Mr. J. K. Metcalf and others, and a building was erected about 1845 or 1846.
THE BICKNELL ERA
The years 1854 to 1858 constitute a period of special intel- lectual activity in the Rehoboth schools. The entire town felt the thrill of a new literary impulse, and youthful minds and hearts were stirred with high resolves as never before nor since. The oc- casion of this revival of learning was the coming to town of a tall, athletic youth of nineteen whose every fibre tingled with enthusiasm. He was Thomas Williams Bicknell of Barrington, R.I. It was in the autumn of 1853 that John C. Marvel, pruden- tial committee of district number 7, engaged young Bicknell to teach the winter term of four months in the "Old Red School- house." He was to have twenty-five dollars a month and "board around." He received his certificate from Rev. C. P. Grosvenor, chairman of the School Committee, without an examination. He had the "privilege of warming all the beds in the district and of assisting in the disposal of all the spareribs, sausages and mince- pies between Dea. Josephus Smith's and John Hicks' on the south and the hospitable mansions of Otis Goff, Dea. Brown, Nelson Goff, and others on the north." The "Old Red" was well filled with scholars. Dea. E. A. Brown sent three, including Ed- ward, afterwards a distinguished lawyer. The Hortons sent six, one of whom, Jeremiah, became Mayor of Newport, R.I., and another, Henry, represented Rehoboth in the State Legislature. The Luthers sent two fine scholars, William H. and Lydia J. Otis Goff sent three, and Nelson Goff sent his son George Nelson who was to be state senator from Rehoboth. The school, a live one, fed from a live wire, led the van, with the Blanding School a close second. Its teacher was Amelia D. Blanding, who after- wards fell in love with and married the young schoolmaster from Rhode Island. At the close of the term Mr. Bicknell returned to his class in Amherst College, but the next winter he was back again in the "Old Red" with a four months' contract and with interest unabated. No sooner had the term closed than he opened a private school in the same place in April, 1855, with forty pupils. These seven months with those of the winter before won the young
HON. THOMAS WILLIAMS BICKNELL, LL.D.
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teacher much local fame, and visitors flocked from far and near to see the wheels of learning spin. Of this experience he writes: "My pupils were my companions out of school and I was their playmate, while in the schoolroom I never failed to receive their unbounded respect." The term closed in June with an exhibition in the town hall. The following year, from August, 1855, to Aug- ust, 1856, Mr. Bicknell spent in the West and taught in Elgin, Illinois. But in September, 1856, he was back once more in old Rehoboth at the call of Mrs. Deacon Brown, and started a select school in the Congregational vestry which opened with fifty pu- pils. The tuition was from three to six dollars for a twelve weeks' term. Pupils of all grades came from Rehoboth, Dighton, Norton, Swansea, Seekonk, East Providence and other towns. The ad- vanced students took Algebra, Geometry, Book-keeping, Latin and Greek with the usual etceteras of a high-school. As there were numerous classes, Mr. Bicknell was assisted by Simeon Hunt (later a physician) and Amelia D. Blanding. Special literary exercises were held every Friday, and a paper edited by the pupils was read. The interest was universal and there was talk of erect- ing a High-school building if Mr. Bicknell would promise to stay.
No sooner was this term ended than he was engaged to teach for the third time, the winter term in the "Old Red," which was filled to overflowing. After four months here, he went directly to the Congregational vestry again and began another select school with advanced studies. This was in April, 1857. He taught this term of twelve weeks and another in the autumn of sixteen weeks, when the number of pupils reached seventy-three. Fifteen of them had been teachers, and they made the school earn- est, efficient and successful. "We all lived, worked and loved as a family of brothers and sisters. On the playground as in the schoolroom each recognized his place and relation and sought the individual in the common good."
At a great public exhibition in the meeting-house, which closed his labors in Rehoboth, Mr. Bicknell was presented by his pupils with a beautiful quarto Bible in an eloquent speech by Edward P. Brown.
Mr. Bicknell's work in the Rehoboth schools covers, all told, two full years of fifty week seach, a period never to be forgotten by those who shared its privileges. He left to complete at Brown Uni- versity the course which he had begun at Amherst College in 1853.
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for a time, taught by Edwin Greene and Randall White, both from Thetford Academy, Vt., who were followed by Ebenezer Gay and others; but the climax had been reached, the number fell off and the interest waned.
Some of the more prominent of Mr. Bicknell's pupils, in ad- dition to those already named, were Darius and Lyman Goff of Pawtucket, distinguished in the business world, Frank M. Bird, prominent citizen of Canton. Several were in the Civil War,- Francis A. Bliss, Quartermaster-Sergeant; Edward P. Brown, promoted to the rank of Major, James P. Brown, and Howard Drown, both killed in battle. Mark O. Wheaton served through the war, as did William H. Luther, Sergeant, also for many years town clerk; Charles Perry, representative to the Massachusetts General Court; Maria Lewis (Mrs. Manchester), organizer and leader of reforms in Providence, R.I .; Elizabeth B. Pierce, queen among teachers, and other successful teachers as well as men of affairs in various communities. One result of this educational awakening was that several young men went to study at the Thet- ford Academy, Vermont, under the instruction of Dr. Hiram Or- cutt, a noted educator. These were: Francis A. Bliss, William H. Luther, William Cole, Stephen Moulton, Otis Horton, and Ed- ward P. Brown.
THE CONSOLIDATION EXPERIMENT
In projecting the first Antiquarian Hall in 1885, Mr. Tilton, at that time chairman of the School Committee, cherished the idea that better privileges might be given the children of the near-by districts by bringing them together into a central school better equipped and graded. To this end the building was planned to include a large schoolroom with a recitation room opening out of it on one side and the Blanding library on the other. These schoolrooms were well ventilated and equipped with modern furnishings, - desks, blackboards, maps, etc., and first-class teach- ers placed in charge.
Arrangements were perfected to take the children to and fro each day in safety and comfort. Mr. P. E. Wilmarth purchased an ample barge for his neighborhood, which he drove himself and took much pains to promote the enterprise; others co-operated, and the children of four districts were brought together: those of the Village, the Annawan, the Blanding, and the Bliss districts.
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The term began in September, 1885, with Miss E. B. Pierce as principal and Miss Laura A. Hardy, assistant. The following or winter term, 1885-6 was taught by Mr. John Barrett, now Direc- tor-General of the Pan-American Union at Washington, D.C. The plan was working well and there was every reason to expect suc- cess - except one - the people as a whole were not ready for the change. They preferred to have their children gathered in the small schoolhouses of their own neighborhood, and some admitted that they wanted their share of the school money spent within the districts, thus giving employment to young teachers and saving the board and wood money to the district. Petitions were cir- culated to return to the old way. The Committee and the friends of the movement still hoped to stem the opposition, but the matter was made an issue in the election of a new School Committee, and Mr. Tilton was retired, eighty-nine to seventy-eight, March 1, 1886, and the old order was resumed.
A convincing view of the "Central School," as it was designated, including teachers and pupils standing in front of the hall, may be seen on another page. The friends of the movement, loth to turn back, maintained a private school at the hall for a number of years. Thirty years have passed and the plan thus contravened has elsewhere proved its excellence. Desiring to honor the teach- ers of Rehoboth, past and present, we have introduced the names and faces of a goodly number in this history.1
Here may be mentioned an enterprise of some educational value and in many ways a help to the communal life of the town,- the establishment of the Rehoboth Townsman, an eight-page weekly paper published by Perry and Barnes of North Attle- borough. There were several correspondents representing different parts of the town, who sent their news items each week. The first issue was Saturday, Dec. 5, 1885, and the last, July 28, 1894, covering a period of eight years and seven months. The paper was discontinued for lack of pecuniary support. There is extant a complete file of the Townsman preserved by Mrs. Paschal E. Wilmarth of Rehoboth.
THE REHOBOTH INSTITUTE for mutual improvement was formed Nov. 19, 1846: President, Jonathan Wheaton; Secretary, John C. Marvel. Meetings were held on Thursday evenings, sometimes
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in the school-houses. Rev. John C. Paine took a prominent part in the debates. Number of members thirty-eight.
THE REHOBOTH LYCEUM ASSOCIATION was organized in the Congregational vestry, Dec. 20, 1882, Rev. George H. Tilton, President and C. C. Viall, Secretary. Meetings were held Friday evenings, with debates, singing and readings. Practical questions were discussed relating to Woman Suffrage, Prohibition, the In- dians, etc. Among the leading debaters were John C. Marvel, William H. Luther, George H. Tilton, Thomas R. Salsbury and Charles Perry. Among the singers were C. C. Viall, Edward Medbury, Charles Perry, Nathan Bowen, Mary B. Goff, Angie (Bliss) Goff, Hannah (Patten) Goff, and Clarissa Barnaby, reader.
HON. JOHN COTTON MARVEL Postmaster at Rehoboth, 1843 to 1897.
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1. MARIA BAKER (Rounds) GRAVES, daughter of Joshua and Mary Ann (Baker) Rounds, was born March 23, 1856, in Swan- sea, Mass. Educated in the public schools of Swansea and Warren High School. Taught in Rehoboth from 1873 to 1888, in the Long Hill, Hornbine, and Harris Schools. Married Aug. 3, 1886, Zephaniah Waldo, son of Zephaniah and Anna A. Graves.
Has two children: Jennie Louise and Grace May.
2. ALICE AUGUSTA GOFF, daughter of George Nelson and Julia Bishop (Horton) Goff, was born in Rehoboth, Aug. 19, 1866. Educated in the Rehoboth public schools and graduated from the Providence High School with the class of 1886. Took a course at Providence in kindergarten work. Taught in the Stevens, Wheeler, Peck, Blanding, and Village Schools of Rehoboth, from 1886 to 1913. Also wrote in Registry of Deeds in Taunton for several years. Died Dec. 9, 1913.
3. CLEORA M. (Perry) BLISS, daughter of Ira and Emily (Reed) Perry, was born in Rehoboth, Sept. 24, 1857. Educated in the public schools and Bridgewater Normal School, graduating from the latter in the class of 1875. Taught the Harris, Stevens and Perry Schools in Rehoboth, and also taught in Attleborough. Period of teaching from September, 1875, to March, 1883. Married James Walter, son of George W. and Betsey (Bowen) Bliss, April 19, 1883. Died Oct. 18, 1916.
Three children: Richard, Mildred E. and Warren.
4. VIRGINIA ADELAIDE BOWEN, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (George) Bowen, was born in Rehoboth, April 23, 1860. Educated in the public schools and East Greenwich Academy, Rhode Island. Taught the Bliss School from 1880 to 1882. Mar- ried March 2, 1882, Oscar Edward, son of Osborn and Harriet (Seagraves) Perry, all of Rehoboth.
Children: Edward Bowen, Oscar Seagraves, Ernest George, Ralph Osborn, Robert Seagraves, Clara Adelaide, Frederick Nichols, and Harriet Ellen.
5. ELLEN MARIA (Bowen) MARSH, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (George) Bowen, was born in Rehoboth April 11, 1843. Educated in the public schools and the Bicknell High School. Graduated from Day's Academy in Wrentham in 1860. Taught
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the Bliss and Annawan Schools in Rehoboth from 1860 to 1863. Married, July 27, 1871, George W. Marsh of Providence, R.I.
6. ANGELINE SHEPHERDSON (Bliss) GOFF, daughter of George Ellis and Ann M. (Walker) Bliss, was born in Rehoboth Oct. 30, 1843. Educated in the public schools and the Bicknell High School. Taught nine years in the Rehoboth Schools. Married June 17, 1868, Henry Childs Goff, son of George E. and Maria (Goff) Goff.
7. DELIGHT CARPENTER (Reed) MACNEIL, daughter of Gus- tavus and Electa (Miller) Reed, was born Feb. 14, 1856, in Reho- both. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and also received private instruction. Taught thirty-five years, beginning in 1874, and re- signing in 1909. Taught the Horton and Harris Schools, con- tinuing in the latter for twenty-five years. Married, May 2, 1911, Thomas, son of James MacNeil.
8. HARRIET AMELIA (Horton) CARPENTER, daughter of Tamer- line and Amanda (Walker) Horton, was born in Rehoboth, Dec. 29, 1839. Mrs Carpenter was educated in the public schools of her native town and attended every term of the private school taught by Thomas W. Bicknell. She taught the Blanding, An- nawan, and Oak Swamp Schools in town, and also taught in Digh- ton. Married James Perry Carpenter, son of Nathan and Mina (Perry) Carpenter, Aug. 14, 1862.
Children: Louis Francis, Flora Amanda, Clara Amelia, and George William.
9. ELIZABETH BESAYADE PIERCE. (See sketch in Biographical chapter.)
10. ELIZABETH MARTIN (Carpenter) GOFF, daughter of Dewitt Clinton Carpenter and Vashti (Carpenter) Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth Oct. 14, 1863. Educated in the public schools of Reho- both. Taught the Willis and Blanding Schools in town from 1883 to 1890. Also taught in Seekonk. Married, May 1, 1890, Albert Carpenter Goff, son of George Nelson and Julia Bishop (Horton) Goff.
Children: Clinton Nelson, Annie Carpenter, Eleanor Elizabeth, and Royal Bishop.
11. MARY BULLOCK GOFF, daughter of Otis and Cynthia (Smith) Goff, was born in Rehoboth, Aug. 9, 1843. Educated in the Rehoboth Schools and attended every term of the Bicknell High School. Taught from 1861 to 1885, mostly in the public schools of Rehoboth, including the Village School, in district number 7. Was organist in the Village Church for more than forty years. Was a good singer and very helpful in the choir. She traveled abroad extensively with her cousin, Mrs. Sarah Steele. Died June 6, 1915.
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12. AMANDA MARIA (Horton) BROWN, daughter of Tamerline and Amanda (Walker) Horton, was born in Rehoboth, July 24, 1837. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and attended every term of the Bicknell High School. Taught several terms in the Long Hill School, and also in Dighton. Married July 12, 1860, Arnold DeForest Brown, son of Eleazer and Charlotte Wright (Peck) Brown.
Children: Walter DeForest and Cora.
13. AMELIA ANNA (Horton) CARPENTER, daughter of George Henry and Charlotte Anna (Goff) Horton, was born in Rehoboth, Aug. 18, 1872. Was educated in the public schools and the Providence Normal School. Began teaching in 1890. Taught in the Hornbine, Wheeler, and Village Schools, also in See- konk. Married Oct. 27, 1898, Edwin Stanton Carpenter, son of Thomas Williams and Mary W. (Seagraves) Carpenter.
One son, Earle Stanton Carpenter, born Dec. 26, 1902.
14. CLARA GEORGE (Bowen) VIALL, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (George) Bowen, was born in Rehoboth Feb. 28, 1855. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and at the Mount Pleasant Academy in Providence, R.I. Taught from 1876 to 1881, in the Bliss, Peck, and Annawan Schools. Married, April 14, 1881, Christopher Carpenter, son of Samuel and Mary A. (Kent) Viall.
Children: Annie George, and Mary Adelaide.
15. SARAH MURRAY (Blanding) BOWEN, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Blanding, was born in Rehoboth June 21, 1827. Educated in the Blanding School, public and private. Taught in Swansea. Married, Feb. 23, 1865, Reuben, son of Ephraim and Rhoda (Bates) Bowen. Died Dec. 31, 1911.
Children: William Blanding, Elizabeth Carpenter, Murray James, and Susan Augusta.
16. CATHERINE WALTON (Bowen) EARLE, daughter of Reuben and Sarah (George) Bowen, was born in Rehoboth, March 24, 1850. Educated in the Rehoboth Schools and the Bridgewater Normal School. Taught from 1870 to 1877 in the Long Hill and Village Schools, and in Seekonk. Married, June 15, 1875, Joseph Franklin Earle, son of John and Rebecca (Horton) Earle.
Children: Edward Franklin, Howard Walton, Nellie Maria, and John William.
17. FLORA AMANDA (Carpenter) McKECHNIE, daughter of James P. and Harriet A. (Horton) Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth, Jan. 7, 1866. Attended the Blanding School, taught by Elizabeth B. Pierce, who was her only teacher. Taught from 1884 to 1896 in the Oak Swamp, Palmer's River, and Willis Schools. Married Dougald McKechnie, Dec. 29, 1898.
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1. HANNAH S. (Horton) FISHER, daughter of Henry Slade and Arabella (Simmons) Horton, was born in Rehoboth in 1842. Ed- ucated in the public schools of Rehoboth and taught in the An- nawan School, also several years in Attleborough. Married, June 10, 1877, John, son of Emulous and Cordelia Fisher of At- tleborough.
Twin children: Gertrude and Grace.
2. MARTHA SMITH (Nash) BOWEN, daughter of Daniel and Amanda (Goff) Nash, was born in Rehoboth, March 13, 1832. Taught several years in Rehoboth, in the Bliss, Peck, Willis, and other schools. Was chosen on the School Committee, March, 1880, and held the office two years when she moved to Seekonk, where she died in 1895. Mrs. Bowen was much interested in education, a great reader, and in many ways a superior woman. Married Nelson, son of Palman and Mary Bowen of Seekonk.
3. ETHEL LOUISE HORTON, daughter of Josephus Wheaton and Mary Emeline (Bosworth) Horton, was born in Rehoboth, July 23, 1883. Educated in the Rehoboth schools, the Taunton High School, and the Hyannis Normal School. Taught the Palmer's River School four years, beginning in 1902, during which time the new school-house was built. Has since taught in the Oak Swamp School.
4. MARTHA EVELYN DEAN, daughter of Benjamin and Polly French (Cole) Dean, was born in Rehoboth, July 23, 1849. Ed- ucated in the Rehoboth schools and attended the East Green- wich Academy, Rhode Island. Taught many years in the Stevens, Bliss, Willis, Wheeler, Peck, Village, Annawan, Oak Swamp, and Palmer's River Schools, also in Attleborough, Seekonk, and West Mansfield.
5. ALMA EVELYN (Smith) LEWIS, daughter of Remember and Sarah Bliss (Carpenter) Smith, was born in Rehoboth, June 20, 1854. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and attended Bristol Academy in Taunton. Taught from 1874 to 1886, the Wheeler, Long Hill, Annawan, Stevens and Perry Schools. Married, April 13, 1884, Albert R., son of William and Mary (Cole) Lewis.
One son: Maynard Carpenter Lewis.
6. LEPHE JANE (Peck) MOORHOUSE, daughter of Royal Car- penter and Lois M. (Drown) Peck, was born in Rehoboth, Sept. 26, 1885. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and attended Bris- tol Academy in Taunton. Taught the Bliss, Wheeler, Long Hill, and Horton Schools. Married, Oct. 16, 1887, John, son of James and Mary Moorhouse.
Children: Lephe Matilda and Lois Jane.
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Adaline (Tallman) Cole, was born in Providence, R.I. Educated in the public schools of Providence, graduating from the High School with the class of 1890. Came to Rehoboth to live in 1908 and began teaching the Bliss School in 1909, which position she still holds.
8. HARRIET EMMA (Perry) ROUNDS, daughter of Osborn and Harriet (Seagraves) Perry, was born in Rehoboth, Nov. 30, 1854. Attended the Rehoboth schools, the Pawtucket Grammar School and graduated from the Providence Normal School with the class of 1874. Taught the Bliss and Stevens Schools in Rehoboth from 1874 to 1878. Married, Nov. 16, 1880, Eugene B., son of Joseph and Elizabeth A. (Carey) Rounds.
Children: Hattie A., Edith and Ethel (twins), Elizabeth, Ger- trude and Dorothea.
9. FRANCES MARIA (Carpenter) BLISS, daughter of Ira and Mary Ann (Hall) Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth, Nov. 16, 1840. Educated in the public schools of Rehoboth, the Bicknell High School, also the High School in Fall River. Taught in the Perry, Harris and Stevens Schools from 1860 to 1864. Also taught in East Providence and Seekonk. Married, Dec. 24, 1867, Francis Abiah, son of Abiah and Julia Ann (Sturtevant) Bliss. Died Aug. 27, 1914.
Children: Albert Abiah, Martha Bird, Adeline Hall, Mary Carpenter, Thomas Kent, and Charles Sturtevant.
10. SARA MARIA CUSHING, daughter of Edwin F. and Sara Bradford (Medbury) Cushing, was born in Rehoboth, March 14, 1858. Educated in the public schools of Rehoboth. Taught the Willis School from 1876 to 1882. Married, Oct. 13, 1882, Samuel M., son of William and Laura J. Atkinson of Providence, R.I.
Children: Mabel Laura and Emma Bradford.
11. HARRIET AMELIA (Carpenter) REED, daughter of Thomas Williams and Mary Walker (Seagraves) Carpenter, was born in Rehoboth, Aug. 25, 1856. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and the Pawtucket High School. Taught the Long Hill, Oak Swanp, Horton, Peck, and Bliss Schools from 1873 to 1879. Married, Jan. 6, 1880, Almon Augustus, son of Dea. Gustavus and Electa (Miller) Reed. Died March 22, 1910.
Children: Annie Brown, Marion Carpenter, John Leonard, Almon Augustus, Helen Electa, Mary Delight and Amelia.
12. MARTHA BIRD BLISS, daughter of Francis Abiah and Frances (Carpenter) Bliss, was born in Rehoboth, Aug. 28, 1871. Educated in the Rehoboth schools and the High School in Scranton, Penn. Taught three years in the Bliss School, beginning in 1891, two years at the Dorchester Academy, McIntosh, Georgia, and in the Perry School in Rehoboth until 1909, when she resigned to care for her aged parents.
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