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Dr. Philip Van Ness Myers.
Professor Myers was the eighth and last President of Farmers' College, and the first and only President of Belmont College, its successor. He was called to this position at a time when the Institution had long been in financial distress. and the attendance very much re- duced. A heroic effort was being made to resuscitate its condition, and, if possible, restore it to a healthy, vigorous growth. It was in the interest of this revival that Prof. Myers was asked to take the helm. He was known to be a scholar of great attainments and of wide reputation, and eminently qualified for the place. This was in 1879. He accepted, and for eleven years gave to this responsible work his best thought and service. But, unfortunately, he could not accomplish the impossi- ble. He could not build up and maintain the high col- legiate standard with an inadequate income. The Scholarship plan, once so available and promising, failed to supply the necessary means, and the hope lay in a permanent endowment, which seemed to be unattainable, the alternative being the reduction to a Secondary School. Under these circumstances, President Myers early in 1890 accepted a call he had received from the University of Cincinnati to the Chair of History and Political Economy, and soon thereafter Belmont College was matamorphosed into a Military School.
We deem it appropriate to place here from the record the expression of the Board of Directors of Belmont Col- lege on the occasion of President Myers leaving the In- stitution, under date of May 14th, 1890, which the com- mittee, in the fullest sense, endorse as follows, to-wit :
"President Myers having been called to a post of honor and responsibility in the University of Cincinnati,
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the Board of Directors of Belmont College take this opportunity of testifying their appreciation of his services to the Institution, and of their regard for his character as a man and a teacher. For eleven years he has given his best thought and labor to Belmont College as its President. The Board is of the opinion that of the many students who have been under his care and in the circle of his influence, there is not one but has gone forth from the College with larger, brighter ideas of life and with a serious understanding of its responsi- bilities. This is the highest encomium that can be passed upon the work of a teacher. In his future fields of labor this Board wishes President Myers the most abundant measure of success."
Philip Van Ness Myers was born at Tribes' Hill, N. Y., August 10th, 1846, the son of Jacob and Catha- rine L. Myers. He graduated at Williams College in 1871 ; studied law at Yale 1873-4; spent one year on a scientific mission to South America, and two years in European travel : was married to Ida C. Miller, July 20th, 1876; was President of Farmers' College and of Belmont College, Ohio, from 1879 to 1890; Professor of History and Political Economy in the University of Cin- cinnati, 1800-1900; Dean of the Academic Faculty, Uni- versity of Cincinnati, 1895-7. He was honored with degrees as follows : Williams College, A. M., 1874; Yale University, L. L. B., 1890; Belmont College, LL. D., 1801 ; Miami University, L. H. D., 1891.
Dr. Myers deservedly takes high rank in the list of authors, especially of Histories of Ages and Nations, written and adapted by him for the use of High Schools and Colleges. Some of these may be noted as follows :
Life and Nature Under the Tropics, 1871: Remains of Lost Empires, 1875; Medieval and Modern History,
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1889; Eastern Nations and Greece, 1890; History of Rome. 1890; History of Greece, 1897; Rome-Its Rise and Fall, 1900: The Middle Ages. 1902: The Modern Age, 1895, etc.
These histories have been truly characterized as hav- ing "a national use and a national reputation." The re- vision work necessary for up-to-date school use can not be greatly less than the original. The demand on his time must have been pressing and constant. And yet amid all this busy life Dr. Myers gave eleven of his best years to Farmers' College. It was indeed a sacrifice as it developed, for which the former students and friends of the Institution will ever hold him in grateful esteem. And not yet beyond his prime, they will confi- dently look forward to see still greater honors await him in his chosen field of historical authorship.
George Stephen Ormsby.
Of the Faculty, one of the best remembered and esteemed by the old students of Farmers' College was the first Principal of the Preparatory Department, George S. Ormsby. He was appointed to that position in 1847. He also held that of Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. He graduated in the class of 1849. He tendered his resignation as teacher in 1857, to take charge of Greenup Classical Academy, Greenupsburg, Ky. The resolution of the Board accepting his resignation expressed its highest appreciation of his ability and services. He filled the double position with entire satisfaction, and was well seconded by his assistant, John M. Walden. from 1852 to 1854. He had the confidence of every boy under him. His methods of teaching were so plain and thorough
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that his boys, on entering the College, were well pre- pared and fortified for the higher work before them. He was firm as a rock in correct moral conduct and Chris- tian principles, and left an indelible impression for good upon the minds and hearts of his pupils. No wonder he became a high landmark in the school that the fifty- seven years since he left it have not effaced.
George S. Omsby was born October Ist. 1820, near Concord, Mass., of Revolutionary stock. His mother died when he was young, and he had a hard struggle as a boy. When fifteen years old he drifted out to Ohio in care of George M. Young, the father of E. S. Young, spent four years on a farm, and earned $25; went to Granville College, now Dennison University. He main- tained himself there by working on the College farm outside of recitation hours at six cents an hour. He thinks he learned more about correct methods of teach- ing there than from any other source. He observed how those masters taught, and never thought it wise to change their methods. Leaving Granville College, he came to Farmers' College and graduated there. As stated, in 1857 he took charge of Greenup Academy, and remained there until the Civil War in 1861. In August of that year he was appointed to the Superintendency of the Xenia Public Schools, Xenia, Ohio, a position he held until 1879. Surely his long tenure of that position attests the high estimate in which he was held at Xenia as a teacher and a man. In May, 1881, he went to England and conducted a successful business in London until 1888. and crossed the ocean ten times.
Prof. Ormsby also did some of his best work as an author of school books. Among them may be mentioned : "Ormsby's Guide to Georgraphy." 1866; "Ormsby's Pri-
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mary Mathematical Geography and Guide to Nichol's Geographical Models," 1877 ; also his "Terrestrial Globe Manual." It is affirmed of these that, "In clearness and conciseness of statement and in accuracy of definition these works are unsurpassed, even if equalled." In 1877, also, he published his "Map Drawing System for Schools," claimed to be superior to all other systems. He also wrote some important papers on Grammar, and a work on that subject that is unpublished.
He was married in 1853 to Caroline Woodbury, of Beverly, Mass., and they had three children, a son and two daughters, all living.
The following statement made of Prof. Omsby is taken from the "Educational History of Ohio:"
"He is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of Ohio's teachers, and always had the confidence of the mighty men who have passed away, such as Andrew J. Rickoff. Thomas W. Harvey, E. F. White, Stevenson, Hancock, Tappan, and others.'
It is thus seen that Prof. Ormsby has had a long, useful, and honorable career. He is not now engaged in any public service, but is in good health and attends to his own private affairs. He teaches a large Bible-class every Sabbath morning. Farmers' College never had a truer friend, and now, advanced in years, he yet keeps alive his interest in the memories and scenes clustering around the old school.
The last remark may well apply also to the great body of the "Old Boys." They are all beginning to feel the weight of years. They see many a vacancy in the ranks. And they see the College building growing old with them, but its walls looking good for another fifty
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years. They feel stirred by the old love, and they look to the days spent in it as the best and happiest of their lives. The reunion comes to them as an undisguised blessing.
The "Old Boys."
In all several thousand students attended Farmers' College. They were the very best material the country could furnish, and were mostly from the farm and the shop. They were rugged and strong, reliable and earnest. They came to get the kind of education they felt most in need of. They could take the classical, but they largely wanted the more practical. It was this advantage in choice of study they prized more than the degree, for comparatively few graduated. Undoubtedly this prac- tical education molded these young men into the best form for them, broadened and enlightened their minds, and gave a solid tone to their characters. They were bound to realize the benefit in after life whatever their business or calling. They became generally active, useful. leading citizens in their respective communities. Many of them became prominent and successful. It would be impracticable to trace the careers of any considerable number of them, and it might be deemed invidious to select some for special mention. Still we feel justified in recalling the names of a few, who, by their talents and acquirements, rose to merited distinction or achieved unusual success, and who, we believe, laid the foundation of their careers at Farmers' College. The list might be much extended. A principal field of their activity was in the learned professions. the Law claiming, perhaps, an inordinate share. The name that naturally takes the first rank is that of
BISHOP JOHN M. WALDEN.
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Benjamin Harrison.
He was a student at Farmers' College in 1848, 1849, and 1850, in the last year a classmate of his friend, Murat Halstead, and would have graduated with him in 1851 if he had not followed Dr. Scott to Oxford, where he graduated in 1852 and married the Doctor's daughter. He became distinguished as a lawyer, soldier, and states- man, and finally, in 1838, won the highest prize in the gift of the Nation-the Presidency. His recognition as a great lawyer was international. He died in the year 1901, aged sixty-seven.
Murat Halstead, of the class of 1851, is a name that has been much "on the tongues of men" for half a cen- tury. As an editor and writer his fame encircles the globe, and at seventy-eight he is still hearty and vigorous, his faculties unimpaired, and his pen unimpeded. He has always kept burning his love for Farmers' College.
John M. Walden, of the class of 1852, began his career as a tutor under Prof. Ormsby for two years. He. was early converted and became a Methodist preacher. As such he was a strong and popular force in the Church. In 1864 his administrative ability secured his selection as one of the Agents of the Methodist Book Concern, and in 1884 he was chosen as one of the Bishops of that great Church, a position of high honor and respon- sibility. Herein he demonstrated his power to master details and his ability as an organizer. He became known as the "Business Bishop." Like Mr. Halstead, he enjoys excellent health, and at seventy-five goes daily to his serious work. He, too, does not allow his warm interest in the old College to die out.
And so we might mention with credit and pride many
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othiers, three of whom, lately deceased, would certainly be Hon. Louis B. Gunckel, Dr. C. W. Nixon, and Hon. George W. Hulick, but we feel it is high time to ring down the curtain and put out the lights on this little Historical Play. The tale is of a School, once prosperous and promising, that met with disaster. Let her yet living sons forget her fate, save as a lesson, and forever hold green in the memory the good she so freely gave them in her best days. Let them remember with gratitude the close touch with the Professor, and the lasting impressions received, not less from the character of the man, than from the skill of the teacher. And now, fifty years since, let them observe the great Schools of the land ( notably Princeton) seek- ing a solution of the problem of numbers in a multiplicity of perceptors.
All honor to the memory of Farmers' College and its wise founder, Freeman G. Cary !
PICTURE OF GROUP OF PRESENT COLLEGE BUILDINGS.
APPENDIX
OFFICERS.
PRESIDENTS
Accessus
Exitus
1847
FREEMAN G. CARY, A. M. 1853
1853
ISAAC J. ALLEN, A. M. 1856
1856
Rev CHARLES N. MATTOON, D. D. 1860
1860
JACOB TUCKERMAN, A. M. 1866
1866
Rev. C. D. CURTIS, A. M. 1870
1870
J. S. LOWE, A. M. 1877
1877
Rev. J. B. SMITH, A M. 1878
1879
PHILIP V. N. MYERS, LL. D 1890
PROFESSORS
1847
* Rev. R. H. BISHOP, D. D., 1855
History and Political Economy.
1847
"Rev. JOHN W. SCOTT, D. D., 1849
Natural Science.
1847
JOHN SILSBY, A. M., 1852
Mathematics.
1849
JOSEPH G. WILSON, A. M., 1852
Ancient Languages and Literature.
1850
R. S. BOSWORTH, A. M., 1857
Natural Science.
1852
J. L. WHITWELL, 1853
Natural Science and Literature.
1852
DANIEL MOLONY, A. M., 1852
Modern Languages and Literature.
1852
JOHN STUART HENDERSON, 1856
Mathematics.
Deceased.
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Exitus
1852
PHILLIP JACOB KLUND, A. M. 1858
Modern Languages and Literature.
1853
F. G. CARY, 1858
Agriculture.
1853
* Rev. LORENZO CARY, A. M., 1857
Ancient Languages.
1854
Rev. ALPONSO WOOD, A. M., 1857
Botany and Veg. Physiology.
1854 MAXIMILIAN G. KERN, 1857
Landscape Gardening.
1857
JACOB TUCKERMAN, A. M. 1860
1857
Rev. J. H. WILSON, A. M., 1858
Ancient Languages.
1858
* PHILLIP JACOB KLUND, A. M., 1865
Ancient Languages.
1858
E. J. RICKER, 1865
Agriculture.
1858
Rev. J. H. WILSON, 1865
Agricultural Chemistry.
1866
J. C. BRODFUEHRER, 1870
Languages.
1866 E. N. WILD, A. M., 1866
Mathematics.
1867
D. B. PIERSON, 1868
Agriculture.
*C. H. GERARD, 1870
Mathematics.
1868 * Dr. JOHN A. WARDER, 1876
Agriculture.
1873 CHARLES E. HOLT, 1875
Mathematics.
1874
Miss LOUISE DOISY, 1877
1874
French. Miss ELIZABETH CALDWELL, 1887
Drawing.
* Deceased.
1868
Accessus
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Accessus
Exitus
1873 Mr. F. SCHULER, 1874
Music.
1874
Mrs. S. W. KUMLER, 1876
Music.
1875 MILTON E. CALDWELL, Mathematics.
1876
1876 * Rev. C. S. COLLINS, A. M., 1877
Mental and Moral Science.
1876
Dr. J. W. VANCE, 1880
Physiology.
1876 W. H INGERSOLL, 1876
Music.
1876
JOHN M. WILSON, A. M., 1880
Theo. and Practical Agriculture.
1876 GEORGE W. BURNS, A. M., 1879
Mathematics.
1877 Mrs. M. J. PYLE, 1887
Botany and Descriptive Geog.
1877
Miss FLORENCE L. WILDER, 1878
Music.
1877 Miss KITTY HUNT, 1879
Penmanship.
1878 Rev. L. F. WALKER, 1880
Elocution.
1878
ROBERT H. BISHOP, LL. D., 1879
Ancient Languages.
Miss CARRIE W. ORMSBY, 1879
Music.
1879 WILLIS O. ROBB, A. B., 1883
Ancient Languages.
1879 JAMES M. JONES, 1883
Mathematics.
1879
Miss AUGUSTA BORK, 1886
Modern Languages.
1879
P. V. N. MYERS, A. M., LL. D., 1890
Pres. and Prof. Phil. and Eng. Lit
Deceased.
1878
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Exitus
Accessus 1879 Mrs. IDA C. MYERS, 1888
Rhetoric and Ancient and Modern History.
1880 * WM. P. THORNTON, M. D., 1883
Lecturer on Physiology
1883 WM. A. MERRILL, A. M., 1888
Ancient Languages.
1883 A. D. MORRILL, S. M., 1888
Mathematics and Chemistry.
1886 Miss ALICE AIKEN, S. B., 1890
Music.
1886 Mrs. MARY O. HARRIS, 1887
French and German.
1887 Miss ANNA LANGENBECK, 1890
French and German.
1886 WM. H. WILDER, A. M., M. D. 1890
Lecturer on Philosophy.
1887 Miss LELIA F. COLLINS, 1890
Drawing.
1888
Miss LUCY M. BLANCHARD, B. A., 1890
Ancient Languages and Literature.
1888 HERBERT S. VORHEES, M. S., 1890
Chemistry and Mathematics.
PRINCIPALS OF PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT
1849 GEORGE S. ORMSBY, A. M. 1857
1852
JOHN M. WALDEN, Assistant. 1854
1857 J. P. ELLINGWOOD, A. M. 1865
1873 Mrs. J. S. LOWE.
1874
1874
Miss R. S. AMIDON. 1877
1877
Miss ABBY A. JUDSON 1879
* Deceased.
ALUMNI AND ALUMNAE.
CLASS OF '47, 5.
Name
Business
Residence
J. J. Dennis, A. M.,
Lawyer,
Cincinnati, O.
Hon. Lewis M. Gunkel, A. M., Lawyer,
Dayton, O.
Victor M. King, A. M.,
Clergyman, Burlingame, Kan.
Riley E. Stratton, A. M.,
Lawyer, Portland, Oregon.
E. S. Young, A. M.,
Lawyer, Dayton, O.
CLASS OF '48, 10.
* D. Beeler, A. B.,
* M. R. Coleman, A. B.,
Lawyer,
San Francisco, Cal.
S. F. Conklin, A B.
Physician,
Delphos, O.
Builder,
Richmond, Ind.
Lawyer,
Cincinnati, O.
Judge,
Hamilton, O.
Lawyer,
Huntsville, Ala.
Physician, Chicago, Ill.
Physician,
Dayton, O.
Lawyer,
New York City.
CLASS OF '49, 16.
E. B. Beard, A. B.,
Silas Bennett, A. B., D. D.,
J. C. Denise, A. M., E. Garrett, A. B., S. B. Higgins, A. B., "V. M. Hollingsworth, A. B., * D. Hough, A. M.,
Merchant,
California.
Clergyman,
Batavia, O.
Physician,
Omaha, Neb.
Teacher, Lynn, Iowa.
Civil Eng.,
Jamaica, N Y.
Teacher, Indianapolis, Ind.
Deceased. 11
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N. Doan, A. B., A. B. Huston, A. M., W. R. Kinder, A. M., S. J. Mahew, A. B., O. W. Nixon, A. M., W. Webster, A. M., Henry Woodruff, A. M.,
Clergyman.
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Name
Business Residence
H. S. Howell, A. M.,
Lawyer,
Keokuk, Iowa.
D. C. Kirby, A. M.,
Lawyer,
Cincinnati, O.
Geo. S. Ormsby, A. M.,
Agent,
London, England.
J. Pearson, A. M., Farmer, M. W. Pearson, A. M., Farmer,
Illinois.
*S. W. Telford, A. B.,
Lawyer,
Troy, Ohio.
H. D. Thompson, A. B.,
Lawyer, Marion, Ill.
* J. C. Turk, A. M., Lawyer,
Omaha City, N. T.
T. Wickersham, A. B.,
Artist,
Chicago, Ill.
CLASS OF '51, 7.
* S. Caldwell, A. M.,
Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
Murat Halstead, A. M., LL. D.
Journalist,
Cincinnati, O.
* B. C. Hardin, A. B., W R. McGill, A. B.,
President
Newtown, O.
C.& E.R.R.,
Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
Isaac F. Morris, A. M.,
Editor, Piqua, O.
M. S. Turrill, A. M.,
Prin. 26th Cincinnati, O.
Dist. School,
CLASS OF '52, 12.
B. F. Brown, A. M.,
Lawyer, (retired )
College Corner, Indiana.
* J. W. Ebersole, A. B.,
Lawyer.
A. W. Gaston, A. A.,
Lawyer,
Lawyer.
Physician,
Monticello, Tenn ..
Clergy man,
Evans, Col.
Farmer, Pleasant Run, O.
Lawyer, Indianapolis, Ind ..
Cincinnati, O. Richmond, In.l.
Cincinnati, O.
Bishop M. E. C., U. S. Store- Cincinnati, O. keeper,
* Deceased.
Iowa.
*G. W Leviston, A. B., B. W. Lynn, A. M., J. F. Stewart, A. B., M. B. Sargeant, A. M., A. P. Stanton, A. B., * E. F. Strait, A. M., Rufus Swaim, A. M., J. M. Walden, D.D., LL. D.,
W. E. Whitridge. A. B.,
Farmer,
Bevis, O.
*G. W. Hendricks, A. M.,
Illinois
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CLASS OF '53; 13.
Name C. B. Brown, A. B.,
J. W. Coleman, A. B., W. P. Fishback, A. B., * J. Hageman, A. B., Jeff. Hildebrandt, A. B., G. H. Lane, A. B., T. A. Lane, A. B., J. F. Lafaber, A. M., W. P. Nixon, A. B.,
* T. P. Quinn, A. B., J H. Winters, A. B., D. W. Winters, A. B., * Israel Williams, A. B.,
Business
Residence
Lawyer,
Memphis, Tenn.
Physician,
Monticello, Ill.
Lawyer,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Clergyman.
Book-dealer, Wilmington, O.
Lawyer, Burlington, Iowa.
Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
C'nty Clerk, Georgetown, O.
Editor "In- Chicago, 111. ter Ocean,"
Lawyer.
Banker, Dayton, O.
Merchant, Dayton, O.
Lawyer, Hamilton, O.
CLASS OF '. 5, 3.
George W. Hulick, A. B.,
Lawyer,
Batavia, O.
Justus Krouskopf, A. B.,
Farmer, Richmond, Ind.
James Logan, A. B.,
Clergyman, Sharonville, O.
CLASS OF '56, 8.
Foster Black, A. B.,
David B. Cable, A. B.,
Teacher,
New Albany, O.
J. W. Cochran, Elisha Cook, A. B.,
Teacher,
Weaver, Iowa.
James A. Eads, A. B.,
Lawyer,
Paris, Ill.
Stephen R. Moore, A. B.,
Lawyer, Kankakee, Ill.
N. B. Wilson, A. B.,
Farmer,
Kentucky.
Charles A. Wolf, A. B.,
Merchant,
Cincinnati, O.
CLASS OF '58, 6.
J. M. Baker, A. M.,
H. M. Cist, A. M., Sidney A. Fitch, A. B., A. B. Mason, D. D., * Luman Roberts, A. B., * A. J. Sanborn, A. M., * Deceased.
Teacher, Urbana, O.
Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
Farmer.
Clergyman, Detroit, Mich.
Teacher.
Teacher,
S. Hardwick, Vt.
Farmer, Bellefontaine, O.
Lawyer,
Minneapolis, Minn.
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CLASS OF '59, 11.
Name
John Beeler, A. M.,
Andrew D. Braden, A. M.,
Franklin W. Brooks, A. B.,
Henry L. Brown, A. M.
Horace Bushnell, Jr., A. M.,
W. J. Coppock, A. M.,
* Arthur E. McLean, A. B. J. Gordon Taylor, A. M., * Hiram S. Powers, A. M., Julius A. Weiss, A. M., *P. A. White, A. B.
Business
Residence
Merchant,
Cincinnati, O.
Lawyer.
Lawyer,
New York.
Clergyman, Minneapolis, Minn. Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
Merchant, Cincinnati, O.
Teacher, Carthage, O.
Engineer, Columbus, Ind.
CLASS OF '60, 5.
Clark Braden, A. B., Teacher,
Illinois.
S. T. Brooks, A. M., Clerk, Washington, D. C.
* A. C. Hughes, A. M., Lawyer.
E. N. Wild, A. M., Lawyer, College Hill, O.
William Wilmer, A. M.,
Clergy man, Williamsport, Ind.
CLASS OF '61, 9.
Francis M. Black, A. M.,
Thomas F. Chafer, A. M.,
D. H. Johnson, A. M., * Solomon Coombs, A. B., * Ephraim Kee, A. B. * Columbus Metcalf, A. B.
George W. Parnell, A. M.,
George G. Perkins, A. M.,
B. J. Ricker, A. M.,
Lawyer, Kansas City, Kan.
Clergyman, Kansas.
Clergyman, Mt. Healthy, O. Physician.
Bookkeeper, Cincinnati, O. Judge, Covington, Ky.
Lawyer,
Locust Grove, O.
CLASS OF '62, 3.
Lawyer Louisville, Ky.
J. J. Allnut, A. M .. W. H. Gray, A. B. C. B. Pattison, A. M., Merchant, Indianapolis, Ind.
Deceased.
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CLASS OF '63, 9.
Name
Business Residence
G. H. Dart, A. B.,
Clergyman, Milford, O.
* J. B. Kincaid, A. B.,
Lawyer, Cincinnati, O.
Insurance, Cincinnati, O.
Clergyman, Hamilton, Ont.
Bookkeeper, Cincinnati, O.
Merchant, LeGrande, Ore.
Lawyer. Physician.
CLASS OF '64, 2.
James E. Neal, A. B.,
Lawyer, Hamilton, O.
Theodore W. Pyle, A. B., Insurance, Cincinnati, O.
CLASS OF '65, 3.
Jere M. Cochran, A. B.,
Glendale, O.
Thos. M. Dill, A. B., Teacher, Lockland, O. Locust Grove, O.
John M. Herron, A. B.,
CLASS OF '77, 3.
Miss Nellie M. Amidon, A. B., Teacher, Geneva, O.
Aaron D. Fagin, A. B., Farmer, Nicholsville, O.
B. Pascal Hammitt, B. L., Teacher, College Hill, O.
CLASS OF '78, 4.
Jeannie Kennedy, S. B., Clerk,
Ida B. Wilder, A. B.,
William H. Wilder, A. B., M. D., Physician,
Mary Janet Harris, S. B.
College Hill, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
CLASS OF '79, 5.
Louis E. Aiken, A. B., Teacher, College Hill, O. Carrie D. Blanchard, L. B., Teacher, College Hill, O. Bevis, O.
William P. Gulick, A. B.,
Julia K Harris, A. B.,
Teacher, College Hill, O.
Mamie Kennedy, A. B.,
Teacher,
Cincinnati, O.
* Deceased.
E. P. Marshall, A. B., * A. M. Moffat, A. B., Daniel Malony, A. B., *C. S. Ringsby, A. B. W. J. Snodgrass, A. B., * Oliver Temple, A. B., * Levi Wild, A. B.,
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CLASS OF '81, 6. Name Business
Chas. S. Bacon, A. B.,
Mabelle Brown, S. B.,
Frank Dudley Emerson, S B.,
Jennie Griffin, S. B.,
Luvenia M. Gilbert, A. B.,
Abbie A. Gray, S. B.,
Teacher,
College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
Mt. Airy, O. Lockland, O. College Hill, O.
CLASS OF '82, 4.
J. A. Green, S. B.,
Clara A. Hawley, S. B.,
Teacher, Marysville, O.
Lillie Robb, S. B.,
Teacher, Marysville, O.
Man'fr., College Hill, O.
CLASS OF '83, 4.
Alice Aiken, S. B.,
Anna V. Brown, S. B.,
Nellie Wilder, S. B.,
Nettie Wilder, S. B.,
College Hill, O.
BELMONT COLLEGE.
CLASS OF '84, 4.
Carrie C. Wilder, S. B.,
Flora Z. Howard, S. B.,
Daisy Blanchard, A. B.,
Herbert S. Vorhees, S. B., Teacher,
Reading, O.
CLASS OF '85, 3.
Else May Harris, S. B., Dr. William H. Wilder, M. A., Physician,
College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
Dr. A. J. Compton, M. A., Physician.
CLASS OF '86, 6.
Susie M. Aiken, S. B., Ellen H. Poole, S. B., Jessie Roberts, S. B., Charles L. McCrea, S. B.,
Robert D. Betts, S. B., Wm. P. Everts, S. B.,
Residence Lockland, O.
Teacher,
Editor, College Hill, O.
Orville Simpson, S. B.,
Teacher, College Hill, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
College Hill, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
College Hill, O. Groesbeck, O. Mt. Healthy, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O. College Hill, O.
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APPENDIX.
CLASS OF '88, 9.
Name Business
Lulu M. Blanchard, A. B.,
William Brockaw, A. B.,
Georgia B. Bowman, S. B.,
Mary G. Moore, S. B.,
Harriet Poole, S. B.,
Nettie West, S. B.,
Emma W. Wilder, S. B.,
Herbert S. Vorhees, M. S.,
Teacher,
Residence College Hill, O. Cumminsville, O. College Hill, O. Groesbeck, O. Groesbeck, O. Groesbeck, O. College Hill, O
Reading, O.
B. F. Morgan, S. B., (as of the class of 1856,) Raysville, Ind.
CLASS OF '90, 1.
Charles L. McCrea, M. S., in course.
HONORARY.
F. D. EMERSON, A. M. J. A GREEN, A. M. H. S. VORHEES, A. M PHILIP VAN NESS MYERS, LL. D. MURAT HALSTEAD, LL. D.
Total 171.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Of the Graduates and former members of Farmers' College more than one hundred are known to have entered the National Army, many of whom have occupied posi- tions of great responsibility.
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