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and both he and his wife are favorably known here, enjoying the warm regard of many friends.
THE HOGELAND FAMILY. The first American ancestor of the Hoge- lands1 of Bucks county was Dirck Janse Hoogelandt, who emigrated from Maer- senoven, in the province of Utrecht, Hol- land, in 1657, and settled at Flatbush, Long Island. He married October 8, 1662, Anneken Hanse Bergen, widow of Jan Clerq, and daughter of Hans Han- sen, a native of Bergen, Norway, a ship carpenter, who had migrated to Holland and thence to New Netherlands in 1633. Many of his descendants eventually found their way to Bucks county later, as three of his granddaughters married Kroesens, one married Johannes Sleght, and a fifth Gysbert Bogart, an early set- tler in Bucks. Dirck Janse Hoogelanat, imarried second Elizabeth His children were: Annetje, baptized 1663; Joris (or George); Lysbeth; William Dirckse; Jan Dirckse; Sara and Neeltje. Of these William Dirckse took the oatlı of allegiance at Flatbush in 1687 as a native, and conveyed land there in 1702. He is said to have settled later on Staten Island. He had children, Dirck, Eliza- beth and Marytje.
Dirck Hogelandt, born at Flatbush, Long Island, November 14, 1698, married October 15, 1720, Maria Slodt,2 born in New York, November 25, 1700, and re- moved to Southampton township, Bucks county, where he purchased land in 1722. He became a large land owner and a prominent and influential man in the Dutch colony of Bucks, and was a mem- ber of colonial assembly for the years 1752, 1753, 1754, and 1755. He died February 6, 1778, and his wife Mary died July 6, 1777. They were the parents of eleven children, and have left numer- ous descendants in Bucks. The children were:
I. Jane, born in Bucks county, August 24, 1721, married Rev. P. H. Dorsius, pastor of the Dutch Reformed church of Northampton and Southampton; she died December 17, 1793.
2. George, born August 24, 1723, died February 17, 1778, married (first) Oc- tober 4, 1760, Maria Schenck, and had one child, Euphemia; and (second) July 30, 1767, Mary Wynkoop, and had Derick,
born July 25, 1769, and George, born June 22, 1771.
3. John, born 1725, married Cornelia Stoothoof and had several children.
4. Maria, born June 16, 1728, married January 20, 1757, Giles Craven, died in 1777.
5. Catharine, born October 26, 1730, married October 22, 1766, Harman Van- sant.
6. Sarah, born February 16, 1733, died unmarried July 3, 1777.
7. Elizabeth, born August 16, 1735, died in Wrightstown, February 27, 1786, unmarried.
8. Daniel, born April 14, 1738; see for- ward.
9. Derick, born May 26, 1740, married 1769, Idah Bennett, died February 5, 18II.
IO. Benjamin, born December 21, 1742, a merchant at Philadelphia, died No- vember 19, 1792.
II. Anna, born April 20, 1748, married Jacob Bennett.
DANIEL HOGELAND, son of Dirck and Mary (Sleght) Hogeland, was bap- tized at the Southampton church, April 3, 1738. In 1760 his father had pur- chased, 297 acres of land on the county line in Southampton, and upon this tract Daniel took up his residence at about the time of its purchase, his father con- veying it to him in 1774. He was a blacksmith by trade, but probably de- voted himself to the vocation of a farmer on taking possession of this large tract. He was a captain of militia during the revolution, and saw active service under Captain John Keller. He married Elsie Kroesen, May 23, 1761. He died in De- cember, 1813, and his widow in 1823. They had four children: Derrick K., bap- tized April 26, 1762; Elshie (Alice) mar- ried Harman Vansant; Hendrick, bap- tized May 5, 1766, married, August 2, 1787, Rebecca Wynkoop, and died before his father, leaving one son, John Wyn- koop Hogeland, (his widow married George Fetters in 1796); and Maria, who married Abraham Stevens, September 27, 1789. The old homestead was par- titioned among the two daughters and Derrick K. in 1815. It extended from the county line to the Street road, just above Feasterville, and the greater part of it remained in the tenure of their re- spective heirs until the present genera- tion.
DERRICK KROESEN HOGE- LAND, son of Daniel and Alice Kroe- sen Hogeland was born on the old home- stead April 26, 1762, and was baptized at Southampton church on May 23, 1762 .. He was a justice of the peace in South- ampton for nearly fifty years. He died December 10, 1837. His wife was Jo- hannah Stevens whom he married May 15, 1783; she was born July I, 1764; they
1 Christopher Hooglandt emigrated from Haer- lem, and married, June 23, 1661, Catharine Cregiers, and had children, Dirck, Lysbeth, Martyn, Christo- pher, Franz, Denys, Jacob and Harman, some of whom settled in Ulster county, New York, and others in New Jersey. It is possible that Jacob Hogelandt, who mar- ried Joanna Vandegrift and had children baptized at Southampton as early as 1744, was of this family.
2 The Slodt family of New York are probably distinct from the Sleght or Slecht family of Long 1s- land, who are the ancesters of the Slacks of Makefield and Sleghts who were early settlers in North and Southampton.
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were the parents of twelve children, viz .:
I. Daniel, born November 1, 1783, died November 28, 1817. He married Cor- nelia - - and had children: Charlotte; Ann Eliza, married Samuel Winder; William, Charles, John, Daniel and Henry Hogeland.
2. John, born March 5, 1785, died Feb- ruary 3, 1847, was twice married.
3. Sarah, born June 10, 1787, died Sep- tember 26, 1863, married John Kroesen.
4 Henry, born January 22, 1789, died June 16, 1855.
5. Benjamin, born February 25, 1791, died September 9, 1816, children, Jacob L. and Mary Hogeland.
6. Abraham, born September 16, 1792, died December 25, 1863.
7. Isaac, twin brother of Abraham, born September 16, 1792, died September 7, 1874.
8. William, born 1795, died 1796.
9. William, born May 3, 1797, died March 21, 1870.
IO. Elcie, born April 1, 1800, died De- cember 28, 1866, married Lefferts.
II. Maria, born July 22, 1802, died Sep- tember 12, 1836, married Wyn- koop.
12. Elias, born August 7, 1805, died August 22, 1828.
ABRAHAM HOGELAND, sixth child of Derrick K. and Johanna Stevens Hogeland, born September 16, 1792, married March 10, 1824, Mary Ann Fen- ton, and had twelve children:
I. Joseph Hogeland, married Evelina Banes, who died July, 1885. They had children: Mary Louisa; Sarah; Gusta- vus; Adella; Jane; and Anna Elizabeth, wife of John Vandegrift.
2. William, married Louisa Hogeland and had children: William, Mary, Jose- phine and Jane.
3. Elias, see forward.
4. Susannah, married Henry Lefferts.
5. Joanna, widow of Isaac Cornell Hobensack.
6. John, died August, 1886, married Keziah D. Willard, and had: Albert; Mary, died young; Horace B., Newlin F. and John.
7. Morris. died May, 1866, married Mary Jane Willard, and had: Ella, Mar- garet and Abraham. Latter died young.
8. Theodore, died January, 1869. mar- ried Rachel White, daughter of George. and had, Elizabeth and Emily and George, deceased.
9. Frank Hogeland, Esq., of South- ampton.
IO. Charles, died June 12, 1879, mar- ried Katharine Cornell, died June 1, 1883, and had: Elias, H. Voorhees, and Maria.
II. Abner, died young.
12. Anna, died young.
Abraham, the father of the above chil- dren, was a soldier in the war of 1812-14. He was harness maker by trade, a
prominent man in the community, and served ten years as justice.
ELIAS HOGELAND, third son of Abraham and Mary (Fenton) Hogeland, was born in Southampton township, Feb- ruary 22, 1829, and still resides there. He received his education at the public and private schools of that vicinity. Arriv- ing at manhood he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Mary Van- artsdalen, and lived for a time on his father's farm. In the early '6os he purchased his present farm of fifty acres on which he has since resided, being one of the enterprising and successful farmers of that vicinity. He was sheriff of Bucks county for the term of 1869-72. His chil- dren are: Howard, married Rachel Woodington; Abraham, married Mary Walton; Anna; Mary; Carrie, married William Yerkes, and has had ten chil- dren; Theodore, now living in Montana ; Isaac, married Luella Wright: Morris, deceased; Elizabeth; Elias, deceased; Frank, married Isabel Risler and they have two children, Anna F. and Newlin.
FRANK HOGELAND, of Southamp- ton, seventh son of Abraham and Mary Ann (Fenton) Hogeland, was born in Southampton township, on the old home- stead, May 15, 1841, and received his ed- ucation at the public schools of that vi- cinity. He has been a farmer nearly all his life, purchasing his first farm in 1865 and conducting it for over thirty years. In the spring of 1904 he purchased a property in the village of Southampton- ville and removed there, leaving the farm to the management of his son George. He was first elected justice of the peace in 1872, and has served continuously since, and is now serving his seventh consecutive term. He was twice mar- ried. his first wife being Alice, daugh- ter of Charles and Elizabeth Rhoads, by whom he had one child, Charles R., born May 27, 1866. He married second March 4, 1875, Emma, daughter of George and Anna Saurman, who was born April 15, 1850. By her he has had the following children: Carrie S., born December 14, 1875, married R. Monroe Stout, of South- ampton; George, born October 30, 1878, married Emily Barber; Mildred born De- cember 22, 1891.
ISAAC HOGELAND. seventh child and sixth son of Derrick K. and Jo- hanna (Stevens) Hogeland, born in Southampton, September 16, 1792, mar- ried. December 23. 1819. Phebe, daugh- ter of Joseph and Mary States, who was born January 18, 1795, and died January II, 1873. Their children were six in number, viz: I. William States, see for- ward: 2. Julia Ann, born June 13. 1823, married Charles Tillyer: 3. Louisa, born February 2, 1826, married William Hoge-
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land; 4. Alfred, born March 12, 1828; 5. Abraham, born November 16, 1831; 6. Harriet, born July 5, 1834, married Alfred Johnson.
WILLIAM S. HOGELAND, eldest son of Isaac and Phebe (States) Hoge- land, was born in Southampton town- ship, near Feasterville, October 7, 1820. Until ten years of age he resided with his grandmother, from which time he has resided on the farm where he was born, inheriting it at his father's decease; he conducted it until 1874, when he retired from active work. He has served as town- ship assessor at different periods for about eighteen years, and has also filled the posi- tion of auditor for the county. He has been the owner for many years of the his- toric "Buck Tavern" near Feasterville. He has never married.
JOHN HOGELAND, son of Abraham and Mary Ann (Fenton) Hogeland, was born on the old Hogeland homestead in Southampton, January 19, 1834, and died there August 10, 1886. He was reared on the old homestead and acquired his edu- cation at the local schools. On his mar- riage to Keziah D. Willard, January 24, 1856, he took charge of one of his father's farms and conducted it until the death of his father in 1865, when he acquired seventy-two acres of the old homestead and took up his residence thereon, and con- tinued to reside there until his death, and it is still the residence of his widow and his son John. In addition to conducting the home farm he carried on an extensive butchering business. He was a conscient- ious and upright man, and was much re- spected in the community in which he lived. In 1866 he united himself with the Old School Baptist church of Southampton and was a deacon and trustee of the church for many years prior to his death. He mar- ried, January 24, 1856, Keziah D. Willard, born in Northampton township. July 23, 1837. daughter of James V. and Mary (Delaney) Willard. of Northampton town- ship, and a granddaughter of Jesse and Margaret (Van Artsdalen) Willard of Ab- ington. The children of John and Keziah D. Hogeland were: I. James Willard, born January-24, 1857, died March 5, 1857 : 2. Al- bert H., born January 10, 1858, graduated at Lafayette College in 1877 as a civil en- gineer, and secured a position in 1879 in Minnesota on a local railroad, and later accepted a position with the Great North- ern Railroad Company, and has risen to the position of chief engineer of the road. He was married in January. 1889. to Eliza- beth Trego, and has one daughter, Anna T., born September 15, 1892; 3. Horace B., born March 2, 1862, see forward : 4. Charles M., born November 2. 1864, died young ; 5. Mary W.,born 1867, died 1870; 6. John, born December 7, 1868, and was educated at the local schools and at Millersville State Nor- mal School, and has charge now of the
homestead farm, which he has conducted for the last fourteen years; he married December 31, 1890, Flora Krewsen, their children are: Blanche, born July 26, 1891; Horace W., born August 4, 1893; John B., born May 30, 1897; and Paul P., born February 15, 1902. 7. Justus M., born Jan- uary 30, 1872, was educated at the Univer- sity of Minnesota, and died in Minnesota, July 27, 1894; 8 I. Blance, born March 5, 1876, died Dec. 3, 1878; 9. Newlin F., born September 5, 1878, died November 24, 1898, was educated at the Newtown high school, supplemented by a course at Pierce's Busi- ness College, Philadelphia, accepted a posi- tion in a Philadelphia bank, and was paying teller in the Fourth Street National Bank at time of his death.
HORACE B. HOGELAND, cashier of the First National Bank of Newtown, is a son of John and Keziah D. (Willard) Hogeland, and was born on the homestead farm in Southampton that had been the home of his ancestors for three generations, on March 23, 1862. He acquired his educa- tion at the public schools, supplemented by a term at a Philadelphia school. He en- tered the Newtown bank as clerk on June 23, 1878, and after filling the positions of bookkeeper and teller respectively was ad- vanced to the position of cashier on Janu- ary 19, 1904. He was married February 6, 1884, to Mary Lena Trego, daughter of W. Wallace and Sarah (Bennett) Trego, of Newtown, and they are the parents of two children: Alice Fitch, born June 13, 1886, and Albert Wallace, born April 20, I&SS.
The ancestors of Mrs. Hogeland were French Huguenots, she being a descendant in the eighth generation from Peter and Judith Trego, the former of whom was born in France in 1655, and about 1685 emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Middletown township, Chester, (now Dela- ware) county, where their oldest son Jacob Trego was born in 1687.
Jacob Trego married Mary Cartledge, daughter of Edmund and Mary Cartledge, of Darby, Chester county, in 1710 and set- tled in Merion, Chester county, from whence he removed to Darby in 1717 and died there in 1720. His widow married John Laycock, of Wrightstown, Bucks county, who had come from Lancashire, England, in 1717, and purchased land in the neighborhood of Wrightstown.
John Trego, only son of Jacob and Mary (Cartledge) Trego, was born in Merion, Chester county, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1715, and came with his mother and stepfather to Wrightstown in 1722. In 1736 they con- veyed to him a farm in Upper Makefield, near the lines of Buckingham and Wrights- town, where he lived until his death in 1791, leaving sons Jacob and William, and four daughters.
William Trego, born in Upper Make- field, March 16, 1744, was the second son of John and Hannah (Lester) Trego, and lived all his life there, dying in 1827. He
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married Rebecca Hibbs. September 19, 1768, and had eleven children.
Mahlon Trego, second son of William and Rebecca, was born November 25, 1770, and married Rachel Briggs, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, who bore him thir- teen children: Charles B., the famous scholar, state geologist, surveyor, professor in the University of Pennsylvania, etc., born II mo. 25, 1794, died II mo. 10, 1874, married Martha Smith, of Buckingham. 2. Albert, born 1796, died 1797. 3. Phineas, born I mo. 12, 1796, died 5 mo. 21, 1875. 4. Elizabeth, born II mo. 26, 1798, died 6 mo. II, 1881, married John Merrick; 5. Louis, born II mo. I, 1801. 6. Robert S., born 9 mo. 24, 1803, died 3 mo. 29, 1886. 7. Mary, born 9 mo. 14, 1805, died in Illi- nois, unmarried. 8. James, born 8 mo. I, 1807, removed to Illinois in 1858. 9. Jo- seph B., born 5 mo. 19, 1809, removed to Il- linois in 1839. 10. Cyrus, born 9 mo. 15, 1810, died 12 mo. II, 1866. II. Edward, born II mo. 3, 1812, died December 12, 1886. 12. Mahlon, born 9 mo. 8, 1815, died unmarried in 1839. 13. Morris, born I mo. 18, 1819, died 10 mo. 14, 1843. Mahlon, the father, died in 1849, and his wife in 1840.
Edward Trego, eleventh child of Mahlon and Rachel (Briggs) Trego, born II mo. 3, 1812, married Sarah Fenton, born 1817, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth, on 4 mo. 21, 1836 and had seven children, the eldest of whom, William Wallace Trego, of Newtown, born March 20, 1837, is the father of Mrs. Hogeland. Her mother, Sarah Bennett, born August 9, 1841, is a daughter of John and Abi Bennett, of Up- per Makefield.
MORRIS HOGELAND, seventh child of Abraham and Mary Ann (Fenton) Hogeland, was born on the old family homestead in Southampton in 1835, and died May 6, 1866. He was reared on the old homestead and received his education in the local schools. On arriving at man- hood he took up the vocation of a farmer, and after his marriage took charge of one of his father's farms in Southampton, which he conducted until his death. He was affiliated with the Baptist church of South- ampton, and was a consistant Christian and highly respected in the community. His wife was Mary Jane Willard, born near Rocksville, April 6, 1839, a daughter of James V. and Mary (Delaney) Willard. and a granddaughter of Jesse and Mar- garet (Van Artsdalen) Willard. Mrs. Hogeland is still living in Southampton. The children of Morris and Mary Jane (Willard) Hogeland are as follows : Ella, born February 25, 1861, married Holmes DeCoursey, of Warminster, and has two children,-Etta L., born September 3, 1884; and Morris H., born August 9, 1800. 2. Margaret W .. married Albert C. Twining, and has two children,-Jessie W., born November 28, 1888, and A. Chester, born July 18, 1892. 3. Abraham, born May 8. 1865, died in infancy.
James V. Willard, the father of Mrs. Mary Jane Hogeland, and also of Keziah D. Hogeland, widow of John Hogeland, of Southampton, was a son of Jesse Willard, and was born in Abington, Montgomery county, April 23, 1806. His father, Jesse Willard, was twice married; by his first wife, who was Wynkoop, he had two sons, David and Wynkoop. He married (sec- ond) Margaret Van Artsdalen, and had by her seven children, as follows; Jesse; Esther; James; Charles, married (first) Rachel Stockdale and (second) Phebe Lee ; Jackson, never married; William, married and had two children, Geary, and Esther ; and Jane, married Harmon Marshall, and had four children, all of whom are de- ceased.
James V. Willard, a third child of Jesse and Margaret (Van Artsdalen) Willard, married Mary Delaney and settled near Rocksville, Northampton township, Bucks county. They were the parents of thir- teen children :
I. Jesse, born December 19, 1830, married Emma C. Streeper and had two children, Ary W. and Harold E.
2. Eliza Ann, born May 2, 1832, mar- ried James T. Blair in 1852, and has five children, Frank P., Mary W., Orvilla, Ida Belle, and William James.
3. Matilda, born September 18, 1833, mar- ried Samuel Stillwell, of Doylestown; chil- dren : Willard, Irene, John W. and Sarah. 4. John, born December 9, 1835, died March 7, 1866.
5. Keziah D., widow of John Hogeland, born July 23, 1837 (see sketch).
6. Mary Jane, see above.
7. Emily, born June 22, 1840, married Martin V. Dager, and has children; Char- les O., Jesse, and Martin V. B.
8. Julia, born August 30, 1842, married John Fenton, and has children; James M., Simon, Anna, Morris, Mary W., J. Pur- ington, John, and Blanche.
9. Loisa, born June 30, 1844, married Samuel D. Cornell, and has children ; David, Harold, Horace, and Mary W.
IO. Esther, born August 14. 1846, died in infancy.
II. J. Monroe, born February 13, 1848, married Sarah Stout, and has one daugh- ter, Florence G.
12. Josephine, born November 4. 1849, married Morris H. Trego, and has one daughter, Marian.
13. Margaret, born December 16, 1851, died at the age of ten years.
(For ancestry of Mary Jane Hogeland and Keziah D. Hogeland, see Willard family.)
THE WILLARD FAMILY have been residents of lower Bucks county and ad- joining parts of Montgomery county for the past two hundred years. George Wil- lard, of Marple township, Chester county, on January 24, 1696, purchased 100 acres of land in Northampton township, Bucks
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county, and on August 23, 1697, purchased two hundred and forty-six acres in South- ampton township, same county, on which he then settled. February 17, 1699, he purchased one hundred acres adjoining his last purchase and lived thereon until his death prior to 1718, when his executors conveyed his land, reciting his will as dated January 24, 1706. He left one son George, who was named as executor, with John Shaw, a neighbor.
George Willard, Jr., died in Northamp- ton prior to 1739, at which date letters of administration were granted on his estate. It is not known by the present generation of the family what children he left or how they are descended from George Willard who settled in Bucks county in 1697. Jon- athan and George Willard were residents of Northampton township in 1775, and were members of Captain Henry Lott's company of Northampton Associators, and as such participated in the Jersey cam- paign of 1776-7, being stationed at Billings- port. New Jersey, November 16, 1777. As tradition relates that the father of Jesse Willard (an account of whom and his de- scendants follows) served in the revolu- tionary war in a Bucks county company, he was doubtless a son of either Jonathan or George above mentioned. Jonathan Willard died early in the century, leaving a widow Elizabeth, who died in 1825, at the age of ninety-three years, and a large family of children.
JESSE WILLARD, the grandfather of Dr. J. Monroe Willard. principal of the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls, and of Mrs. Keziah D. Hogeland, and Mary Jane Hogeland, of Southampton, Bucks county, born about 1765 or earlier, resided in early life in the township of Moreland, now Montgomery county. On January 7, 1786, he purchased three tracts of land in Southampton, Bucks county, and settled thereon, but in 1799 sold his Bucks county real estate and is said to have re- turned to Moreland. Jesse Willard was married twice, his first wife being a Wyn- koop, his second Margaret Van Artsdalen whom he married December 20, 1800. He had two sons, David and Wynkoop, by his first marriage, and by his second marriage seven children: Jesse, Esther, James V., Charles, Jackson, William and Jane. Charles married, first, Rachel Stockdale, and second Phebe Lee. William married Christiana and left two children, William and Esther. Jane married Har-' mon Marshall, and had four children, two of whom are deceased.
James V. Willard, third child of Jesse and Margaret Van Artsdalen Willard, was born in Moreland, Montgomery county, April 23. 1806, and married Mary Delany (born April 30, 1812), daughter of William and Mary Delaney, of Southampton, Bucks county, on February 25, 1830. He settled near Rocksville. Bucks county. Pennsyl- vania. They were the parents of thirteen children :
I. Jesse, born December 19, 1830, mar- ried Emma C. Streeper, and had two chil- dren, Mary W. and Harold Ethelbert. Jesse was a teacher and was drowned at Flat Rock Dam, Schuylkill river, August 15, 1859.
2. Eliza Ann, born May 2, 1832, married James T. Blair in 1852 and had five chil- dren : Frank P., Mary W., Orilla, Ida Belle and William James.
3. Matilda, born September 18, 1833, married Samuel Stilwell, of Doylestown, and had four children: James Willard, Irene, John Willard and Sarah. Matilda died May II, 190I.
4. John V., born December 9, 1835, died March 7, 1866, unmarried.
5. Kezialı D., born July 23, 1837, married John Hogeland.
6. Mary Jane, born April 6, 1839, married Morris Hogeland.
7. Emily M., born June 22, 1840, married Martin V. B. Dager, and had three chil- dren: Charles O. Dager, D. D. S .; Jesse, and Martin V. B. Jesse died in infancy.
8. Julia, born August 30, 1842, married John C. Fenton and had eight children : James Monroe W., Simon, Anna, Morris, Mary W., J. Purington, John and Blanche.
9. Louisa, born June 30, 1844, married Samuel D. Cornell, and had four children : David, Harold, Horace and Mary W. Louisa died September 23, 1904.
IO. Esther, born August 14, 1846, died in infancy.
II. James Monroe, born February 13, 1848, married Sarah A. Stout, and had one daughter, Florence Gillingham.
12. Josephine Delany, born November 4, 1849, married Morris H. Trego, and had one daughter, Marian W.
13. Margaret, born December 16, 1851, died October 8, 1862.
On the death of his father, J. Monroe Willard accepted a position as teacher in a little school near Willow Grove, at a place known as Kirk's Corner, and taught there for a short time. Finding that it was pos- sible for him to return to finish his course at the Philadelphia High School, he re- signed this position. After finishing his course at the high school, he taught for three months in Springfield school, Spring- field township, Montgomery county, Penn- sylvania. He began his career as a teacher in the public schools of Philadelphia in January, 1866, as principal of the Washing- ton Consolidated School, Twenty-third Sec- tion ; January 1, 1868, he was made prin- cipal of the Randolph School, Twenty-fifth Section : November, 1869, elected to the principalship of the Forest School, Twen- ty-eighth Section; in March, 1880, to the principalship of the Germantown School, Twenty-second Section, which he resigned July 7. 1896, upon his election to the prin- cipalship of the Northeast Manual Train- ing School, which position he relinquished in September, 1898, to become principal of the Philadelphia Normal School for Girls. In April, 1903, the honorary degree of D.
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