Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-09-17
School Boy ReoolIetiens Of an old stannton;.r-

COWan, an Old and esteemed citizen of th
place, is elected by the reading Of ss(,]
Time Schools Of Staunton, published
the INDICATOR last week. The writ
thinks thai DR.. A. Waddell, Judge She
icy and W. c. Eskridge, and other schoo
mates, will confirm his recollections
''IE Sept i. 18Th. 5
MeSsrs. Editors; 4
l was much interested in reading yry
vINDICAToR of the 10th inst. the last
OF Gne Staunton schools duringart OF
| naiI century, and particularly tpina pGrs
!! reiatlng to- the Academy l5ous with
Jasl ana the schools contempcs, reaching |
| IL during period of ten school days |
from 1887 to 1886, when
were Drought to closest that / have
NotWlthstanding thfor SO years, my
not resided in Staunbls during the ten
recollection OF the Ned enables me to
years above mems in DIR. Ham1lton1s
supply some DIMINISH some additions 10
sKetcn, ana toprove Of interest allKe 70
u Wn!c1 Rf paders, and which l trust
n I'LL anu 70 nor you will regard as an H.
trqslon1; no recollection of old Mr.. Fuller,
bo;n. Only five years old at the Time VI M us
Iofth but I have frequently heard MI.
LWaddell speak in high terms OF ms me.l 10
an instructor i'm mathematics. The dls.
tinguished Chapman johnson was one OF
Mr.. F.'s pupils.
Mr.. Waddell was not the next teacher
IN the Academy after Mr.. Fuller. In Ge
Rev. Joseph Smith, Presbyterian. and tne
Rev, EbeneZer Boyden, EplscOpahan, Dotn
taught before Mr.. Waddell. These gentle
men were also pastors of the churches VI
their respective denominations durlng tne
same time. Mr.. Smith was the fsIneI oi
Mrs. Brown, wife of Rev. DR.. BIoWn, late
of the central Presbyterian. ana OF
Capt. Smith, of Stonewall Jacbson's stan.
He has been dead, l believe. many years.
Mr.. Boyden (who, I was tappy 10 learn \,
from your paper a short time since, is still
living.-I remember him as most ex-
cellent man and faithful tsacherl married.
as your older citizens doubtless recoilecC,
Miss Mary, the eldest daughter OF the
Hon. Dan1 Sheffey.
In addition to the gentlemen mentioned
by DIR. Hamilton, as Students at the Acad'
envy prior to 1886, retollect quite mum.
Der, some of whom are still residents o.
| your section, others shattered abroad, anC
Others still gone fromamong the living.
| Among them [ may MENTION Judge Shef
fey, John Marshall IcCue, George Sea
wright, G. c., Josep G.. and Cyrus 3
Baldwin, Norborne aid John Brooks, AL
exander st. Clair Bys, Robert 81. ant
Chesley Kinney. VIM e.. P. and Rober
Eskridge, DR.. VIM. ]. Young, Christian
and Charles Merritt, Michael g., John A
and VIM. II. Hartman Alex'r and Chris
| und St6VAn90n
Mel McAlear, Magnls and JnO. Stribllng
Frank, Edward, Magius and James CraW
ford, Jacob L. kennedy. VIM. Warden
James and Lyttleton Waddell, and 10
and Peter Woodward.
The writer of this Article was a pupil o
Mr.. PEBBLES prior to 1880, in the fran
house mentioned in Or. HamiltOn's sketc
and soon after he and te late Col. Bald
win were for time pupils of Mr.. ESts
brook, who was then tesching in the Judg
Thompson House on tn. hill just abov
the old Presbyterian church. This schOt
was for females, but fer some reason o
other John Baldwin and myself, bein
then quite young. were admitted into il
My recollection is thai it Was quite
flourishing school.
Rev. Mr.. Thatcher taught a femal
school for short time in the same hOus
as did also Mr.. Yates and Mr.. Robert
Cook. Mr.. Yates (Warrea Minor Willial
Mason Yates, Was his nane) had preyiou
ly taught a mixed schOOl-bOyS and girls
in a small brick house which was the pro
erty of Mrs. 'Bob'' Mcdowell and whic
stood on the lot now occupied by the Fir
Presbyterian church. My was a goc
English teacher and generally had a fu
school.
''Big Smith, Il. Worthington) taugl
for time with Mr.. Yates, and subseauen
ly for several years at s'Kalorama," al
was considered an accomplished schol
and teacher. He was. an eminent Maso
and went from Staunton about 1910
some place in Missouri to take the Pres
dency of Masonic College.