History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . UXIONTOWN BOllOUGH. 359 F. Piirker, in Bridgeport, in the fall of 1855, walkingto and from school daily, a distance of three mileseach way. There he studied geometry and private studies conducted at home, he enteredthe preparatory department of Allegheny College, inMeadville, in 1856, and, supporting himself by teach-ing during the winter months, graduated from thecollege in 1861 with the highest honors of his classas valedictorian. While connected with the collegelie pa
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . UXIONTOWN BOllOUGH. 359 F. Piirker, in Bridgeport, in the fall of 1855, walkingto and from school daily, a distance of three mileseach way. There he studied geometry and private studies conducted at home, he enteredthe preparatory department of Allegheny College, inMeadville, in 1856, and, supporting himself by teach-ing during the winter months, graduated from thecollege in 1861 with the highest honors of his classas valedictorian. While connected with the collegelie paid much attentionto general literature, and re-ceived the Woodruff prize for the best essay in thePhilo-Franklin Literary Society on the subject pro-pounded for competition, The Western Continentas a field of laudable ambition. In the war of the Rebellion he was connected witha three months company in 1861. From October,1862, to July 29, 1863, he served as a private soldierin the One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Vol-unteers, and from the last-mentioned date to Oct. 31,1865, he was captain of the Third U
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