Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.410

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History of Cambria County, V.2

410 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

Scanlan, of Allegheny township; Moses Canan, Esq., of Cambria; Samuel Kennedy, Esq., of Conemaugh, which included Johnstown; Ephraim Crum, of Summerhill; Thomas Lilly, of Clearfield; John McConnell, of Susquehanna; John Murray, Esq., of Jackson; William Slick, of Richland, and John McGough, of Washington. Mr. Murray was chosen chairman, and Mr. Canan secretary. There was a unanimous vote for levying the taxes for this year, and the common schools for Cambria were fairly launched. No serious opposition has ever been made to the system.
    The records do not disclose the names of all the directors for 1834, but four of those from Conemaugh township were Robert P. Linton, Adam Cover, George Bheam and Edwin A. Vickroy. In the following spring Paul Benshoff and Peter Levergood were elected. At the latter election David Todd and William Wherry were chosen without opposition for Cambria township; Jacob Griffin and Philip Heading for Richland; Ephraim Crum and John Pringle for Summerhill township, and William Douglass and William Gifford for Susquehanna. Munster township seems to have elected six that spring, who were John Lucket, John McGough, Joseph Lilly, John Noel, Charles Kennedy and James Fenlon. On the 20th of April Washington township selected their directors at a public meeting duly organized, with James Fenlon, inspector; Robert Burgoon and Charles McManamy as judges, and Bernard McClosky, secretary. The vote was unanimous for Daniel Brown, William Brown, Samuel D. Lilly, William Hudson, John Fisher and Michael McCue. In 1836 William Todd and Richard Scanlon represented Allegheny township, and Charles Wilson and Samuel Good, Jackson.
    In the General Assembly for 1835 a concerted attempt was made to repeal the school law thus adopted; the repealing act passed the Senate and seemed to have the right of way in the House without much opposition until Thaddeus Stevens suddenly appeared and defeated its repeal in the greatest parliamentary fight ever made in our state. At this time there were but nine schools in the county.
    The first teacher in the public schools of Ebensburg was Randall Morton, born in Whately, Mass., in August, 1817. He now resides in Pittsburgh, where he and Mrs. Morton will celebrate their sixty-seventh wedding anniversary in August, 1907. In his ninetieth year, he enjoys excellent health and the com-

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410	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
Scanlan, of Allegheny township; Moses Canan, Esq., of Cambria; Samuel Kennedy, Esq., of Conemaugh, which included Johnstown; Ephraim Crum, of Summerhill; Thomas Lilly, of Clearfield; John McConnell, of Susquehanna; John Murray, Esq., of Jackson; William Slick, of Richland, and John McGough, of Washington. Mr. Murray was chosen chairman, and Mr. Canan secretary. There was a unanimous vote for levying the taxes for this year, and the common schools for Cambria were fairly launched. No serious opposition has ever been made to the system. The records do not disclose the names of all the directors for 1834, but four of those from Conemaugh township were Robert P. Linton, Adam Cover, George Bheam and Edwin A. Vickroy. In the following spring Paul Benshoff and Peter Levergood were elected. At the latter election David Todd and William Wherry were chosen without opposition for Cambria township; Jacob Griffin and Philip Heading for Richland; Ephraim Crum and John Pringle for Summerhill township, and William Douglass and William Gifford for Susquehanna. Munster township seems to have elected six that spring, who were John Lucket, John McGough, Joseph Lilly, John Noel, Charles Kennedy and James Fenlon. On the 20th of April Washington township selected their directors at a public meeting duly organized, with James Fenlon, inspector; Robert Burgoon and Charles McManamy as judges, and Bernard McClosky, secretary. The vote was unanimous for Daniel Brown, William Brown, Samuel D. Lilly, William Hudson, John Fisher and Michael McCue. In 1836 William Todd and Richard Scanlon represented Allegheny township, and Charles Wilson and Samuel Good, Jackson. In the General Assembly for 1835 a concerted attempt was made to repeal the school law thus adopted; the repealing act passed the Senate and seemed to have the right of way in the House without much opposition until Thaddeus Stevens suddenly appeared and defeated its repeal in the greatest parliamentary fight ever made in our state. At this time there were but nine schools in the county. The first teacher in the public schools of Ebensburg was Randall Morton, born in Whately, Mass., in August, 1817. He now resides in Pittsburgh, where he and Mrs. Morton will celebrate their sixty-seventh wedding anniversary in August, 1907. In his ninetieth year, he enjoys excellent health and the com-