New-York tribune., 1903-04-13
ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS.
Story of Mountain Girl and Her
Education at Bered.

Dr. " 9. Frost, president OF BeTea ColIege, hen
tucky. who is in the city at present. gave the
following history the other morning. at the resi-
sence Of Miss Helen Gould, concerning q true
daughter Of the Revolution said daughter being
one of the pupils at Berea- II IS study. not
Only III the degeneracy that follows isolation, but
in the power OF Inherited capabilities to respond
70 a new environment in the Oldest and purest
of American stock
John Gabhard was q Bible reading and psalm
singing Englishman. who came TO America De-
cause Cromwell dead. ind he would not JOIN
the Episcopal Church. His Adam learned to
read write and cipher and served under Wash
lngton After the Revolution. having previously
married z Scotch-Irish girl. he settled in rlch
river bottom in Western Virginia and raised a
family OF twelve children. His son David had few
school privfieees but learned 10 read. write and
cipher. His wedding journey was to claim 10
miles Of his CID home His wife and he made
the trip OF horseback, and, transportation belng
difficult they carried only three books a Bible. a
nstechisrn and a small Life Of Washington.
This move Of the family took it into the dark
and bloody ground OF Kentucky, and David, who
q famous Indian fighter, was killed before
many years while out with Daniel Boone
His son, Daniel. never saw schoolnouSe HIg
never learned TO read The lang was 5ed GIV5qed
among four children. giving eacn l~o oi-ld1 n 9 =
s-es This family had lost the art OF read
Nv 1 1 y ee.4joT me- il also ceased 70 own prop
ertv which ii had possessed for the same length
Of time. Daniel had sixteen children, nons ne? o.
Za2ln ever lnote1. .. .Iets7,ce though Hitter
among sixteen. and the rich river valleys now
6eIrg ali taken up the brood was obliged to scat
ter out over the stony soil Of the Kentucky noun
tsins .- ...,o.i,-
This generation lived and died IN entire isolation
Several were killed in mountain feuds The last OF
running 2 moonshine stiH on Hell Fe' o W
'Tes- 5 h,s so, F1d got in contact with the world
again Ii 1851 Bud took q raft Of logs Gown s Ins
Kentucky River. and TO his astonlshLnehta a; aQII1
Sa Sas' easS9 sT TS N t n En}on ARM disOrdeTd
4 nth
heck home ne possessed broader IDEAS Itdh ii-S
family had known for TWO generations y men h tIle
free scbool system was established Buo becaHle
school trustee although unaoie 20 90 f " teacher
At first he aUctioned Of the po3itIo - needs
u The highest bidder ana pocheltd me I i aiming
But sfre- a While Berea graduate taught schooI
irg srS rs-riav appreciating the dlf1erellee- fe
5eIermjned not only TO have have. a oe1 rse daugtter
sa-eEts "a teach that school This was a IsniE IE
hof TssS s11 ogs ore than his father before him He
determined. nevertheless, 10 So a. + bope that
Fesr for Sarepta's education But that yeT y,a.e as
VIZ -o su5 5id get ready to educate sarepta me
rrs own notions had 70 be taken I'M, ml.o ,ere al
she was now fifteen, and seEeraai si OoES
.Tsrtf.. 70 her, has technical meaning in I the
Kentucky mountains SareIta oIo NJ uo+ ant
Just ther II happened that certain teaenerb baIs
Berea Mrs. YOcun making one Och % "a affected by
Berea teachers stopped overnight IN Buo ceD' cIfa
- 80 e,to- 80 brain cells somewhere IN her
rraniJr1 created generations before NIleyn ~ de
spon6ed to Mrs GocITn Fel'IeSe4i''
Ci6e6 70 be educated . Do,aa in her
When Sarepta came riding up 10 beiea aii dis
vrbi+e s-gnbonnet and WOollen Tntts, sne ,t-Sh
mounted from her horse and proceeoeqp peiSents ee
M ferce square in front Of the I55 -
h0Ise TTrlse there q gate rlgnt st ezt5,'f
but that didn't DO Sarepta any gooo- 0he ~
what 4 was for -, ..o-enca' saws
Don't think toe hardly OF her lgIol r,ro,orti3n
u E-rs+- II have heard that large iIopPu.sIas
.. - ,t,ol c57i15rer in Boston. when e~EannIi-s ~
n rerure sTudiee didn't know thai mix 1naf
r~o-1 = 80 F-nYfronrneut means a goou "1-'
know ..rau1hter Of
ssrepja doesn't know she is saa3o-,eCjo5s a of her
pedigree But this daughter of Buo' 1pstad rI the
veteran. Palestine the rnoonshineT; ns 5aTn
backwoo dsrnan: Daniel the lnclan Asi -ss ~r0rr-
the Revolutionary hero. and Jchn ~ s.wSv bat
p-zll'e man IS rot only interesting 9'"'''
soy 70 her tea chers.