. History of the "Old High School" on School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1828 to 1840 : with a personal history of the teachers : also, the names of 265 pupils, with their history in part : with portraits and a sketch of the building. Springfield, Mass., and a directorin Pynchon National Bank. Daniel Pynchon.—Went South, was a merchant inAlbany, Ga., previous to the war of the Rebellion. Return-ing to Springfield, he engaged in the grocery businesswith the late David K. Lee, for several years, and afterwardswith Albert M. Day. He was a director in the PynchonNational Bank a
. History of the "Old High School" on School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, from 1828 to 1840 : with a personal history of the teachers : also, the names of 265 pupils, with their history in part : with portraits and a sketch of the building. Springfield, Mass., and a directorin Pynchon National Bank. Daniel Pynchon.—Went South, was a merchant inAlbany, Ga., previous to the war of the Rebellion. Return-ing to Springfield, he engaged in the grocery businesswith the late David K. Lee, for several years, and afterwardswith Albert M. Day. He was a director in the PynchonNational Bank and a trustee in the Five Cents SavingsBank. His sad death occurred June 13, 1871, at the age of54 years. William Dickinson, Springfield, Mass.—Commencedwork at the U. S. Armory December, 1843, ^^^s assistantinspector December, 1848. He was foreman and employedat the Armory from January, 1850, to June, 1854. Heafterwards was foreman at the Windsor rifle factory, Wind-sor, Vt. He died very suddenly while walking in the street,falling dead on the i8th of September, 1863, at the age of 43. Edward R. May.—Graduated at Yale College in lawyer. Resided at Norwich, Conn. ; Angola, Ind.; andSt. Paul, Minn. He died Aug. 2. 1854, aged B. K. BLISS. OLD HIGH SCHOOL. 47 William E. Bontecou.—Was a clerk in a drug storein Boston, Mass., two years, and then went to New Yorkas clerk in the same business until 1848, and thence toSpringfield, Mass., in business under the firm of Bontecou& Thayer, druggists, until 1851, when he went to Buffalo,N. Y., and engaged in the patent medicine business. In1853 he accepted a position to take charge of a wholesaledrug house in Toledo, Ohio,and soon after went into a retailhouse as a partner, remaining there three years. Owing tothe ill effects of the climate upon his health, he retired fromthe place and went to New York, where he was a clerk,and engaged in business until 1862. During the late warhe was appointed (1862) assistant surgeon in
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