1841 Seminary - Delaware Co, IN
Delaware County, Indiana Seminary Scholars
The Seminary was established in 1841, with most of the students being from Muncie. George W. Garst made the donation of a square. One of the first teachers was Volney Willson. Cost of tuition depended on the subject matter and ranged from $3.50 to $9.00 per session; expensive for the time. The Seminary had two sessions per year of 5 months each. Operation of the school was managed by Teacher, Mr. A. F. Estabrook. A declaration of intent to operate the school in an exemplary manner was signed on 28 Aug 1846, by John Brady, President; James L. Russey, Thomas Barnes, Isaac Norris, Moses Neely, Trustees; Warren Stewart, Clerk.
Students attending the Delaware Co. IN Seminary circa 1846 identified from Muncie included:
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- Mary E. Barnes
- Cynthia J. Brown
- Soloma Coffeen
- Emily Comerford
- Margaret A. Conn
- Ethelinda Cooper
- Samantha Cooper
- Almira Davis
- Martha J. Davis
- Phoebe A. Davis
- Sarah Docherty
- Edith Dragoo
- Elizabeth Dragoo;
- Clarissa Giffin
- Margaret Giffin
- Anna Halstead
- Cynthia R. Harlan
- Eliza Hoon
- Emily E. Jack
- Clara A. Jackson
- Elizabeth K. Jackson
- Hannah A. Janes
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- Martha A. Janes
- Nancy J. Martin
- Juliet Minshall
- Martha J. Neely
- Mary E. Neely
- Josephine Norris
- Nancy E. Nottingham
- Mary A. Perkins
- Mary M. Rockinfield
- Mary Russey
- Rachel Salisbury
- Mary J. Salisbury
- Frances C. Sayre
- Narcissa Simmons
- Sarah A. Stewart
- Elizabeth Sutton
- Melvina Swain
- Mary E. Taylor
- Sarah E. Taylor
- Melissa A. Turner
- Henrietta Williams
- Mary F. Willard
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Other students from Delaware County, Indiana:
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- Margaret Cunningham
- Nancy M. Fisher
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- Irene Jewell
- Psyche A. Jewell
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Students attending the Delaware County Seminary, Delaware Co., IN, circa 1846, included the following identified from Muncie:
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- David R. Armitage
- Thomas J. Brady
- William Coffeen
- Martin V. B. Comerford
- James M. Davis
- Nathaniel F. Ethell
- Othonial Gilbert
- Thomas Gilbert
- George H. Harlan
- Martin R. Harlan
- Richard Halstead
- Thadeus Halstead
- Wallace Hibbits
- Henry C. Hodge
- John Hoon
- Samuel Janes
- James Johnson
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- Evender C. Kennedy
- John A. Klein
- Golesberry S. Maddy
- William A. Maddy
- Minus B. Marshall
- Oliver J. Norris
- Harvey M. Perkins
- Alfred Rhodes
- Ithamer W. Russey
- John M. Russey
- Charles D. Sayre
- Henry C. Sayre
- William Slover
- Elihu H. Swain
- Orlando Swain
- Henry Wachtel
- Horace Williams
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Those attending from other areas in Delaware Co. IN included:
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- John Heal
- Robert Irwin, Jr
- William R. W. Irwin
- Thomas B. Jewell
- William A. Jewell
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- James W. Sansbury
- Peter Saunders
- James Shipley
- Mark Anthony Stewart
- John T. Walling
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Source: Delaware County Records
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