Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.II, p.420

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History of Cambria County, V.2

420 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.

    During the period between 1825 and 1840, some of the teachers were Rev. Timothy Davis, Dr. West, Robert P. Linton, Frederick Sharretts, Mrs. Gilmore, Jonathan and Mary Bowen, Orson Smith, Jonas J. Huber, David F. Gordon and Priscilla Livermore.
    In the decade following 1840, some were Thomas Reed, S. Dean Canan, Jacob Trefts, Mr. and Mrs. C.C.H. Richardson, George M. Reade, Andrew Gohn, Keziah Morris, John F. Barnes, Alice Scott, Miss McCune, Miss Buzzard and Mrs. Lovicy Butler, who taught in 1842.
    In the decade ending in 1860, some of the teachers were Jane Horrell, Cynthia and Jennie Cunningham, Miss Baker, Prof. Giffin, Maria Nesbit, Margaret Ramsey, now Mrs. W. Horace Rose; Miss McCullough, Miss Elliott, Prof. Trabert, Agnes Montgomery, S.B. Bathurst, John A. Kirkpatrick, James N. Rea and J.G.W. Martin.
    In the following decade, there were Matilda and Jennie Hyndman, Columbia A. Horne, Mary Woodruff, Mary E. Douglas, Jane Flanagan, Mrs. Mary L. Crilley, Sydney Postlewaite, Libbie Struble, Libbie Swank, Mary Gageby, Rose Quinn, Lizzie Marshall and John M. Taney.
    During the Seventies, some of the teachers were George W. Phillippi, Sarah Hunt, Mary Sheperd, Lucy Dickey, Annie Zech, John R. Hykes, Jennie Hendricks, Emma McCague, A.J. Cook, Clara A. Engelbach and Agnes Myers; and
    In the Eighties, there were J.J. Miller, O.R. Smith, Jennie Caldwell, Margaret Walters, now Mrs. Frederick Krebs; John M. Rose, John A. Scott, Eva Canan, J.W. Leech, Gertrude Crouse, Ida V. Bash, G.C. Brinkey, Jennie Trefts, Ida B. Menoher, Margaret L. Davis and Ella Walters.
    The tax levied for 1835 was $385.65, with a state appropriation of $73.69. Adam Cover was the collector, and, to his honor, he succeeded in collecting every penny of the levy.
    The wages per month up to 1856 were $15 to $20 for women, and $20 to $30 for men, with a three months' term of school.
    In 1853 there were six schools of 188 boys and 145 girls. Cost of each scholar per month, 42 1/24 cents; total levy, $1,154.58; appropriation, $115.34.
    In 1854-55 the number of schools was five: 173 boys and 214 girls; cost per scholar per month, 33 cents. Total receipts, $1,986.46; expenses for schoolhouses, $315.57; for fuel, etc., $96.
    For 1866-67, schools, eleven; 484 boys and 479 girls; cost

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420	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.
During the period between 1825 and 1840, some of the teachers were Rev. Timothy Davis, Dr. West, Robert P. Linton, Frederick Sharretts, Mrs. Gilmore, Jonathan and Mary Bowen, Orson Smith, Jonas J. Huber, David F. Gordon and Priscilla Livermore. In the decade following 1840, some were Thomas Reed, S. Dean Canan, Jacob Trefts, Mr. and Mrs. C.C.H. Richardson, George M. Reade, Andrew Gohn, Keziah Morris, John F. Barnes, Alice Scott, Miss McCune, Miss Buzzard and Mrs. Lovicy Butler, who taught in 1842. In the decade ending in 1860, some of the teachers were Jane Horrell, Cynthia and Jennie Cunningham, Miss Baker, Prof. Giffin, Maria Nesbit, Margaret Ramsey, now Mrs. W. Horace Rose; Miss McCullough, Miss Elliott, Prof. Trabert, Agnes Montgomery, S.B. Bathurst, John A. Kirkpatrick, James N. Rea and J.G.W. Martin. In the following decade, there were Matilda and Jennie Hyndman, Columbia A. Horne, Mary Woodruff, Mary E. Douglas, Jane Flanagan, Mrs. Mary L. Crilley, Sydney Postlewaite, Libbie Struble, Libbie Swank, Mary Gageby, Rose Quinn, Lizzie Marshall and John M. Taney. During the Seventies, some of the teachers were George W. Phillippi, Sarah Hunt, Mary Sheperd, Lucy Dickey, Annie Zech, John R. Hykes, Jennie Hendricks, Emma McCague, A.J. Cook, Clara A. Engelbach and Agnes Myers; and In the Eighties, there were J.J. Miller, O.R. Smith, Jennie Caldwell, Margaret Walters, now Mrs. Frederick Krebs; John M. Rose, John A. Scott, Eva Canan, J.W. Leech, Gertrude Crouse, Ida V. Bash, G.C. Brinkey, Jennie Trefts, Ida B. Menoher, Margaret L. Davis and Ella Walters. The tax levied for 1835 was $385.65, with a state appropriation of $73.69. Adam Cover was the collector, and, to his honor, he succeeded in collecting every penny of the levy. The wages per month up to 1856 were $15 to $20 for women, and $20 to $30 for men, with a three months' term of school. In 1853 there were six schools of 188 boys and 145 girls. Cost of each scholar per month, 42 1/24 cents; total levy, $1,154.58; appropriation, $115.34. In 1854-55 the number of schools was five: 173 boys and 214 girls; cost per scholar per month, 33 cents. Total receipts, $1,986.46; expenses for schoolhouses, $315.57; for fuel, etc., $96. For 1866-67, schools, eleven; 484 boys and 479 girls; cost