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The spring term opened in April, 1890, in the Union school building with J. D. Hornbake, assistant. Mr. Tombaugh was elected County Superintendent May 6, 1890. Prof. Horn- bake had charge of the school until the close of the term.
James Haworth, a graduate of the University of Penn- sylvania, taught an academic term of twelve weeks, in a room over H. B. McMurray's drug store, Washington street,
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beginning January 2, 1888. He began a term April 2, of the same year, taught a few weeks and quit for lack of patronage.
UNION ACADEMY.
The first academy board was organized in August 1890, Rev. D. W. Carson, D. D., president ; Rev. J. L. Weaver, vice-president; Dr. L. C. Botkin, treasurer, and Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secretary. This organization continued until June 6, 1893, when Dr. L. C. Botkin resigned as treasurer, and Hon. D. M. Pry was elected to succeed him.
Prof. I. M. Bridgeman and his wife, of Franklin, Indi- ana, had charge of the school the first year, 1890-91.
Prof. O. C. Underwood had charge the second year, 1891-2, assisted by Miss Lois White during the second and third terms.
Prof. S. S. Baker had charge of the school the last year, 1892-3.
The school was conducted in the Town Hall during the three years of its existence.
During the early part of 1891 an effort was made to se- cure a lot and erect an academy building. A disagreement as to location arose, and the project failed.
NORMAL TERMS.
The first school for the benefit of teachers and those pre- paring to teach was conducted by Prof. W. C. Lyne, in con- nection with a ten-weeks' summer term in 1872. There were nine students in the class.
The next was a term of six weeks in the summer of 1877, conducted by R. W. Dawson and D. F. Enoch. There were about thirty students in the class. Union school building used.
In 1879 D. W. and John Patterson, brothers, taught a term of six weeks. Ten students in the class.
In 1880 D. W. Patterson and D. F. Enoch conducted a normal term of six weeks. Twelve students in the class.
W. D. Hamaker taught a term of six weeks in 1881. Fourteen students in the class.
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M. R. Snodgrass taught a five-weeks' term after the close of his spring and summer term, 1883.
Prof. S. S. Baker conducted a term of five weeks in the summer of 1895.
Rev. D. P. Smith, of Burgettstown, assisted by A. W. Fulton, opened a school in May 1896, in room No. 5, new school building. Fifteen students enrolled.
CHAPTER X.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF BURGETTSTOWN SINCE THE ORGANIZA- TION OF THE BOROUGH, MARCH 23, 1881.
1881-2-R. T. C. Stephenson, president ; William Melvin, secretary ; W. P. Vance, James Carnahan, William Blair, and Joseph A. Rogers. James L. Patterson, treasurer. At the special election held to select borough and other officers William Blair, Joseph A. Rogers, William Brimner and Charles C. Campbell were ties. They failed to appear when the board organized, as provided by law. Messrs Blair and Rogers were appointed.
1882-3-R. T. C. Stephenson, president ; William Melvin, secretary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer ; W. P. Vance, James Carnahan, W. B. Porter.
1883-4-W. P. Vance, president ; William Melvin, secre- tary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer ; W. B. Porter, John L. Scott, J. A. Bebout.
1884-5-Dr. W. V. Riddile, president ; W. B. Porter, sec- retary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer ; John L. Scott, J. A. Be- bout, James Rankin.
1885-6-Dr. W. V. Riddile, president ; S. J. McNary, sec- retary ; J. A. Bebout, treasurer ; Jolin L. Scott, James Ran- kin, M. R. Parks.
1886-7-Dr. W. V. Riddile, president ; S. J. McNary, secretary ; James Rankin, M. R. Parks, James Carnahan, S.
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T. McFarland. J. L. Patterson, treasurer. S. J. McNary removed from the State. S. T. McFarland was appointed secretary May 2, 1887.
1887-8-Daniel Hoffman, president ; S. T. McFarland, secretary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer; M. R. Parks, James Carnahan. Dr. W. V. Riddile, by appointment, to fill out the unexpired term of S. J. MeNary.
1888-9-Daniel Hoffman, president ; S. T. McFarland, secretary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer ; James Carnahan, A. G. Lee, W. M. McElhany.
1889-90-Daniel Hoffman, president ; George M. Miller, secretary ; J. L. Patterson, treasurer ; A. G. Lee, W. M. Mc- Elhany, W. T. Reed.
1890-91-Dr. W. V. Riddile, president ; W. M. McElha- ney, secretary ; A. G. Lee, treasurer ; George M. Miller, W. T. Reed, Dr. J. C. Nesbit.
1891-2-Dr. J. C. Nesbit, president ; M. R. Parks, secre- tary ; W. T. Reed, treasurer ; George M. Miller, Dr. W. V. Riddile, J. Ray Armor.
1892-3-W. T. Reed, president ; Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secre- tary ; H. B. McMurray, treasurer ; M. R. Parks, J. Ray Ar- mor, Dr. W. V. Riddile.
1893-4-Dr. L. C. Botkin, president ; M. R. Parks, secre- tary ; W. T. Reed, J. Ray Armor, H. B. McMurray, Dr. J. 7. MeBride. W. B. Linn, treasurer.
1894-5-W. T. Reed, president ; Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secre- tary ; Dr. L. C. Botkin, Dr. J.Z. McBride, H. B. McMurry, S. W. Jackson. W. B. Linn, treasurer.
1895-6-W. T. Reed, president ; Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secreta- ry ; Dr. L. C. Botkin, Dr. J. Z. McBride, S. W. Jackson, M. W. Scott. W. B. Linn, treasurer. Mr. Jackson resigned be- fore the close of the school year, when John P. Linn was ap- pointed, in February, 1896.
1896-7 -- W. T. Reed, president ; Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secreta- ry ; J. W. Bryan, treasurer ; M. W. Scott, J. D. McCabe, J. C. White.
1897-8-W. T. Reed, president ; Dr. J. C. Nesbit, secre-
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tary ; J. W. Bryan, treasurer ; M. W. Scott, J. D. McCabe, J. A. Russell.
In the years 1881, 1886, 1893, 1894 and 1895 the treasurer was not a member of the school board.
CHAPTER XI.
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
At a meeting of the school board held December 5, 1896, a resolution was offered toward establishing a free public li- brary in compliance with the Act of June 28, 1895.
January 2, 1897, the board appointed the following trus- tees : Prof. R. P. Stevenson and Miss Margaret McGregor, one year ; J. T. Patterson and Miss Ada L. Dowden, two years ; Dr. L. C. Botkin and Mrs. Clara M. Weaver, three years.
The president, secretary and treasurer of the board ex- officio trustees, viz: W. T. Reed, Dr. J. C. Nesbit and J. W. Bryan.
The trustees met January 21, 1897, and organized by electing Dr. J. C. Nesbit, president; Mrs. Clara M. Weaver, secretary, and J. W. Bryan, treasurer.
Two entertainments were given. The first by rooms one, two and three, Dec. 18, 1896 ; the second by rooms four and five, March 5, 1897. The net receipts from the two enter- tainments were $147.42. One hundred and forty-seven vol- umes have thus far been secured.
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CHAPTER XII.
BIOGRAPHY.
Reverend Alexander Swaney.
Alexander Swaney was the son of John and Jane Swaney, and was born in Ireland, March 20, 1813. When he was about six years old his parents came to the United States. In the winter of 1836-7 he was a student of the Florence, Pa., Academy. He was invited by Robert Patterson, Esq., to teach the Burgettstown school. The term was three months, beginning in February, 1837, and ending about the first week of May. At the close of the term he entered Jefferson Col- lege, at Canonsburg, Pa., and graduated in 1839. He was married three times. His first wife was Miss Sarah Mc- Cutcheon, of Knox county, Ohio; married in October, 1840. His second wife was Miss Jane Lindley, of the same county, married in October, 1848. His present wife was Miss Cath- arine C. Brown, only daughter of Rev. Richard Brown, D. D., of New Hagerstown, Ohio; married November, 1873. He was licensed and ordained 1845, by the presbytery of Steuben- ville, in whose bounds he lived and labored over half a cen- tury. He has been honorably retired by the presbytery, and is residing at New Hagerstown, Ohio, awaiting the Master's call.
Joseph Rogers, M. D.
Joseph Rogers taught the public term of 1837-8. He was a native of Smith township, this county ; studied medi- cine with the late Dr. William Donnan, of this place. He re- moved to Utica, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a very highly respected citizen ; an elder in the Presbyterian church, and one time a commissioner to the General Assembly of that body. He died in May, 1896.
Reverend John Galbraith.
John Galbraith is a native of Ireland. He taught a pay school in Burgettstown the summer of 1838. He be-
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came a Covenanter minister, and preached many years at Glade Mills, Butler county, Pa. He has retired from the ministry and makes his home with his children, who are located in different parts of the country.
James Clemson Logan.
James Clemson Logan was born near Chestnut Level, Lancaster county, Pa. He taught at Gabby's, this county ; Circleville, Ohio; and in Burgettstown the public term of 1838-9, and the summer term of 1839. He married Jane, daughter of Jesse Spencer. Mrs. R. J. Culley, of this place, is a daughter. Mr. Logan died in Caledonia, Illinois, Jan- uary 1, 1844. His widow married Joseph McCarrell, of Richmond, Ohio, August, 1855. She became a widow the second time. She returned to Burgettstown, and died Octo- ber 12, 1877.
James Fulton,
Son of John Fulton, was born in the state of New York, about the year 1800. He received a good education in that state. About the year 1826 he came to Washington county, Pa., and taught school for several years at Patterson's Mill, Florence, Cross Creek Village, West Middletown and Bur- gettstown. He taught in Burgettstown the public terms at 1839-40 and 1840-41, and the summer terms of 1840 and 1841. He was considered a very successful teacher, and had no diffi- culty in securing the largest and best schools. The school of Florence having the reputation of being hard to govern, and having driven off two or three teachers. Mr. Fulton was solicited to take charge of that school, which he did ; and on the first day of school, having two articles of agreement drawn up, one requiring and binding the pupil to preserve good order, and the other allowing him to do as he pleased, subject to what might follow any act of insubordination. He required every pupil to sign one or the other agreement, whichsoever they chose. They all signed the one requiring good order, and Mr. Fulton had no difficulty in preserving good order. About the year 1836 or 1837, Mr. Fulton went
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back to New York State on a visit. On his return to Wash- ington county he brought with him one hundred dozen hoes, which were the first improved hoe ever brought here. He was a member of Rev. Samuel Taggart's Associate Reformed Pres- byterian church, West Middletown, Pa. He went to Rich- land county, Ohio, and finally settled near Wabash, Wabash county, Indiana, where he died in 1858 .- (Per J. M. K. Reed, Esq. )
General William P. Richardson
Was born May 25, 1824, at Patterson's Mill, Cross Creek township, Washington County, Pa. He taught the public term of 1841-2. At the close of the term he entered Wash- ington College, Washington, Pa., and remained there until 1843, and went with his father to Brooke County, Va., (now West Virginia, ) and taught school until the spring of 1846, when he enlisted at Steubenville, Ohio, as a private in the Third Ohio Vol. Infantry, and served through the Mexican war. He married a daughter of Dr. Edward Smith, of Brooke County., Va, and moved to Ohio in 1850. Admitted to the bar in 1852, at Cadiz, Ohio, and began practicing at Woodsfield, Ohio. In 1855 he was elected prosecuting attor- ney of Monroe County, Ohio, in which office he continued until 1861. In 1861 he raised two companies of volunteers and was assigned to the Twenty-fifth O. V. I., of which regi- ment he was appointed major in May, 1861, Lieut. Col. in July, 1861, and on May 10, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the regiment. On May 2, 1863, he was shot through the shoulder at Chancellorsville, which disabled him for duty until January, 1864, when he was detailed as president of Court-Martial at Camp Chase, Ohio. On February 11, 1864, he was placed in command at Camp Chase, where he served until August, 1865. In the fall of 1864 he was elected attorney general of Ohio. In January, 1864, he was brevetted bri- gadier general, and in September, 1865, joined his command in South Carolina, with headquarters at Columbia. He was appointed internal revenue collector in July, 1866, and served until 1869. He removed to Marietta, Ohio, where he died October 4, 1887, and lies buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Reverend John B. Strain
Taught the public term of 1842-3. He was then residing at Old Bulger, Smith township, this county. He became a minister in the U. P. church ; afterward he united with the Presbyter- ian church. He resided for a number of years at Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio, where he died March 25, 1892.
James Boyce, M. D.,
Was the son of Ebenezer Boyce, Esq., who was elected a jus- tice of the peace in 1828, and removed from Burgettstown about the year 1845, to Allegheny, Pa. Dr. Boyce taught a summer term in 1842 or 1843. The exact year is not now re- membered. The doctor has been dead for several years.
James Linn Patterson, Esq.
James Linn Patterson, son of Robert and Mary (Linn) Patterson, was born in Burgettstown, Pa., November 12, 1824. Mr. Patterson taught the public term of 1843-4, and a short time in the summer of 1848. He attended Florence academy 1837 --- 1840, graduated from Washington College, Washington, Pa., 1842. He taught a winter term of 1844-5, near Baton Rouge, La. He was engaged in the mercantile business in the south end of town from March 1, 1849, until April, 1852. He served two terms as justice of the peace and three terms as school director in Smith township. He was the first freight and ticket agent at Burgettstown station, on what is the Pan- handle railway. While agent for the railroad company, he was a member of the firm of Patterson & Company, dealers
in general merchandise. In 1858 he was secretary of the Union Agricultural Association ; secretary of the Burgetts- town Savings Bank from its organization in 1872, until 1879, when it was merged into the Burgettstown National Bank, being appointed its first cashier, a position he still holds. He was the first borough treasurer, and the first treasurer of the borough school board, 1881. He served two terms in the bor- ough school board, and was treasurer of said board eight years. He has been an elder in the First Presbyterian church for many years. He is still a resident of Burgettstown.
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Robert S. Campbell
Was the son of John Campbell, and was born in Smith town- ship, this county, in 1821, and died March 14, 1848. He taught the public term in Burgettstown 1844-5. He taught in Nos. 3 and 9 in Smith township, and No 1 in Jefferson township. He attended the academies of Florence and Frankfort Springs. At the time of his death he was a stu- dent of Washington College, Washington, Pa.
Joseph Farrar
Was the son of Polly Farrar. He taught the summer term of 1845. He has been dead for several years.
Abel Thomas Richards
Was born near Friendsville, Susquehanna County, Pa., in 1804, and died at Salem, Ohio, July 17, 1854. He taught the public terms of 1845-6, 1849-50 and 1852-3, and the summers terms of 1844, 1846 and 1849. He taught Nos. 2, 3 and 9, in Smith township.
Miss Nancy Jane Cunningham,
Daughter of William Cunningham, was born in Hanover township, this county. Her parents removed to Smith town- ship shortly afterward, to their farm one mile south of Bur- gettstown, which is now owned and occupied by Samuel S. Dunbar. She taught the public term of 1846-7, and the sum- mer term of 1853. She was the first lady to have charge of the Burgettstown public school. She was eminently success- ful both as a disciplinarian and an instructor. She attended Washington Female Seminary, and spent several years in teaching. She was married May 4, 1854, to Alexander H. Duncan, who died in Burgettstown, October 9, 1889. Mrs. Duncan died December 12, of the same year. They were childless. They built a very good residence on Washington street. They occupied the house only five years, when death overtook then1.
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John B. Phillis
Was the son of Jacob Phillis, of Smith township, this county. He taught the summer term of 1847. He resided here at one time and was a member of the firm of Vance & Phillis, dealers in general merchandise. The firm ceased to do business in 1859. Mr. Phillis was treasurer of the Union Agricultural Association 1856, 1857 and 1858; corresponding secretary 1856 and 1857. He died in Cairo, Illinois.
Patterson Smith
Was born in Burgettown, Pa., in 1819, and died in Cam- bridge, Ohio, 1865. He taught the public term of 1847-8.
James Lewis Moore, M. D.,
Was a native of Hanover township, this county. He taught a a summer term in 1848. He studied medicine with the late Dr. Wm. Donnan, of this place. Dr. Moore began the practice of medicine at Service, Pa., but removed from there several years ago. We are not able to state whether he is living or not.
James A. Galbraith
Was born in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, March 30, 1829. He was the son of William Galbraith, Esq., who was for many years a resident of Smith township. Mr. Galbraith taught the public term of 1848-9. He was elected recorder of deeds for Washington county in 1875, and served one term. He resides at Canonsburg, Pa.
Miss Sarah Maria Armstrong
Was the daughter of West and Sarah (Spencer) Armstrong, and was born in Burgettstown. She taught the summer term of 1850, and one month of public term in 1854. The minute book of the Smith township school board shows that a war- rant was cast for her in the month of June, 1854, for one month's tuition in No. 1, (Burgettstown. ) At that time each school was allowed an equal sum of the public funds. It frequently happened that the funds were not all consumed,
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leaving an unexpended balance, which must have been the case this time. By resolution of the board August 19, 1854, all balances on hand were thrown together. The resolution was not in full force in 1855. Miss Armstrong was married in 1855 to John McCuen, who was residing here and engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. and Mrs. McCuen moved to Oil City, Pa., where he was engaged in the same business until his death. Mrs. McCuen died about December 1, 1884.
John Stevenson, Esq.,
Was the son of James and Jane ( Vance) Stevenson, and was born in Smith township, this county, November 15, 1804, and died in Burgettstown, Pa., August 7, 1862. It is not known how many years he spent in teaching. His first term was the first school taught in a school house that stood on the farm of Samuel G. Scott, in Smith township. That was in 1825. He taught the public term here in 1850-51. At one time he was a student of Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa. He served two or more terms as school director in his native township. He was elected county auditor in 1848, and served one year ; elected justice of the peace in 1850, and served one term ; corresponding secretary of the Union Agricultural Associa- tion 1858, and secretary, 1859 and 1860. His widow is a resi- dent of the borough. Robert P., a son, is one of Washing- ton county's most successful teachers.
Edward Campbell
Taught the summer term of 1851. He was a son of Jesse Campbell, of Smith township, this county. Pressley Leech owns and resides on the Jesse Campbell farm. Mr. Campbell died in Kansas.
Matthew Welch Galbraith
Was born in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, November 8, 1825. He was the son of William Galbraith, Esq., who was a resident of Smith township for many years and at one time one of its justices of the peace. M. W. Gabraith taught the public term of 1851-2. He spent seven years or more in
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teaching. He came of a pedagogic family. His father taught from 1817 until 1840. His father's brother, John, and two sisters, Sibella and Rebecca, were teachers. His two brothers, James A., and Samuel Middleton and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Shillito, mother of William G. Shillito, Esq., now one of the county commissioners, were teachers. His son, William M., now one of Pittsburg's prominent attorneys, was a teacher, and at one time principal of an English and Classical Institute in Pittsburg. His daughter, Miss M. Etta, is one of the corps of teachers in the Moorehead school, Eleventh Ward, Pittsburg, Pa. Had Mr. Galbraith contin- ued teaching, he would have taken a position in the front rank of the teachers of his day. Mr. Galbraith resides in Carnegie, Pa.
Miss Lizzie Matthews
Was a resident of Blairsville when she taught the summer term of 1852. Three efforts to secure a fuller account have failed.
William Wyley VanEman
Taught the public term of 1853-4 and 1854-5, and the spring term of 1854. He was born in Cecil township, this county. October 15, 1824. In 1830 his father, William VanEman, mnoved from Cecil township to the farm now owned by Mrs. Thomas J. Malone, Smith township. After leaving the com- mon school he attended three sessions at the Frankfort Acad- emy. He taught his first terin in No. 2, Smith township, in 1842 or 1843, and closed his last term at Holliday's Cove, West Va., about the year 1856. Mr. VanEman was the first to introduce the blackboard into the Burgettstown school. That was the terin of 1854-5. He removed to Farmer City, Illinois, thence to Champaign, Illinois. He now resides in Webster City, Ham- ilton county, Iowa. Mr. VanEman was one of the successful teachers of his day. He thinks he would have accomplished more good in this world by remaining in the profession.
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Gabriel Bilderback,
Son of Gabriel Bilderback, was born in Robinson township, Washington county, Penn'a, about two miles north of Candor, April 24, 1837. He was educated at the common schools and was graduated from Duff's College, Pittsburg, in May, 1855. He taught in Burgettstown in the fall of 1855. Afterwards taught at the North Star and Beech Hollow schools, near Candor. In 1858 he accepted the professorship of book-keeping and pen- manship in the Lancaster, Pa., Commercial College. In 1859 he clerked for Vance & Phillis until they went out of business. He was married October 20, 1860, and went to Pittsburg in 1862 and assumed the position of confidential book-keeper and cashier for the wholesale grocery firm of J. S. Dilworth & Co. Remained with them until 1873, when he accepted a partner- ship with Mr. S. Ewart, then at 289 Liberty Street, under the firm name of S. Ewart & Co. During this time he took some interest in politics. He could have had the nomination for Mayor of the city on the Democratic ticket. In 1882 he was
offered the nomination for Congress. In both years the Dem- ocrats elected their tickets. No doubt Mr. Bilderback lost an opportunity both to serve his adopted city at the head of her municipality and to serve his country in its national halls. For both positions he was eminently fitted and well qualified. But his business engagements were such he could not dissolve at the time. In 1884 he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Ewart and accepted the partial management of a wholesale coffee concern which Arbuckle & Co. attempted to start in Brooklyn, now a portion of Greater New York, but the pro- ject proved a failure on account of its location, etc. He made a tour of Europe in 1890, visiting the large cities and points of interest. Since that he has taken the world easily in re- tirement from active employment. He still resides in Pitts- burg, Pa.
George Jardine.
The subject of this sketch-George Jardine-was born of Scotch parents, near Dromore, County Down, Ireland, August 2d, 1800, and was next to the oldest of a family six children.
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After taking a course in the minor branches he completed a thorough course in the languages, Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and receiving his diploma from the Queen's College, Belfast, had the honorary title of A. M. conferred upon hint. After marrying Miss Sarah Stephens he set out to seek his fortune in the "new world," and after a long and toilsome voyage of eleven weeks they landed in Baltimore, Md., (the sail ship having been published as lost ) in August, 1829. From Balti- more they came overland by wagon in an emigrant train to Pittsburg, Pa. His first teaching was in East Liberty, (now part of Pittsburg, ) teaching high school for a few private families, such as the Dalzells, Baileys, Reymers, etc .; such men who are the leading men of the town and State at the
present time. His next teaching was in Chartiers Valley, where now stands the town of Carnegie, and I might mention the same in regard to his scholars there, the Rosses, Davises, Bells, Sculleys, etc. His next teaching was in the neighbor- hood of New Sheffield and Independence, Beaver county, Pa., for about four years, from 1832 to 1836. In 1837 he taught the Coventry school on the Pittsburg and Steubenville turn- pike in Hanover township, Washington county, and again in the same school in the then new school room which was built adjacent to the old one in 1843. The fall and winter term of 1844-5 was at Bavington. His next teaching was in Robinson township near the residence of 'Squire Pollock on a branch of Raccoon creek, and also in a new school house near 'Squire James Donaldson's, and lastly in the same township on the farm of William Galbraith, now owned by Robert A. Geary. From there he went back into Smith township and taught several terms in a school house on the farm of John Russell, deceased, situated near the arch on the P., C., C. & St. L. railroad. Then, after teaching a few terms in Allegheny county, he again went back into Smith township and complet- ed the public term of 1855-6 and also a summer term in 1856 in Burgettstown. It was while teaching here that some of the leading citizens of Burgettstown and vicinity conceived the idea of holding a fair at this place, and asked of him per- mission and use of the school room for their first meeting to
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