TOWN OF DANSVILLE. 



283 



1856. 



Timothy Wallace. 



1867. 



Charles R. Holliday. 



1857. 



Morgan H. Carney. 



1868. 



Henry A. Kershner. 



1858. 



Lyman C. Squires. 



1869. 



John N. Kennedy. 



1859. 



John P. Faulkner. 





Charles Oliver. 



1860. 



Thomas Cotton. 



1870. 



Peter Kreidler. 



1861. 



M. H. Carney. 



1871. 



J. Beach. 



1862. 



Joshua Healy. 



1872. 



A. W. Cook. 



1863. 



Samuel Lemen. 



1873. 



John P. Faulkner. 



1864. 



B. F. Kershner. 





Moses McMaster. 





C. W. Stevens. 



1874. 



Peter Kreidler. 



1865. 



John Kennedy. 



1875. 



Liseum Robinson. 





Henry A. Kershner. 



1876. 



Henry A. Kershner. 





Thomas Burditt. 



1877. 



Marion F. Watkins. 



1866. 



Joshua Healy. 



1878. 



Peter Kreidler. 



1867. 



John A. Beach. 







THE ROGERSVILLE UNION SEMINARY. 



SOUTH DANSVILLE, STEUBEN CO., N. Y. 



In 1848, William C. Rogers moved a store building from 

 Beachville to the present grounds of the x\cademy, and 

 established therein a select high school with one department. 

 This was a private enterprise, and was supported by tuition 

 fees, under the supervision of Mr. Rogers. Rev. J. Strough 

 was the first principal. The present fine building was com- 

 pleted in 1852, by subscriptions and contributions, and 

 Jan. 28, 1853, the Rogersville Union Seminary was char- 

 tered by the Regents of the State University, who appointed 

 William C. Rogers, Joel Carrington, Jonas Bridge, Robert 

 Brail, James H. Stevens, Edward Crydler, Gardner Pierce, 

 Robert W. Davis, Samuel G. Dorr, Michael Ouston, John 

 W. Rider, Robert Beach, John Kelly, Rev. F. G. Hibbard, 

 Isaac Lyon, M. E. Blake, and C. S. Ackley, M.D., the first 

 trustees of the institution. The large three-story building 

 is finely located in a handsome grove of maples, its grounds 

 comprising three acres of land. It contains a large chapel, 

 four recitation rooms, a library, and forty dormitories. 



Faculty^ 1878-79, — Lewis McHenry, Principal, Higher 

 English, Mathematics, and Sciences; Mrs. E. S. McHenry, 

 Preceptress, Common and Higher English, Latin, and Ma- 

 thematics; Dr. C. S. Ackley, President; K. W. Cook, Secre- 

 tary. 



Calendar. — Fall Term opens Wednesday, Aug. 28, closes 

 Nov. 27, 1878; Winter Term opens Wednesday, Dec. 11, 

 closes March 12, 1879 ; Spring Term opens Wednesday, 

 March 10 ; closes June 18, 1879. 



Expenses. — Preparatory, $6 ; Provisional and Normal, 

 $7 ; Academic, $8 ; Incidentals, $1 ; Board at Hall, per 

 week, $2.75 ; Room rent for student, $1.75; Instrumental 

 Music, $10 ; Vocal Music, $1.50 ; Use of Instrument, $2 ; 

 Telegraphy, $10; Drawing, $3. 



The following is the course of study recently established 

 by the Regents, in compliance with an act of Legislature. 

 Those completing this course will receive the diploma of 

 the Regents, which entitles them to admission into any col- 

 lege in this State: 1, Algebra; 2, Plane Geometry; 3, 

 Physiology; 4, Natural Philosophy; 5, Rhetoric; 6, Amer- 

 ican and General History; 7, Chemistry. Any four of the 

 following group: (8, Botany; 9, Physical Geography; 10, 

 Astronomy; 11, Mental Philosophy; 12, Book-Keeping ; 

 13, Geology). And any four of the following group : (14, 

 English Literature; 15, Moral Philosophy; 16, Science of 

 Government; 17, General History; 18, Zoology; 19, Trigo- 

 nometry; 20, Drawing). 



An equivalent amount of work and time spent on Latin, 

 Greek, French, or German, may be substituted for Nos. 12 

 to 20, or any of them. Students wishing to take a longer 

 or shorter course may do so, and will receive a correspond- 

 ing diploma from the institution. 



The names of the different principals of the Rogersville 

 Union Seminary are as follows, arranged in the order of 

 time: 1, Rev. J. Strough; 2, Vosburir; 3, C. W. 



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Bennett; 4, W. S. Hall; 5, E. H. Wildman ; 6, Rev. J. 

 Easter ; 7, J. W. Byam ; 8, Rev. Chas. Gifi'ord ; 9, Rev. 

 J. Haskell; 10, W. A. Dawson; 11, Nye R. Hill; 12, 

 D. D. Babcock ; 13, E. L. Maxson ; 14. Barton S. Part- 

 ridge; 15, Lewis McHenry. 



CHURCHES. 

 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



The first Methodist meetings in the town of Dansville 

 were held on Oak Hill, — in the house of George Butler, 

 half a mile north of the present church, — in the spring of 

 1817. Parker Buel and James Bronson were the first 

 preachers. A class was formed immediately after, consist- 

 ing of George Butler and his wife Abigail, Thomas Buck 

 and his wife Abigail, and Robert Butler, brother of George, 

 who was class-leader. The next summer, meetings were held 

 at the residence of Thomas Buck. 



In 1818 there was a general revival of religion, com- 

 mencing in August and continuing through the winter, 

 under the preaching of Revs. Buel and Bronson, convert- 

 ing nearly the entire population for miles around, and in- 

 creasing the class to nearly 100 members. 



The walls of the first house of worship in the town — well 

 remembered by the old families as the old log church — were 

 rolled up in 1819, without the aid of any trustees or build- 

 ing-committee, and occupied immediately. Mrs. Benjamin 

 Picket, the first convert, died the day the church was raised. 



As cold weather came on, Cyril Buck and Philander 

 Hitchcock secretly purchased a stove, which they put up 

 in the church before any one knew their intentions. 



Early services were held in the school-house at Beach- 

 ville, John Root being an early worker in the church at 

 that place. Afterwards, as the centre of population changed, 

 a new church was built in Rogersville by Leeds Allen and 

 William C. Rogers, Trustees, and dedicated, July 19, 1841, 

 by Rev. Mr. Woodruff". 



In 1862 a new church, costing $2200, was dedicated on 

 Oak Hill, three-fourths of a mile west of the old log church. 

 John Kreidler, Julius Hulburt, and Daniel Kreidler were 

 the trustees. Mrs. Lydia Woodard is the oldest member 

 of this church now living, having been a member for fifty- 

 two years. 



The first class-leaders were Leeds Allen, Joshua Wood- 

 ard, and Joseph Flint. The pastors have been : 1817-18, 

 Revs. Parker Buell, James Bronson; 1819, Thomas McGee, 

 Elihu Nash; 1822, Asa Allen, John Copeland ; 1823, 

 Robert Packer, Nelson Hoag ; 1825-26, John Arnold, Asa 

 A. Call, Henry F. Row ; 1828, John xirnold, Levi B. Castle ; 

 1833, Asa B. Pickard, Samuel Salsbury ; 1837, John Shaw, 

 Andrew Pickard ; 1838, Robert Parker, Nelson Hoag, Ben- 

 jamin Sabin, Caleb Kendall, Micah Seiger, and Chester B. 



