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The old academy building, which was built in 1833, was rented in 1835 to the school board, who used it as a district school-house for three years. The need of an institution which would furnish a higher education than the district schools gave had begun to be felt, and the Honesdale Academy, of which an account ap- pears at the close of the public school history, was opened.
The academy being discontinued in 1861, the
building was sold at sheriff's sale, and bid in by the school board.
The Honesdale Graded School was organized and commenced May 8, 1861, with Professor C. B. Shaw as principal. During the summer the building was repaired and the basement fitted up for use.
The Lower School was re-opened in 1864 as a branch of the graded school, and continued almost uninterruptedly until 1879, since which time it has been closed.
In 1867 the rear addition was built and the academic department reseated.
Professor Leroy R. Fowler, L. H. Barnum, John M. Dolph and George W. Twitmyer have successively occupied the position of principal.
Professor L. H. Barnum re-graded the school throughout in 1873. With the exception of an additional grade in the primary department, three years later, the system then .adopted has remained unchanged.
The Franklin Lyceum Association presented their entire collection of twenty-eight hundred books, together with their furniture, to the school district, in 1878, on condition that the district assume their debts, which amounted to about two hundred and twenty-five dollars. The interior of the school building was further altered to provide a room for the library. In accordance with the State law the secretary of the school board is librarian, and the principal of the school acting librarian.
Since the transfer of the library to the district many new books have been added to it by gift and purchase. It is open weekly, and every resident of the district is allowed the use of the books gratis.
The school building was furnished with steam- heating apparatus in the summer of 1880.
. In 1885 it was again renovated, and the rooms of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades reseated.
At present the school is in a most prosperous condition, under the management of Professor George W. Twitmyer.
[We may remark here that Professor Twit- myer was born at Zion, Centre County, Pa., June 9, 1849. He obtained his education at the public schools of Centre County
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and the Central Normal School. He com- menced to teach school before he was nineteen years old, and has taught ever since. He was princial of the McEwenville Academy two years, and organized and graded the public schools of Watsontown, Pa., where he remained four years, during which time lie received the degree of A.M. from Franklin and Marshall College. He accepted the position of principal of Honesdale Graded School August 1, 1884, and has managed the school from that time until now with marked ability.]
In addition to the circulating library, the school is provided with a large reference library, a geological collection and valuable collections of philosophical and chemical apparatus.
A student, in order to graduate, must attain an average grade of seventy-five out of a possible hundred in reading, drawing, writing, spelling, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, phy- siology, geology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, English literature, rhetoric, algebra, geometry, (six books), plane trigonometry, book-keeping, botany, United States history and general his- tory. The study of Latin is elective. Those who take it can go throughi Allen & Green- ough's Latin grammar, and read Leighton's Latin lessons, four books of Caesar's De Bello Gallico, six books of Virgil's ÆEneid and three orations of Cicero. Scholars in the primary department receive a daily calisthenic drill in a room fitted up for that purpose.
The graduates of the school have recently formed an Alumni Association, numbering over sixty members.
Besides the schools already mentioned, there have been others in Honcsdale which were established from time to time as there was de- mand for them.
In 1833 Mrs. M. A. Bidwell and Elizabeth Waldron taught in the Old Tabernacle at the junction of the West Branch and the Dyberry. Caroline Waldron also taught a select school.
The Honesdale Female Seminary was founded in 1838, and continued for a short time. Its teachers were Miss Clara Tyler and Mrs. Horace Tracy.
Rev. David Torrey conducted a college pre- paratory school in 1848-49.
A select. school was kept for many years in the house on the south side of Tenth Street, be- tween Third Street and the river, now occupied by F. C. Keen.
The Misses Lane, Miss Ann Rodgers, Miss Mary Williams, Miss Bonner, Miss Snyder, and Miss Jeanette Stone were teachers in it at different times.
Miss Waterbury, Mrs. Tracy, Miss Mennen- hall, and the Misses Lauterman taught in a building on the east side of Second Street, be- tween Eighth and Ninth, where H. T. Whit- ney's house now is.
Among others who have presided over select schools in Honesdale were Miss Estella G. Cook, Mrs. C. Deming, Mrs. A. J. Dennis, Miss Fanny Dusinberre, Mrs. J. M. Edgett, F. P. Galpin, Miss Gustin, Miss Lizzie Hart, J. E. Hawker, W. H. Hodgson, W. E. Hur- ley, Louisa C. Keen, Miss Abbie Losey, Prof. Ludwig, Miss Mary Marsh, C. B. Shaw and Miss Tomlinson.
In 1870 a school building was erected on the southeast corner of Thirteenth and East Streets, and a private school kept there from 1870-75 inclusive, the teachers being Miss Nel- lie Sanderson, Miss Annie C. McFadden and Miss Kate M. Hand. The school was reopened in 1882, with Miss Munro as teacher. She was followed by Miss Mills, who also taught for one year.
The use of the Lower School-house was grant- ed in 1862 to Rev. J. J. Doherty, who had a school conducted there for some time. He was again allowed the use of it in 1875 for a night- school.
A school was conducted for many years in the Jewish synagogue by the rabbi, but it is closed at present.
Besides the graded school, there are now in successful operation in Honesdale a kindergar- ten under the charge of Miss Lottie E. Peter- sen, a parochial school under the control of the German Lutheran Church and another under the control of the German Catholic Church.
The following is a list of the directors of the Honesdale School District from 1835 to 1885, inclusive, with the dates of the commencement and expiration of their terms of office :
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July 18, 1835 .- M. A. Bidwell, Charles Forbes, H. Fribie, I. D. Taylor, T. N. Vaill, P. Wentz.
August 8, 1835 .- E. Kingsbury,* vice I. D. Tay- lor.
March 28, 1836 .- N. M. Bartlett, Stephen North, Jr., J. F. Roe, vice H. Fribie, E. Kingsbury, P. Wentz.
June 1, 1837 .- A. H. Farnham, John Torrey, J. B. Walton, vice N. M. Bartlett, Charles Forbes, T. N. Vaill.
May 11, 1838 .- Aaron Greene, C. K. Robinson, vice M. A. Bidwell, J. F. Roe.
September 12, 1838 .- J. F. Roe,* rice S. North, Jr.
June 20, 1839 .- No directors elected at spring elec- tion ; J. F. Roe, +* A. H. Farnham. +*
May 19, 1840 .- H. Baldwin, J. S. Bassett, M. A. Bidwell, Oliver Hamlin, A. Strong, vice A. H. Farn- ham, Aaron Greene, J. F. Roe, John Torrey, J. B. Walton.
November 1, 1840 .- Z. W. Arnold,* vice M. A. Bidwell.
May 19, 1841 .- J. S. Bassett, + C. K. Robinson, + Z. W. Arnold. +
May 19, 1842 .- J. C. Delezenne, H. Tracy, vice H. Baldwin, A. Strong, Z. W. Arnold. +
May 14, 1843 .- A. H. Farnham, J. F. Roe, vice O. Hamlin, H. Tracy.
May 15, 1844 .- Ezra Hand, Charles Jameson, Abram Swart, vice J. S. Bassett, J. C. Delezenne, C. K. Robinson, J. F. Roe.t
May 28, 1845 .- B. W. Dennis, vice Charles Jame- son, Z. W. Arnold.t
June 24, 1846 .- A. H. Farnhami,j A. Swart.t
May 26, 1847 .- R. M. Grenell, William Orchard, vice Ezra Hand, J. F. Roe, P. G. Goodrich,* vice A. H. Farnham.
May 12, 1848 .- B. W. Dennis,; J. F. Roe, vice P. G. Goodrich, W. F. Wood, vice Z. W. Arnold, J. Woodward,* vice J. F. Roe.
March 31, 1849 .- Ezra Hurlburt,* A. G. Plum,* vice A. Swart, J. Woodward.
June 4, 1849 .- Henry Dart, vice A. G. Plum, Ezra Hurlburt.t
June 7, 1850 .- A. G. Plum, E. L. Wolf, vice R. M. Grenell, William Orchard.
June 9, 1851 .- A. Strong, vice B. W. Dennis, W. F. Wood.+
June 6, 1852 .- B. W. Dennis, vice Henry Dart, Ezra Hurlburt.t
February, 1853 .- M. A. Bidwell,* vice B. W. Den- nis.
June 10, 1853 .- M. A. Bidwell, t George F. Knapp, vice A. G. Plum, E. L. Wolf.t
1854 .- E. T. Bcers, J. R. Dickson, vice A. Strong, W. F. Wood, M. A. Bidwell.+
1855 .- C. S. Minor, J. B. Moore, B. B. Smith, vice J. R. Dickson, E. Hurlburt, E. L. Wolf.
June 11, 1855 .- Henry Peet,* vice B. B. Smith.
1856 .- Henry Peet, G. G. Waller, vice M. A. Bid- well, G. F. Knapp.
February 25, 1857 .- W. H. Foster,* vice Henry Peet.
May 1, 1857 .- S. E. Dimmick,* vice W. H. Foster.
May 30, 1857 .- E. T. Beers,t W. H. Foster, t Henry Heath, vice S. E. Dimmick.
June 9, 1858 .- W. G. Arnold, W. H. Ham, vice C. S. Minor, J. B. Moore.
June 1, 1859 .- No directors elected at spring elec- tion. J. D. De Witt,* vice E. T. Beers, G. G. Wal- ler .* +
May 30, 1860 .- E. T. Beers, R. L. Briggs, L. D. Tryon, vice J. D. De Witt, W. H. Foster, G. G. Wal- ler, Henry Heath.t
1861 .- F. M. Crane, vice L. D. Tryon, W. H. Fos- ter, E. Patmor, vice W. G. Arnold, W. H. Ham, S. A. Terrel,* vice F. M. Crane.
May 21, 1862 .- John-Torrey, William Weiss, vice E. T. Beers, S. A. Terrel.
May 2, 1863 .- S. E. Dimmick,* vice R. L. Briggs.
June 10, 1863 .- Charles Menner, William Weffer- ling, vice R. L. Briggs, Henry Heatlı.
June 14, 1864 .- Aaron Cummings, J. C. Delezenne, vice W. H. Foster, E. Patmor.
June 6, 1865 .- H. B. Hamlin, vice John Torrey, William Weiss.t
June 6, 1866 .- Charles Menner,+ S. A. Terrel, vice William Wefferling.
June 4, 1867 .- Aaron Cummings,t C. A. Dusin- berre, vice J. C. Delezenne.
June 3, 1868 .- Rufus Cusliman, H. A. Woodhouse, vice H. B. Hamlin, William Weiss.
June 9, 1869 .- Charles Menner,*+ S. A. Terrel .* + June 7, 1870 .- Aaron Cummings, t Charles Menner, t S. A. Terrel, C. A. Dusinberre, S. A. Terrel,t vice Aaron Cummings, C. A. Dusinberre.
January 2, 1871 .- W. H. Foster,* vice Charles Men- ner.
June 5, 1871 .- Rufus Cushman,; W. H. Foster,t C. W. Spencer, vice H. A. Woodhouse.
1872 .- Aaron Cummings, ; C. C. Jadwin, vice W. H. Foster.
June 11, 1872 .- Henry Wilson,* vice Rufus Cush- man.
June 3, 1873 .- J. C. Dclezenne, vicc S. A. Terrel, C. A. Dusinberre, ; William Weiss, vice H. Wilson.
1874 .- Thomas Charlesworth, W. H. Ham, vice C. W. Spencer, William Weiss.
April 8, 1875 .- C. W. Spencer,* vice W. H. Ham.
1875 .- Aaron Cummings,t C. C. Jadwin,t C. W. Spencer.+
October 4, 1875 .- William Muir,* vice J. C. Delc- zenne.
June 6, 1876 .- William Muir,; C. W. Spencer,t vice C. A. Dusinberre, B. L. Wood, rice C. W. Spen- cer.
October 30, 1876 .- Isaac Ball," vicc Aaron Cum- mings.
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June 5, 1877 .- Isaac Ball,t William Weiss, vice Thomas Charlesworth, B. L. Wood.t
1878 .- W. B. Holmes, vice Isaac Ball, C. C. Jad- win.t
1879 .- William Muir,+ C. W. Spencer.t
1880 .- H. J. Tarble, M. L. Tracy, vice William Weiss, B. L. Wood.
1881 .- H. J. Conger, S. B. Haley, vice W. B. Holmes, C. C. Jadwin.
1882 .- William Muir, + C. W. Spencer.t
1883 .- H. J. Tarble, ; M. L. Tracy.t
January 14, 1884 .- C. C. Jadwin,* vice M. L. Tracy.
1884 .- H. J. Conger,t vice C. C. Jadwin, S. B. Haley, ; C. C. Jadwin, t rice H. J. Conger.
1885 .- Reed Burns, Thomas Crossley, vice William Muir, C. W. Spencer.
[Those marked with an asterisk (*) were appointed by the board. Those marked with a dagger (+) were re-elected. When not otherwise stated, directors as- sumed the duties of their office on the first Monday in June.]
The following is a list of the officers of the Honesdale School Board from 1835 to 1885, inclusive :
1835 .- Charles Forbes, president ; M. A. Bidwell, secretary.
1836 .- Charles Forbes, president; M. A. Bidwell, secretary.
1837 .- Stephen North, Jr., president ; J. B. Walton, secretary ; J. F. Roe, treasurer.
1838 .- J. B. Walton, president ; C. K. Robinson, secretary ; A. H. Farnham, treasurer.
1839 .- J. B. Walton, president; C. K. Robinson, secretary ; A. H. Farnham, treasurer.
1840 .- A. Strong, president; C. K. Robinson, secre- tary ; H. Baldwin, treasurer.
1841 .- Horace Baldwin, president ; C. K. Robinson, secretary ; Oliver Hamlin, treasurer.
1842 .- H. Tracy, president ; J. C. Delezenne, secre- tary ; Oliver Hamlin, treasurer.
January, 1843 .- J. S. Bassett, president.
1843 .- A. H. Farnham, president ; J. C. Delezenne, secretary ; J. S. Bassett, treasurer.
1844 .- A. H. Farnham, president ; Abram Swart, secretary ; Oliver Hamlin, treasurer.
1845 .- A. H. Farnham, president; Abram Swart, secretary ; Oliver Hamlin, treasurer.
1846 .- A. H. Farnham, president; Abram Swart, secretary ; J. F. Roe, treasurer.
1847 .- A. H. Farnham, president; Abram Swart, secretary ; J. F. Roe, treasurer.
1847 .- Z. W. Arnold, president.
1848 .- B. W. Dennis, president; Abram Swart, secretary ; R. M. Grenell, treasurer.
1849 .- B. W. Dennis, president; W. F. Wood, sec- retary ; R. M. Grenell, treasurer.
1850 .- W. F. Wood, president; E. L. Wolf, secre- tary ; Ezra Hurlburt, treasurer.
1851 .- W. F. Wood, president; E. L. Wolf, secre- tary ; Ezra Hurlburt, treasurer.
1852 .- W. F. Wood, president; E. L. Wolf, secre- tary ; Ezra Hurlburt, treasurer.
1853 .- W. F. Wood, president; E. L. Wolf, secre- tary ; Ezra Hurlburt, treasurer.
1854 .- M. A. Bidwell, president; E. L. Wolf, secre- tary ; Ezra Hurlburt, treasurer.
1854 .- George F. Knapp, secretary.
1855 .- M. A. Bidwell, president ; C. S. Minor, sec- retary; G. F. Knapp, treasurer.
1856 .- Henry Peet, president ; C. S. Minor, secre- tary; G. G. Waller, treasurer.
1856 .- J. B. Moore, president.
1857 .- J B. Moore, president; C. S. Minor, secre- tary ; G. G. Waller, treasurer.
1858 .- W: H. Foster, president; W. G. Arnold, secretary ; G. G. Waller, treasurer.
1859 .- W. H. Foster, president; W. G. Arnold, secretary ; Henry Heath, treasurer.
1860 .- L. D. Tryon, president; W. G. Arnold, sec- retary ; Henry Heath, treasurer.
1861 .- E. T. Beers, president ; R. L. Briggs, secre- tary ; Henry Heath, treasurer.
1862 .- W. H. Foster, president ; R. L. Briggs, sec- retary ; Henry Heath, treasurer.
1863 .- Wm. Weiss, president; Chas. Menner, sec- retary ; H. C. Hand, treasurer.
1864 .- Wm. Weiss, president; Chas. Menner, secre- tary ; J. C. Delezenne, treasurer.
1865 .- Wm. Weiss, president ; Chas. Menner, secre- tary; J. C. Delezenne, treasurer.
1866 .- Wm. Weiss, president ; Chas. Menner, secre- tary ; J. C. Delezenne, treasurer.
1867 .- Wm. Weiss, president ; Chas. Menner, secre- tary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1868 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president ; Chas. Menner, secretary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1869 .- C. A. Dusin berre, president ; Chas. Menner, secretary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1870 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president ; Chas. Menner, secretary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1870 .- Aaron Cummings, secretary.
1871 .- Aaron Cummings, president; Rufus Cush- man, secretary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1872 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; S. A. Terrel, treasurer.
1873 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; Wm. Weiss, treasurer.
1874 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president; W. H. Ham, secretary ; Aaron Cummings, treasurer.
1875 .- C. A. Dusinberre, president ; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; Aaron Cummings, treasurer.
1876 .- C. C. Jadwin, president : C. W. Spencer, sec- retary ; Aaron Cummings, treasurer.
1876 .- B. L. Wood, treasurer.
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1877 .- C. C. Jadwin, president ; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; B. L. Wood, treasurer.
1878 .- C. C. Jadwin, president; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; B. L. Wood, treasurer.
1879 .- C. C. Jadwin, president ; C. W. Spencer, secretary ; B. L. Wood, treasurer.
1880 .- Wm. Muir, president ; C. W. Spencer, secre- tary ; W. B. Holmes, treasurer.
1881 .- Wm. Muir, president ; C. W. Spencer, secre- tary ; M. L. Tracy, treasurer.
1882 .- Wm. Muir, president; C. W. Spencer, secre- tary ; M. L. Tracy, treasurer.
1883 .- Wm. Muir, president; C. W. Spencer, secre- tary ; M. L. Tracy, treasurer. 1883 .- S. B. Haley, treasurer.
1884 .- Wm. Muir, president; C. W. Spencer, secre- tary ; S. B. Haley, treasurer.
1885 .- Reed Burns, president; Thomas Crossley, secretary ; H. J. Conger, treasurer.
The treasurer was not always a director.
The following is an alphabetical list of the teachers in the public schools of Honesdale from 1835 to the establishment of the Graded School in 1861, with the schools and years in which they taught :
No. NAME. YEAR.
2. Adams, A. A 1860
2. Adams, Thaddeus. 1854-55
2. Allen, Mr 1855
2. Arnold, Miss 1847
1. Arnold, W. G. 1842-43
3. Baker, G. R
1846-47
2. Beakes, H. J. 1848-49
3. Beardslee, A 1853
1. Beers, Simeon 1846
1. Blackington, Miss. 1849
4. Bloiss, Miss. 1854
3. Bidwell, M. A. 1854
2. Box, Henry 1858-59
3. Brooking, Mary J 1857-58
2. Brooking, Mary J 1858
2. Brown, Mr. 1855
1. Bush, Miss H. C. 1856, '57, '58
3. Church, D. W 1845
1. Cobb, Mr. 1851-52
2. Condit, Mrs. 1860
3. Cook, A. G. 1845
2. Cook, A. G. 1846
2. Corbyn, Miss A. L. 1843-44
1. Corbyn, Miss A. L. 1844-45
2. Corey, Mrs. 1859
2. Cummings, Miss. 1844
3. Curtis, Mr .. 1854
1. Darby, Edward. 1850-51
2. Darling, Maria 1843
2. Davis, Willard. 1840-41
3. Dennis, B. W 1845, '46, '47, '48, '49,
'50, '51, '52
2. Durand, Mr. 1855
2. Edgett, G. W 1857-58
1. Elderkin, Mrs. 1847
2. Fairchild, J. N 1853, '54, '55, '56
1. Farrow, Miss 1839, '40, '41
1. Genung, A. W 1841-42
4. Giddings, Mr. 1852
3. Goodrich, C. B. 1838, '39, '40, '41, '42
3. Goodrich, U. B. 1842-43
2. Grant, F. C. .1849
1. Ham, W. H. 1854
2. Hamlin, Harriet. 1843
2. Hamlin, Henrietta. 1848
1. Hamlin, L. W 1858-59
3. Harris, Samuel. 1857
2. Hawker, J. E. 1860-61
(?) Hawley, Mrs. M. A 1836
1. Heath, J. P 1860-61
1. Hoolihan, J. S. 1854, '55, '56, '59
(?) Kellogg, Miss A 1836
1. Ketchum, Harriet. 1843
1. Leighton, E. 1843-44
2. Lewis, Louisa M 1842, '43, '44
2. Longstreet, Miss. 1846-47
4. Losey, Jos. W. 1854
1. Losey, Miss. 1859
2. McKeen, C. T 1844
2. Miller, W. H. 1841-42
1. Mumford, Miss 1846
2. Mumford, Oliver 1856-57
2. Myers, J. W 1845
1. Niles, Miss L. B 1847-48
2. Palmer, Miss. 1848
2. Pearson, Charles 1838-39
4. Pease, H. H. 1850-51
1. Peet, Henry.
1849, '50, '51
3. Pritchard, Mr. 1854, '55, '56
1. Spaulding, Abigail. 1836-37
2. Stearns, Irene I. 1857
3. Stearns, Miss L 1856
3. Stillson, A. J. 1849
1. Stillson, A. J. 1850
3. Swart, Mary J 1857
2. Swartz, Miss 1856
3. Turner, J. C. 1854-55
3. Turner, J. C. 1860-61
3. Turner, Ruth E. 1860
1. Welsh, George .. 1854-55
(?) Wentworth, Mrs. P. A. 1836
2. Williams, D. 1835-36
2. Willis, Albert. 1849, '50, '51, '52, '53
1. Willis, Spencer. 1852-53
The following is an alphabetical list of the teachers in the Honesdale Graded School from 1861 to 1885, inclusive, with the years in which they taught :
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NAME. YEAR.
Alden, W. W 1883, '84, '85
Allen, Olive .. 1877, '78, '79
Atkinson, Melissa
1868
Avery, Eunice ... 1878, '79, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84
Avery, Thomas J 1883, '84, '85
Ball, Sadie. .1885
Barnum, L. H ... 1872, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78
Belden, Miss.
1867
Belding, E. J. 1862, '63
Birdsall, G. H
1863
Brown, Maggie 1877, '78, 79
Brownscombe, Jennie. 1868
Buckingham, Emma M 1871, '72, '73
Bullard, L. E.
1869, '70, '71
Bush, Miss H. C.
1861, '62, '63
Butler, Wm. F ... 1879, '80, '81, '82, '83, '84, '85 Butterfield, Miss H. A. 1861, '62, '63
Cady, Dora.
1880, '81, '82, '83
Case, E. J.
.. 1864, '65, '66
Church, Mary
1870, '82, '83, 84, '85
Cole, Sarah A.
.1865
Collins, S. A.
1863, '64, '65
Cook, Estella G.
1877, '78, '79, '80, '81
Coyle, Mannie.
1877, '78, '79
Crago, Lizzie.
.1885
Cummings, M. H. 1870, '71
Darling, Jennie ..... 1871, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76
Dennis, Mrs. A. J ..
1873, '74. '75, '76, '77
Dolph, John M .. 1878, '79,'80,'81, '82, '83,'84 Drummond, A. M. 1866, '67
Eno, Lillie G. 1884, '85
Fowler, L. R ..
1867, '68, '69, '70, '71, '72
Galvin, Rose.
1874, '75, '76, '77
Gilpin, Elsie J 1881, '82, '83, '84, '85 Grenell, Lizzie J. .1867,'68
Gustin, Emma 1862
Hand, Charles W
1878, '79
Hand, Kate
1875, '76, '77
Hillis, Susie ..
1877, '78
Hodgson, W. H.
.1866, '67
Hollister, Miss F. E.
1863, '64
Hoyt, Mary A
1868, '69
Jay, Mary.
1879, '80, '81, '82, '83
Keen, Louisa C ..... 1864, '65, '66, '67, '68, '69
'70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76
'77, '78, '79, '80, '81 '83, '84
Keeney, Agnes 1877,'78
Kepler, Julia 1881, '82
Kiefer, J. D. 1885
Langley, Mary
1868, '69, '70
Lawrence, Georgia
1867, '68, '69, '70
Longstreet, Sadie 1874, '75, '76
Marsh, Mary M.
1863, '64, '65, '66, '67
Matthews, M. B.
1867, '68, '69, '70
Matthews, Minnie
1873, '74, '75, '76
McIntire, Libbie.
.1883
Miller, Helen.
1878, '79, '80, '81
Miller, Julia.
1885
Monaghan, F. M 1879, '80
Mott, Mary
1871, '72
Mudgely, Mary 1872
Mumford, C. G. 1865
Palmer, Isabella E. 1866
Parmenter, M. S 1868
Parsons, W. H. 1863, '64
Parsons, Edwards
1862, '63, '64
Patmor, Emma M
1861, '62, '71, '72, '73
Purdy, Maria L.
.1869, '70, '71
Reury, Jennie ..
.1881, '82
Reynolds, Louisa.
1873, '74, '75
Robertson, Jennie.
.1884
Rood, John S.
1879, '80
Schoonover, Wm
1861, '62
Scott, Ella
1876, '77
Scott, Sarah E.
1870, '71
Shaw, C. B.
1861, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66
Shaw, Mrs. C. B
1863, '64, '65
Spencer, Rena.
.1876, '77, '78, '79, '80, '81
'82, '83, '84, '85
Stanton, Lizzie J.
1874, '75
Stevens, Miss L. J 1873, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79
Stoddard, Lizzie M
.1867, '68
Sutton, Clara T.
1875, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80
'81, '82, '83, '85
Terrell, Ruth E
1867, '68, '69, '70, '71
'72, '73
Thorp, Amanda
.1877,'78
Tomlinson, Miss.
1865, '66, '67, '68
Tryon, Mary E.
.. 1866, '67
Turner, F. E.
1869, '70, '71
Twitmyer, Geo. W
1884, '85
Weiss, Minnie
1883, '84, '85
Willsea, Mrs. S. A
1870, '71, '72, '73
Wing, H. S
1871, '72, '73
Woodmansie, Elma.
1881, '82
Yonker, Hannah
1884, '85
THE HONESDALE ACADEMY .-- This, the most important educational institution which the town ever possessed, besides the graded schools, was organized in 1833, and the old academy build- ing was erected in that year, on the site of the present school building. The original board of trustecs in 1833 was composed of J. B. Wal- ton, J. Neal, A. H. Farnum, J. D. Delezenne and S. W. Genung. No effort appears to have been made to conduct an academy here until 1838, the building being rented by the trustees to the school board from 1835 to that time and used by them as a district school-house. In 1838 the trustees, however, opened an academy, with Henry Seymour, A.B., a graduate of Am- herst College, as principal. He was followed
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by Professors Morse, Willard Richardson, B. B. Smith, C. N. Todd and John Proctor, John Proctor, J. H. Sinclair, May & Lott, Lott, Ter- rell & Briggs and Briggs alone.
In 1853 the old building was removed to the east side of Third Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. It has since been used as a residence, and is now occupied by Mrs. George Bentley. The same year the main part of the present building was erected, F. B. Penniman and Charles C. Waller raising the money for the enterprise. When completed there was a debt of about two thousand dollars hanging over the new building, toward the cancellation of which the following subscriptions were made: John Torrey, $400; Russel F. Lord, $300; T. H. R. Tracy, $250; Richard L. Seely, $250; James R. Dickson, $250; S. D. Ward, $50; S. E. Dimmick, $50, and others stood ready to con- tribute the residue.
The May term, 1853, was opened in the new building, C. N. Todd and John Proctor being the associate principals, with a corps of assist- ants, including Mrs. C. F. Tracy, Miss Abbie R. Knight, Miss C. L. Scott and Mr. Godfrey Stoeubly. The trustees at this period were R. L. Seely, T. H. R. Tracy, S. D. Ward, S. E. Dimmick, James R. Dickson and F. B. Pen- niman.
The academy was conducted quite successfully, under the various principals heretofore named, until 1861, when it was discontinued, and the building was sold to the school directors for twenty-three hundred dollars.
As a matter of interest to many readers, we give a partial list of the pupils of the old acad- emy during the years 1844-45-46, when B. B. Smith was principal. The names were selected from his books and are chiefly those of resident pupils,-
Joseph Gustin.
George W. Allen.
Warren Seely.
Fred. W. Kirtland.
Franklin A. Seely.
Wm. H. Hurlburt.
Thomas Swingle. Miles Swingle.
James W. Williams.
James R. Knapp.
Edward McLaury.
Walter W. Weston.
James W. Baker. Samuel Fields.
Anson Wheeler.
John Bassett.
Hornback Bassett.
John Edgett.
Edwin F. Torrey.
Joseph W. Losey.
Henry Cookson.
Thomas Farnham.
George Harrison.
E. A. Penniman.
Jeremiah Hawker.
Charles Wright. Charles Skinner.
Isaac Parminter. Simeon Beers.
John Patmore.
Corydon L. Whitney.
Theodore Patmore.
Lucena C. Reed.
Edward Kingsbury.
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