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.Justice, .John Marshall, of the Supreme Court of the United States. The next statistics, which throw any light on the history of the school, is a letter from Jacob Harris Patton, dated at New York; in which it appears that he was principal of the school from September, 1839, to September, 1840. There is no detailed record of the school covering the period of 1840 to 1843. In the latter year, one Kev. Josiali l». Page was made principal of the Academy. Kev. Page re mained until 1850, when he was followed successively by Henry (Mark, Joseph Foster, and Rev. H. McFarland. Prof. Y. B. Bowers was principal from 1854 to 1858, when he was succeeded by Prof. B. II. Thaxton. In the latter year the Legislature of Virginia made a College of the Academy, and changed the name from Marshall Academy to Marshall College. The trustees of the College at the time were principally of the Methodist persuasion, which placed the school immedi ately under the control of the M. E. Church, South, but the act of the Legislature making the ('allege out of the Academy, prohibited the establishment of a theological department in said institution. The trustees at this time were Revs. Samuel Kelley, Staunton Field, S. K. Vaught, (Jeo. B. Poage, C. M. Sullivan, Win. Bickers, J. F. Medley, R. A. Claughton, V. X. Fonerdon, S. F. Mallory, J. C. Warner, and the following laymen: F. C. L. Bearing, P. C. Buffington, C. L. RotYs, J. TT. Poage, Dr. (i. C. Ricketts, J. W. Ilite, St. Mark Russell, I)r. P. II. McCullough, FI. H. Miller, and L. W. Everett. Mr. Thaxton was succeeded, in 18( 0, by Rev. Mr. Brown, and Mr. Brown later by Prof. Thrush, who served till the opening of the Civil War. One report says that Rev. Staunton Field served some time between 1800 and the opening of the Civil War. Again one report says that Rev. Mr. McFarland, Mr. Jas. Foster and Prof. Boyer served as principals between the opening and close of the Civil War, while another report simply states that the school was local, giving no names of principals. After the war closed, Judge Jas. n. Ferguson, member to
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