Biographical Sketches

of

Albany NY Normal School Graduates

from

Wayne County NY

1844-1894

Information extracted from: An Historical Sketch of the State Normal College at Albany, N.Y. and a History of its Graduates for Fifty Years. 1844-1894. Albany, N. Y.: Brandow Printing Company, 1895.

ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS

WOMEN

1865 Sarah A. Adams, Marion
1892 Florence E. Allen, Rose Valley
1892 Jennie F. Angus, Clyde
1893 Helen C. Arnold, Palmyra
1892 Dora L. Barton, Clyde
1878 Marion L. Bennett, Newark
1890 Ida M. Bliss, Clyde
1891 Annie C. Boardman, Lyons
1888 Hattie E. Boyd, Wallington
1855 Delia A. Bristol, Macedon
1883 Mary E. Buell, Clyde
1849 Eliza A. Chase, Williamson
1891 Mabelle Cooper, Wolcott
1891 Cornelia E. Crafts, Wolcott
1854 Betsy H. Davis, Pultneyville
1891 Ida H. Deady, Lyons
1863 Fanie Dennington, Clyde
1889 Carrie J. Dickinson, Rose
1889 Jennie M. Du Bois, Newark
1846 Sarah Durfee, Palmyra
1859 Rose P. Foster, Lyons
1893 Evalyn B. Gatchell, Alton
1892 Hattie M. Gibson, Sodus
1882 M. Jennie Glover, Clyde
1845 Elizabeth C. Hance, Williamson
1846 Elizabeth Hatfield, Macedon
1858 Mary F. Hendrick, Clyde
1884 Ella A. Holmes, Marion
1848 Melinda C. Jones, Clyde
1891 Talitha Barbara Koester, Lyons
1846 Edna Lapham, Macedon
1888 Mary F. Lawler, Savannah
1891 Jean MacLachlan, Clyde
1880 Minerva McLaughlin, Newark
1863 Annie C. Merriman, South Butler
1888 Anna E. Moran, Clyde
1846 Amy Mott, Williamson
1893 Roselia Noon, Clyde
1891 Hattie M. Overton, Wolcott
1849 Mary L. Palmer, Ontario
1888 Marion E. Perry, Clyde
1847 Catherine Robinson, Rose
1866 Cordelia E. Robinson, Fairville
1893 Louise Sanford, Palmyra
1863 Mary L. Sherman, Clyde
1893 Elizabeth M. Sherrill, Palmyra
1893 Ruth D. Sherrill, Palmyra
1855 Harriet A. Sleight, Galen
1891 Eliza J. Smith, Rose
1894-1895 Julia M. Smith, Lyons
1892 Margaret M. Smith, Wolcott
1895 Agnes Stow, Clyde
1865 Mary E. Supple, Lyons
1891 Eleanor E. Sutphen, Palmyra
1886 Helen L. Syron, Clyde
1888 Jennie V. Terry, Clyde
1892 Nellie R. Thacker, Wolcott
1867 Anna Vane, Macedon Centre
1892 Lena S. Walker, Wolcott
1891 Nellie Weldon, Wolcott
1891 LIbbie E. Weller, Wolcott
1892 Isadore E. Whitbeck, Fairville
1892 L. Belle Whitbeck, Wolcott
1864 Kate Whitlock, Lyons
1854 Priscilla Wylie, Macedon

MEN

1849 Curtis Baird, Clyde
1887 Arthur E. Barnes, Clyde
1894 Edward G. Barnes, Rose
1850 John C. Bishop, Rose
1848 Charles D. Foster, Palmyra
1893 James K. Gatchell, Alton
1873 Elias Glenn, Rose Valley
1867 Marquis D. Gould, West Walworth
1846 E. Dawson Granger, Sodus
1855 Mervin Hollister, Palmyra
1847 Ezra Leonard, Lyons
1879 John W. Lyman, Rose
1888 Samuel H. Lyman, No. Rose
1880 Josiah S. McLaughlin, Newark
1893 Elmer A. Myers, Clyde
1893 Merritt E. Newbury, Wolcott
1893 Burton B. Parsons, Wolcott
1884 William G. Reed, Alton
1876 Myron H. Thomas, Williamson
1880 Charles H. Tyndall, Alton
1883 Henry M. Tyndall, Rose
1879 Frank H. Valentine, Rose
1880 J. Willis Vandercook, Rose Valley

ABBREVIATIONS

Acad. = Academy or Academic
Fem. = Female
Gram. = Grammar
N. S. = Normal School
Prim. = Primary
Prin. = Principal
P. S. = Public School
Un. S. = Union School
Ss. = School System

WOMEN
Name	Class	Residence as Student	Information
Sarah A. Adams	1865	Marion	Sarah A. Adams (Rev. D. E. Hathaway, dec'd). Taught 2 years. Marion, N.Y. Taught in Newburn, N. C., 1866-68, 2 yrs.; remained at home with invalid mother; m. 1879.
Florence E. Allen	1892	Rose Valley	Florence E. Allen, Rose Valley, N.Y. Taught 2 1/2 years. At home 1-2 yr.; then taught at Holden, Mass., 7 mos.; since and now at Reading, Mass.
Jennie F. Angus	1892	Clyde	Jennie F. Angus, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught 1 term at Rose, N.Y.; since and now as above.
Helen C. Arnold	1893	Palmyra	Helen C. Arnold, Palmyra, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Has taught in Kindergarten since grad. and now at Dolgeville, N.Y.
Dora L. Barton	1892	Clyde	Dorothy L. Barton, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Has taught since graduation as above.
Marion L. Bennett	1878	Newark	Marion L. Bennett (E. T. Cooke), Mansfield, O. Taught 3 1/4 years. Taught, Newark, N.Y., Un. S., 3 months; m. 1878; 3 children, for the past 3 yrs. and now has conducted private kindergarten at Mansfield.
Ida M. Bliss	1890	Clyde	Ida M. Bliss (Alonzo Bedell), Haverstraw, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught dist. sch. 2 yrs. before entrance; since grad., taught 2 yrs. at Haverstraw; m. 1892; 1 son.
Annie C. Boardman	1891	Lyons	Annie C. Boardman, Lyons, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught at Utica, N.Y., 3 yrs.; Saratoga Spr., N.Y., 1 yr.; and now in Kindergarten.
Hattie E. Boyd	1888	Wallington	Hattie E. Boyd, Wallington, N.Y. Taught 1 term. Taught 1 term, dist. sch., at Sodus Ctr., N.Y.; since then, and now, clerk in Census Office, Wash., D.C.
Delia A. Bristol	1855	Macedon	Delia A. Bristol (Selden C. Allis). Taught 1 year. 49 Ellicott ave., Batavia, N.Y. Taught 1 yr. in Un. S. Clyde, N.Y.; m. 1857, as above; 2 sons.
Mary E. Buell	1883	Clyde	Mary E. Buell, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 12 years. Taught 2 1/2 yrs. before entrance; 1 1/2 yrs. during course; from grad. until m. 1893, in Clyde H.S.; now in P. S. No. 44, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Eliza A. Chase	1849	Williamson	Eliza Chase, Williamson, N.Y. Taught 31 years. Address Miss Eva Chase, No. 1 Sherman ave., Newark, N.J. Prin. Fem. Dept. High S., Newark, N.J., and had private school same place; died 1880; wrote several books and lectured; called to a pastorate Unitarian ch.; declined. [1880 Newark, New Jersey census - school teachers Eliza A., Lucretia, & Eveline Chase; Eliza was first principal of the Female Department of Newark High School, now Barringer High School.]
Mabelle Cooper	1891	Wolcott	Mabelle Cooper, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught 1 1/2 yrs. at Wolcott, N.Y.; now at Mt. Vernon, N.Y.
Cornelia E. Crafts	1891	Wolcott	Cornelia E. Crafts, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught 1 yr. in Huron, N.Y.; 2 mos. at Wolcott, N.Y.; 2 yrs. at Schenevus, N.Y.; 1885 teaching in St. N. S., Edinboro, Pa.
Betsy H. Davis	1854	Pultneyville	Betsey H. Davis (F. P. Rogers), Lakeville, Ct. Taught 4 1/2 years. Taught before grad. 10 terms, in Wayne and Ontario Cos.; since grad. 6 terms in Williamson and 4 terms in Ontario - all N.Y.; m. 1856; 4 children.
Ida H. Deady	1891	Lyons	Ida H. Deady, Lyons, N.Y. Taught 0 years. Has remained at home in father's office.
Fanie Dennington	1863	Clyde	Fannie M. Dennington, Phila, Pa. Taught 31 years. 2246 St. Albans Pl. Taught 1863-8, Clyde, N.Y.; 1868-82, Schenectady, N.Y., Un. S.; a little in N.J.; rested 1 yr.; has since taught in Del. Co., Penn.; the last 6 yrs. in Media, Penn., Gram. grade.
Carrie J. Dickinson	1889	Rose	Carrie J. Dickinson, Rose, N.Y. Taught 6 years. Taught in Rose, N.Y., 8 yrs., before grad.; since, 1 yr., at Livingston, N.Y.; Hailey, Idaho, 3 yrs.; Fairhaven, Wash., 1 yr. and now; holds life diplomas in Idaho and Wash.
Jennie M. Du Bois	1889	Newark	Jennie M. Du Bois, Herkimer, N.Y. Taught 6 years. Taught at Chatham and Herkimer - all N.Y.; 1895 at Herkimer.
Sarah Durfee	1846	Palmyra	Sarah Durfee (Prof. Isaac Clark), Lakeville, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught 4 terms; m. 1849; 3 children; 1 son; 2 daughters, all graduates of colleges and have taught.
Rose P. Foster	1859	Lyons	Rose P. Foster (Edward G. Forman). Taught 0 years. 6 South 6th St., Brooklyn, N.Y. m. 1859; died 1870.
Evalyn B. Gatchell	1893	Alton	Evalyn B. Gatchell, West Troy, N.Y. Taught 1 year. Taught 2 yrs. before entrance; 1 yr. at West Troy, N. Y.; m. before entrance; husband James K. Gatchell, '93.
Hattie M. Gibson	1892	Sodus	Hattie M. Gibson (Howard L. Wentworth) Taught 0 years. 381 Clinton ave., Albany, N.Y. Taught 5 yrs. before grad.; m. 1892; 1 son.
M. Jennie Glover	1882	Clyde	M. Jane Glover (Chas. Cunningham). Taught 2 years. Taught, Clyde, N.Y., 1-2 yr.; Marshalltown, Ia., 1-2 yr.; has taken 160 acres of land in Nebraska under "Timber Culture Act;" 160 under "Preemption Act;" taught at Long Pine, Neb., 1-2 yr.; m. 1885, undergraduate; since 1890 has been auditor's clerk-asst. to husband, who is Co. Auditor; also member of school board.
Elizabeth C. Hance	1845	Williamson	Elizabeth C. Hance. Taught 12 years. Commenced teaching at the age of 16; attended district school and Marion academy; taught in Normal school (see Catalogue of Faculty); her connection with the school ceased by reason of failing health in '55; she taught in Lancaster, Pa., in '56, but came home to die; she passed away Jan. 25, '57; a lovely woman, a perfect teacher.
Elizabeth Hatfield	1846	Macedon	Elizabeth Hatfield, M. D. (Rev. C. Holcomb, dec'd). Taught 20 yrs. 67 E. Fayette st., Syracuse, N.Y. Taught Macedon, Honeoye and Newark, all N.Y.; at the last 14 yrs.; grad. Woman's Med. Coll., Pa.; phys. to woman's hosp. connected with coll. 3 yrs.; since as above 10 yrs., 1st husband Dr. J. W. Justin; son, Dr. J. G., as above; daughter, Mrs. Rev. G. T. Dowling; both taught.
Mary F. Hendrick	1858	Clyde	Mary Frances Hendrick, Normal S., Cortland, N.Y. Taught 37 years. Has taught since graduation; taught in N.Y. State and in Chicago, Ill.; since 1869 mem. of Faculty, Cortland, N.Y., Normal S.; reading, elocution, gymnastics, rhet., Eng. lit.
Ella A. Holmes	1884	Marion	Ella A. Holmes, Marion, N.Y. Taught 5 years. Taugaht 1 term before entrance; 1 term during course; 1 yr. since grad., at Webster; 3 yrs. at Greenpoint, L.I.; now Prin. of one of the schools at Northport, N.Y.
Melinda C. Jones	1848	Clyde	Melinda C. Jones. (Geo. W. Elliott, M.D.) Taught 6 years. Address, Mrs. J. L. Syron, Clyde, N.Y. Taught in Palmyra and Clyde, N.Y.; her husband was Surgeon Vols. in the war and stationed at U.S. Hospital, Alexandria, Va., where Mrs. Elliott died, 1864.
Talitha Barbara Koester	1891	Lyons	Talitha Barbara Koester, Lyons, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught several yrs. before grad.; since at Amsterdam, N.Y., 2 yrs.; at Lyons Un. S. 2 years and now.
Edna Lapham	1846	Macedon	Edna Lapham (Walter W. Brace, dec'd) Taught 14 years. Taught in Rochester, N.Y., High S. 1 yr.; Troy High S., 1 yr.; Buffalo HIgh S. 12 yrs.; m. 1866; husband died in 1876; no children; died 1891.
Mary F. Lawler	1888	Savannah	Mary F. Lawler, Savannah, N.Y. Taught 7 years. Has taught since grad. and now at East Syracuse.
Jean MacLachlan	1891	Clyde	Jean MacLachlan, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught in Kindergarten in Mechanicville, 17 mos.; at Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa.; 1895, at Pittsburg.
Minerva McLaughlin	1880	Newark	Minnie McLaughlin, Newark, N.Y. Taught 5 years. Teaches dist. S., summers; on account of ill health was obliged to leave teaching and engage in outdoor occupation; now keeping bees.
Annie C. Merriman	1863	South Butler	Anne C. Merriman (G. W. Winegar, dec'd). Taught 4 years. Taught in Wis.; N.Y.; and Warren, Ill., till m. 1867; 4 children; the family went to Cal. for Mr. W's health and he died there, 1875; she in 1876; Mr. W., banker.
Anna E. Moran	1888	Clyde	Anna E. Moran, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 7 years. Taught 2 terms before entrance; has taught since grad., 1 term, Un. S., E. Syracuse; 6 yrs. and now in H.S., at Clyde, primary work.
Amy Mott	1846	Williamson	Amy Mott. Taught 2 years. Taught district Ss. 2 yrs.; died at Williamson, N.Y., 1849.
Roselia Noon	1893	Clyde	Roselia Noon, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Has taught since grad. and now at Lyons, N.Y.
Hattie M. Overton	1891	Wolcott	Hattie M. Overton, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught 1 yr., 2 mos., at E. Syracuse; since and now at Johnstown, N.Y.
Mary L. Palmer	1849	Ontario	Mary L. Palmer (N.L. Palmer), Princeton, Kan. Taught 1 year. Taught, P. S., Wayne Co., 2 terms; m. 1853, E. P. Pomeroy; 2 children; both taught; second marriage as above.
Marion E. Perry	1888	Clyde	Marion E. Perry, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 7 years. Taught at Rose, N.Y., 2 yrs.; since and now at Lyons, N.Y.
Catherine Robinson	1847	Rose	Catharine Robinson, Rose, N.Y. Taught 1 year. Address, Thomas Robinson, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 2 terms; died of consumption, 1848.
Cordelia E. Robinson	1866	Fairville	Cordelia E. Robinson, Newark, N.Y. Taught 18 years. Taught dist. sch. 4 yrs.; Gram. dept., Newark Un. S., 1 yr.; Un. S. at Warwick, N.Y., 8 yrs.; 5 yrs. in prep. Acad. dept., Sinclairville, N.Y.; has not taught for several years.
Louise Sanford	1893	Palmyra	Louise Sanford, Palmyra, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Has taught since grad. and now at Niagara Falls, N.Y.; kind. work.
Mary L. Sherman	1863	Clyde	Mary L. Sherman, residence unknown. Taught 15 years. Taught, Leavenworth Inst., Wolcott, N.Y., 4 yrs.; Female College, Greenville, Ky.; Seminary, Burlington, Iowa; preceptress Seminary, Manchester, Vt.; wrote for "Christian at Work" and for various religious papers; ass't editor "New Century for Woman;" worked 3 yrs. in connection with Woman's Christian Temperance Union; studied elocution in Boston; last known teaching elocution in Starkey Seminary, at Eddytown, N.Y.
Elizabeth M. Sherrill	1893	Palmyra	Elizabeth M. Sherrill, A. B., Pd. B. (Chas. Foster Kent). Taught 2 yrs. Providence, R. I. Taught 1 yr. before entrance; after grad., 1 yr. at Warren, Ohio; received degree A. B. from Smith Coll., 1890; m. 1895.
Ruth D. Sherrill	1893	Palmyra	Ruth D. Sherrill, A. B., Pd. B., Palmyra, N.Y. Taught 2 1/2 years. Taught in H. S. at Warren, Ohio, 2 1/2 years.
Harriet A. Sleight	1855	Galen	Harriet A. Sleight (Geo. S. Jewell), Dexter, Mich. Taught 1 year. m. 1856; 4 children; taught with husband 1 yr.; he was Prof. in Mich. N. S.; since leaving that school has lived on a farm.
Eliza J. Smith	1891	Rose	Eliza J. Smith (Samuel V. King) Taught 2 1/2 years. Haverstraw, N.Y. Taught at Haverstraw, N.Y., 2 yrs. 4 mos.; m. 1893; 1 daughter.
Julia M. Smith	1894-1895	Lyons	Julia M. Smith, Pd. B., Lyons, N.Y. Taught 1/2 year. See record in class of '94; since grad. at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Margaret M. Smith	1892	Wolcott	Margareta M. Smith (Harlem S. Smith). Taught 3 years. Wolcott, N.Y. Taught since grad. at Canastota, N.Y.; m. 1895.
Agnes Stow	1895	Clyde	Agnes Stow, Clyde, N.Y. Teaching at Ballston Spa, N.Y.
Mary E. Supple	1865	Lyons	Mary E. Supple (J. R. Petrie), Rosedale, Kan. Taught 4 1/2 years. Taught in private S., S. Butler, N.Y., 1 term; Vice Prin. P. S., Stapleton, N.Y., 4 yrs.; m. 1871; 3 children; lived 3 yrs. in Texas; in Missouri, Ozark Mountain dist., 3 yrs.; in Colorado, Ill., and Kansas City, Mo.; for past 9 yrs. her husband has been engaged in Stock and Dairy business.
Eleanor E Sutphen	1891	Palmyra	Eleanor E. Sutphen, Palmyra, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught 3 yrs. before entrance; since grad., 3 yrs. Prin. of prim. at Nyack, N.Y.; in 1895 prim. critic in Nor. S. at Moorhead, Minn.
Helen L. Syron	1886	Clyde	Helen L. Syron, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 9 years. Taught 1 term before entrance; since grad., at Clyde, N.Y.
Jennie V. Terry	1888	Clyde	Jennie V. Terry, Lyons, N.Y. Taught 7 years. Taught 2 yrs. at Mellenville, N.Y.; 4 yrs. Long Is. City; 1895 teaching Rosebank, S. Is.
Nellie R. Thacker	1892	Wolcott	Nellie R. Thacker, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught 2 yrs. as above; now at Canastota - all N.Y.
Anna Vane	1867	Macedon Centre	Anna Vane (M. N. Herald, dec'd). Taught 10 1/2 years. Taught 1st dept., Manchester, N.Y., 4 1/2 yrs.; taught as above, 6 yrs.; m. 1869; 1 child, boy.
Lena S. Walker	1892	Wolcott	Lena S. Walker, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught at West Orange, N.J., 1 1/2 yrs.; Cambridge, N.Y., 3/4 yr.; resigned on account of ill-health; 1895, at Morristown, N.J.
Nellie Weldon	1891	Wolcott	Nellie Weldon, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Has taught since graduation as above.
Libbie E. Weller	1891	Wolcott	Libbie Elnette Weller, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 5 years. Taught 5 yrs. before grad.; since, taught at Wolcott, N.Y.; at Sycamore, Neb., 2 yrs.; at Gloversville, N.Y., 2 terms; now reserve teacher in Milwaukee, Wis.; also stenographer.
Isadore E. Whitbeck	1892	Fairville	Isadore E. Whitbeck, Fairville, N.Y. No report.
L. Belle Whitbeck	1892	Wolcott	L. Belle Whitbeck, Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught 1 yr. before entrance; since grad. 1 yr. at Tonawanda, N.Y.; 2 yrs. and now at Wolcott, N.Y.
Kate Whitlock	1864	Lyons	Kate Whitlock (James Forfar, dec'd), Lyons, N.Y. Taught 8 yrs. Taught, near Lyons, 4 yrs.; So. Butler 1 yr.; Shortsville 2 yrs.; dist. and gr. schs.; Newark German Acad. 1 yr.; m 1877; 3 chld.; drem. 1 dead; 1 daughter teaching; husband died 1890.
Priscilla Wylie	1854	Macedon	Priscilla Wylie (Wm. Johnston), Pike, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught, Palmyra, N.Y., 3 yrs.; health impaired; m. 1858; 2 children; died 1861.
From Elsewhere
Mary H. Crosby	1853	Spencerport	Mary H. Crosby (Otis B. Gunn), Kansas City, Mo. Taught 3 years Taught during the course, and afterwards at graded S., Lyons, N.Y., till m. 1853; 3 children; son educated at Rens. Pol. Inst., Troy, N.Y.
Harriet Gorsline	1854	Phelps	Harriet Gorsline (Rodulphus Dingman, dec'd). Taught 25 years. Sodus, N.Y. Taught, Louisville, GA., 2 yrs.; Preceptress High S., Madison, Wis., 3 yrs.; Prin. Beekman st. S., Saratoga, N.Y., 7 yrs.; Battle Creek, Mich., 1 yrs.; after 1867 could not teach except with rests; m. 1878; husband died 1894.

MEN
Name	Class	Residence as Student	Information
Curtis Baird	1849	Clyde	Hon. Curtis Baird, Isabel, Oregon. Taught 7 years. Taught Seneca Co., N.Y., 2 1/2 yrs.; taught in Cal.; 1st Co. Treas. San Mateo Co., Cal., 2 terms; original Republican; Supt. Ss., Clackamas Co.; member of Legislature, Cal., 1871-2; went to Oregon, 1878; Co. Supt. Ss.; taught in Oregon; now engaged in lumber business.
Arthur E. Barnes	1887	Clyde	Arthur E. Barnes, A. B., Clyde, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught 1-2 yr. before entrance; Prin., Manchester, N.Y., dist. sch., 1 yr.; Prin. gr. S. at Port Allegany, Pa., 2 yrs.; substitute at Savannah, N.Y., 5 weeks; 1895 grad. Union Coll.; now Prin. at Palatine Bridge, N.Y.
Edward G. Barnes	1894	Rose	Edward G. Barnes, Pd. B., Rose, N.. Taught 1 year. Taught 1 yr. before entrance; since grad. 1 yr. at Mill Point, N.Y.; now Prin. at Peekskill, N.Y.
John C. Bishop	1850	Rose	John C. Bishop, Lyons, N.Y. Taught 5 years. Taught Kinderkamack, N.J., Un. S., 3 yrs.; Prin. Peekskill, N.Y., P.S., 1-2 yr.; Palatine Bridge, N.Y., 1 yr.; taught various schools; farmer; engineer and surveyor; State Com'r. of Drainage; correspondent Statistical Dept., Washington, 20 yrs.; instructor in many Teachers' Institutes - always without pay; Bible Class Teacher 25 yrs.; 4 children - all have taught; m. 1853, Mary S. Avery; now Civil Engineer with large practice as expert in contested cases.
Charles D. Foster	1848	Palmyra	Chas. D. Foster. Taught 3 years Address, Joel R. Foster, E. Palmyra, N.Y. Taught Classical Un. Sc. as above, the boys of Junior Dept., 2 yrs.; on his father's farm 1 yr.; then on farm of his own; then taught Prin. Newark, N.Y., Un. S. 3 mo's, and died, greatly lamented, 1852; he also taught vocal music with great success.
James K. Gatchell	1893	Alton	James K. Gatchell, West Troy, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught 3 yrs. before entrance; since grad. 2 yrs. as above; 1895, made Supt. of Ss., West Troy, N.Y.; m. 1886, Evalyn B. Barnes.
Elias Glenn	1873	Rose Valley	Elias B. Glen, 73 State st., Room 4, Albany, N.Y. Taught 9 years. Taught, Battle Creek, Mich., 1-2 yr.; Clyde, 1-2 yr.; Peekskill Mil. Acad., 2 yrs.; own Boarding School, 3 years.; East Albany, 3 yrs.; m. Mary D. Hill, undergraduate; 1 girl; in 1895 Dist. Man. of Security Mutual Life Ass. of Binghamton, N.Y.; office as above.
Marquis D. Gould	1867	West Walworth	Marquis D. Gould, LL.B., Flushing, L.I. Taught 1 1/2 years. Taught dist. sch. at Lake Side 1-2 yr.; taught, Prin. Central S., Kingston, N.Y., 1 yr.; grad. Albany Law S., 1869; since, practiced as above; m. 1870, Augusta A. Thayer; 4 children.
E. Dawson Granger	1846	Sodus	E. Dawson Granger. Taught 8 years. Taught at Sodus, N.Y., for 5 yrs.; was School Com.; farmer and Democratic politician, prominent as such in Mich.; m. Clarissa Norton; no children; died 1878, in Michigan.
Mervin Hollister	1855	Palmyra	Mervin Hollister. Taught 7 years. Taught, Lockport, N.Y., 1 yr.; Beverly, N.J., 2 yrs.; Trenton, N.J., where he was taken sick and died, 1862; 1856 m. Miss Sarah Foster; 1 child; E. L. Hollister.
Ezra Leonard	1847	Lyons	Ezra Leonard, M. D. Taught 4 years. After teaching, he studied medicine, practiced, and died 15 or 20 years ago; he graduated in homeopathy in Phila.; in allopathy in N.Y. City; m. Phebe J. Wringes; no children.
John W. Lyman	1879	Rose	John W. Lyman, Rose, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught, Prin. P. S., Garrisons, N.Y., 2 yrs.; died May, 1881.
Samuel H. Lyman	1888	No. Rose	Samuel H. Lyman, Cherry Valley, N.Y. Taught 7 years. Taught at North Rose, 2 1/2 years; Pulaski, 2 yrs.; Cape Vincent, 2 yrs.; Cherry Valley, 2 yrs. and now; m. 1889, Ella Gardner; 2 children; 1 yr. of teaching was before grad.
Josiah S. McLaughin	1880	Newark	Josiah S. McLaughlin, Rochester, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught, Arcadia, 1-2 yr.; Chenango Co., 2 1/2 yrs.; prin. Un. S., Smyrna, 1 yr.; commercial branches, Lake Forrest Univ., Lake Forrest, Ill.; now "commercial traveller;" m. 1888, Addie A. Nauman.
Elmer A. Myers	1893	Clyde	Elmer A. Myers, Clyde, N.Y. Taught 2 1/2 years. Taught 1 yr. before entrance; Prin. at Conklingville, N.Y., 1 1/2 yrs.; now at Westerlo, N.Y.
Merritt E. Newbury	1893	Wolcott	Merritt E. Newbury, Pd. B., Wolcott, N.Y. Taught 2 years. Taught 5 yrs. before entrance; since grad. and now teaching in Acad. dept., Johnstown, N.Y.
Burton B. Parsons	1893	Wolcott	Burton B. Parsons, 52nd st., New York city. Taught 2 1/2 years. Taught at Cambridge, N.Y., 1 1/2 yrs.; at Oneida, N.Y., 1 yr.; 1895, teaching in German-American School, 52d st., New York.
William G. Reed	1884	Alton	William G. Reed, Alton, N.Y. Taught 4 years. Taught 2 yrs. before entrance; after Prin. graded S., Dundee, N.Y., 2 yrs.; m. 1885, Miss Harriet J. Marsh; no report in 1895.
Myron H. Thomas	1876	Williamson	Myron H. Thomas, M. D., Douglas, Kansas. Taught 4 years. Taught, P. S., East Varick, N.Y., 1 yr.; Prof. math. in South and College and prin. Normal Dept. 2 yrs.; located as stockman 45 miles west of Arkansas river, Kingman, Kansas, and prin. of P. S.; grad. Chicago Med. Coll.; m. 1878; died 1883.
Charles H. Tyndall	1880	Alton	Rev. Charles H. Tyndall, A. M., N.Y. City. Taught 0 years. Studied in Alban Acad., 1 1/2 yrs.; took sen. yr. at Williams College 1882; studied theology Auburn Sem., N.Y., graduated 1885; ordained by Pres. Lake Superior, Mich., 1885; Pastor Presby. Ch., Escanaba, Mich., 1885-89; Broome st. Tabernacle, NY. city, 1889 to present; m. 1885, Jessie Van Auken, '80; 2 daughters; A. M. from Univ. city New York, 1892; has published "Object Sermons," "Lessons-Primary," S. S. Lesson Illustrator, 1893-95, "Quickening, Filling and Enduring of the Holy Ghost," 1894.
Henry M. Tyndall	1883	Rose	Rev. Henry M. Tyndall, 23 E. 105th st., N.Y. city. Taught 0 yrs. Taught 4 yrs. before entrance; no since; grad. Auburn Theo. Sem., 1886; "Supply" at Fairville, N.Y., 1 yr.; pastor at Iron Mt., Mich., 1886 to 1891; associate pastor Broome st. Tabernacle, N.Y. city, 1891-92; since 1892 pastor People's Tabernacle, N. Y. city, a church of which he was the founder; m. Phebe A. Mitchell; 3 children.
Frank H. Valentine	1879	Rose	Frank H. Valentine, Cranford, N.J. Taught 2 1/2 years. Taught in Boys' Boarding School, Englewood, N.J., 1-2 yr.; Prin. Schuyler's Lake, N.Y., graded S., 1 yr.; Prin. Un.S., Rose, N.Y., 1 yr.; health failed; changed to occupation in open air, and regained health; m. 1882, Carrie E. Lyron, an undergraduate; in 1999 became ass't editor of Rural New Yorker; in 1892 promoted to associated editor, which position he still retains.
J. Willis Vandercook	1880	Rose Valley	J. Willis Vandercook, Rose Valley, N.Y. Taught 3 years. Taught, Mt. Pleasant Mil. Acad., Sing Sing, N.Y., 1 yr.; Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y.; 1881 m. M.E. Spaulding, '80; went to Minn. for health and died in 1887.

LISTINGS BY GRADUATION YEAR

WOMEN

1845 Elizabeth C. Hance, Williamson
1846 Sarah Durfee, Palmyra
1846 Elizabeth Hatfield, Macedon
1846 Edna Lapham, Macedon
1846 Amy Mott, Williamson
1847 Catherine Robinson, Rose
1848 Melinda C. Jones, Clyde
1849 Eliza A. Chase, Williamson
1849 Mary L. Palmer, Ontario
1854 Betsy H. Davis, Pultneyville
1854 Priscilla Wylie, Macedon
1855 Delia A. Bristol, Macedon
1855 Harriet A. Sleight, Galen
1858 Mary F. Hendrick, Clyde
1859 Rose P. Foster, Lyons
1863 Fannie Dennington, Clyde
1863 Annie C. Merriman, South Butler
1863 Mary L. Sherman, Clyde
1864 Kate Whitlock, Lyons
1865 Sarah A. Adams, Marion
1865 Mary E. Supple, Lyons
1866 Cordelia E. Robinson, Fairville
1867 Anna Vane, Macedon Centre
1878 Marion L. Bennett, Newark
1880 Minerva McLaughlin, Newark
1882 M. Jennie Glover, Clyde
1883 Mary E. Buell, Clyde
1884 Ella A. Holmes, Marion
1886 Helen L. Syron, Clyde
1888 Hattie E. Boyd, Wallington
1888 Mary F. Lawler, Savannah
1888 Anna E. Moran, Clyde
1888 Marion E. Perry, Clyde
1888 Jennie V. Terry, Clyde
1889 Carrie J. Dickinson, Rose
1889 Jennie M. Du Bois, Newark
1890 Ida M. Bliss, Clyde
1891 Annie C. Boardman, Lyons
1891 Mabelle Cooper, Wolcott
1891 Cornelia E. Crafts, Wolcott
1891 Ida H . Deady, Lyons
1891 Talitha Barbara Koester, Lyons
1891 Jean MacLachlan, Clyde
1891 Hattie M. Overton, Wolcott
1891 Eliza J. Smith, Rose
1891 Eleanor E. Sutphen, Palmyra
1891 Nellie Weldon, Wolcott
1891 Libbie E. Weller, Wolcott
1892 Florence E. Allen, Rose Valley
1892 Jennie F. Angus, Clyde
1892 Dora L. Barton, Clyde
1892 Hattie M. Gibson, Sodus
1892 Margaret M. Smith, Wolcott
1892 Nellie R. Thacker, Wolcott
1892 Lena S. Walker, Wolcott
1892 Isadore E. Whitbeck, Fairville
1892 L. Belle Whitbeck, Wolcott
1893 Helen C. Arnold Palmyra
1893 Evalyn B. Gatchell, Alton
1893 Roselia Noon, Clyde
1893 Louise Sanford, Palmyra
1893 Elizabeth M. Sherrill, Palmyra
1893 Ruth D. Sherrill, Palmyra
1894-95, Julia M. Smith, Lyons
1895 Agnes Stow, Clyde

MEN

1846 E. Dawson Granger, Sodus
1847 Ezra Leonard, Lyons
1848 Charles D. Foster, Palmyra
1849 Curtis Baird, Clyde
1850 John C. Bishop, Rose
1855 Mervin Hollister, Palmyra
1867 Marquis D. Gould, West Walworth
1873 Elias Glenn, Rose Valley
1876 Myron H. Thomas, Williamson
1879 John W. Lyman, Rose
1879 Frank H. Valentine, Rose
1880 Josiah S. McLaughlin, Newark
1880 Charles H. Tyndall, Alton
1880 J. Willis Vandercook, Rose Valley
1883 Henry M. Tyndall, Rose
1884 William G. Reed, Alton
1887 Arthur E. Barnes, Clyde
1888 Samuel H. Lyman, N. Rose
1893 James K. Gatchell, Alton
1893 Elmer A. Myers, Clyde
1893 Merritt E. Newbury, Wolcott
1893 Burton B. Parsons, Wolcott
1894 Edward G. Barnes, Rose

Source: An Historical Sketch of the State Normal College at Albany, N.Y. and a History of its Graduates for Fifty Years. 1844-1894. Albany, N. Y.: Brandow Printing Company. 1895.

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