Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-20
1ustrious and economic man may not have
been a genius for organization,

dustrious and economic man may not have
been genius for organization
The seminary was proposed for the ac-
commodation of 60 pupils, but patronage
pressed and the school was crowded above
the limit set. Tuition, board, ETC., without
trimmings, such as French, music, drawing,
painting, etc., was So per week, washing a
dollar a month, stationery according to
amount required, and each young lady was
requested to bring six towels, dressing
case containing combs, brushes, etc. (noth-
ing said about cosmetics, paints, powders,
etc). People who wrote to pupils were re-
spectfully asked to prepay postage.
Representatives of nearly all old Pitts
burg and surrounding country of promi-
nence seem to be enrolled in 1886: Hannah
Jane Acheson and Ann Blaine, Washing
ton, Rachel Aiken, Jane, Mary, Lilly,
Sarah and Julia Boggs, daughters of Judge
Boggs; Mary and Agnes Caldwell, sisters
of w. A. Caldwell; Elizabeth Black, Pitts
burg, and Catherine Black, of Washington;
Mary Cameron, Pittsbu-g; Rebecca Big
ham and Charlotte Chambers, Westmore-
land; Margaret, Mary Ann, Nancy, Mar
tina and Sarah Christy, of a well-known
Pittsburg family; Ann, Antoinette and
Rosanna Glossy, of an old Pittsburg fam
lily; May and Elizabeth Dalzell, of an old
Pittsburg family; Mary, Henrietta, Susan
and Lavinia Forward, daughters of Judge
Forward; Elizabeth Denny and Sarah Ann
Hanna, Allegheny town; Rebecca and Isa-
bella Heron, daughters of Rev. DR.. F.
Heron; and so
THE LIST GOES ON
with the Darlingtons, Cochrans, Clayes,
Hoblitzills, etc. Mary Krepps subsequent
ly married Captain Cox, of the Brownsville
and Geneva Packet Line. Margaret and
Matilda Shouse were daughters of Peter
Shouse, the famous boat builder, for whom
Shousetown was named. Rebecca Shields
was the aunt ofD. .Leet Wilson and Robert K.
Wilson. Ruth and Isabella Steward, Maria
and Louisa Sutton, and Caroline Taylor be-
longed to prominent families OF Indiana, Pa.
In 1888 the names continue much the
same, but there are additions. There had
been some gradations also, all the Boggs
girls having gotten away save Julia. One
of the names reyives recollection of the old
time query, say about 1S40-50, whats the
time by your gold watch and chain?"
Among new names are found Eliza and
Maria Arthurs, sisters of Robert Arthurs,
of the Fifth National Bank; the Coltarts,
Irwirs, Elizabeth McCalmont, sister of
Judge McCalmont; Eliza Virginia Me-
dary, of Columbus, O., of the
family of Governor Sam Medary, once the
old wheel-horse of Ohio Democracy. The
next year her sister, Sarah A. Medary, made
her appearance; Susan S. Shields and her
sister Hannah were at Edgeworth in 1888,
and the latter still resides in Sewickley.
Ann E. Warden subsequently married Rev.
DR.. Kerr and later still Rev. DR.. james
Presley.
MORE FAMILIAR NAMES
In 1889 and 1910 more well-known names
appear, names that seem to belong to this
neighborhood. The Misses Micheltree and
Broadmeadow seem to have had no brothers,
for the name is no longer found in the Pitts
burg directory. There we're the Bruces. the
Adamses, the latter of the family who pre-
sented the Byardstown market place to the
city. Caroline S. Moore, of Beaver, was a
sister of Mrs. Judge Agnew The O'Hara
and Denny girls belonged to families known
to nearly ali residents of the present day; as
also the Coltarts, Dilworths, Nevins, Rheys,
etc. The Rhey girls, Jane and Mary, of
the session of 1888, were sisters of
George Rhey, now of the Cambria Iron
Works, Susan Shields was married to Knox
Wilson. and was the mother of Robert K.
and D. Leet Wilson, her sister Hannah,
also pupil that session still resides in
Sewickley. Along about 1888 to 1910 the
Way girls were pupils, one of whom married
DIR. John Dickson, who died recently. Old
Brighton, now Beaver Falls, was repre-
sented by Ann Large, and her brothers
family still resides there. The trustees were
Revs. F. Heron and Bruce, D. DIS. D.
E. Nevin and J. Kerr, Hons. Harmar
Denny, Judge Henry, the latter of Beaver,
r. PEBBLES, R. Christy, S. Snowden, Esqs.,
j. Dickson, NJ. D., and William B. Champ,
Esq. The list of reverends included nearly