The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Elgin A. Jones tive life. His son, Elgin A. Jones,who was also a student there and agraduate of Dartmouth College Scien-tific Department in the class of 1874,and who was principal of the academyin 1877-78, also remains a citizen of 16 Old Academies of Cheshire County the town and prominent in public af-fairs along political, educational andbusiness lines. In recent years he hasdealt extensively in real estate, hav-ing in the last half dozen years boughtand sold over 12,000 acres and Vall
The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . Elgin A. Jones tive life. His son, Elgin A. Jones,who was also a student there and agraduate of Dartmouth College Scien-tific Department in the class of 1874,and who was principal of the academyin 1877-78, also remains a citizen of 16 Old Academies of Cheshire County the town and prominent in public af-fairs along political, educational andbusiness lines. In recent years he hasdealt extensively in real estate, hav-ing in the last half dozen years boughtand sold over 12,000 acres and Valley Seminary. Westmoreland himself, at present over 1,500 acresof valuable farm and wood lands. Among the many students of theacademy at different periods werePerley E. Fox, still a leading citizenof Marlow; Hon. Alfred F. Howard,well known lawyer and insurancemanager of Portsmouth; the lateGeorge E. Dame, long clerk of thecourt for Sullivan County; Dr. 0. , a prominent and successfuldentist of Bellows Falls, and GeorgeF. Tinker, a native of the town, longa prosi^erous business man in NewLondon, Conn. ]\Irs. Tinker, who wasa popular school teacher, was a stu-dent here and at Winchester Academy. VALLEY SEMINARY In the fall of 1857 a school wasopened in the town hall of Westmore-land, under the above name, by J. )inson. He was succeeded in thefollowing years by Rev. S. H. MeCol-lester, Dr. Geo. I. Cutler and term was held usually in the falland the school existed for six or sevenyears. Mr. McCollester taught therea fall and two spring terms, having inthe fall
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