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MIRABILIA BOARD. GROVER CLEVELAND HAMILTON, Editor-in-Chief, LCTHEK HE IR N10 (’ROTTY, Business Manager, •JOS. BENJAMIN ROBINSON, Jr., Asst. Business Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. SYBIL MARIA BALL, U NITE ANN KMIOS. JOHN RAYMOND DAVIS. MAMIE CLARE SPANGLER, CONDA CLEVELAND MILLER, NANNIE ELIZABETH DAVIS, MARY LOIS DONALDSON, CLYDE ANDERSON WELLMAN. ROBERT CLIFTON SPANGLER.
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HISTORY. Early in the last century, on an eminence one-fourth mile from the left hank of the Ohio Kiver, and 80 feet above low water mark, two miles below the mouth of the Guynndotte River and the historic old town of Guyandotte, West Virginia, and eight miles above the Kentucky line, in the center of what is now tlie city of Huntington, stood an old log house which was called Mt. llebron, and which was used for both school and church purposes. So far as statistics show, Mr. John X. Reck, was the first teacher in this historic old building. Soon Mr. Peck associated with him one Mr. Shepherd. Under these gentlemen the school prospered so well that it was deemed necessary to erect a new building. John Laidley took the lead in work ing up this matter, and soon succeeded in raising the necessary funds. James Holderby sold them one and one-fourth acres of land for $40.00, which was duly conveyed to the trustees by deed dated June 30th, 183S, in which it was stipulated that it should be used for none other than school pur poses. The Legislature of Virginia enacted in the same year that Benj. Brown, F. G. L. Beuhring, James Galliger, John Laidley, Win. Bullington, Jno. Samuels, Richard Brown, Benj. II. Smith and Geo. W. Summers be made a body politic in the name of “The Trustees of the Marshall Academy” to be located in Cabell Founty, Virginia. All these trustees lived in the vicinity except John Samuels, who was (Jerk of the Court of (’abell County, and resided in Barboursville, the County seat at that time, and Col. B. F. Smith and Geo. Summers, attorneys at law, who resided at Charleston, the present capitol of the State of West Virginia. A two story brick building with four rooms was erected, the lot was fenced and a good well was dug. Messrs Peck and Shepherd were the first teachers to occupy the Academy, which was named the Marshall Academy, in honor of Chief 8
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