"Samuel Endicott, a distinguished classical teacher, swayed the scepter in the old cemetery building as early as 1806, and our venerable fellow-citizen, Dr. George H Perrin, was one of his pupils more than seventy-five years ago. Endicott is described as a severe but most successful instuctor. On two or more different occasions, dissatisfaction became so strong that he had to retire and practice his art elsewhere, and twice was he recalled by his old friends, who chose to put up with his harshness for the sake of his thorough and excellent teaching. Thus he taught, not always in peace, but always with high reputation, till 1831. In the following year, he was appointed County Court Clerk, and so ceased to be reckoned among pedagogues, though his son, Thomas, attended to the duties of the clerkship, so that his father, while Clerk, still taught at intervals, but not in the academy. As late as 1834, it is remembered that he held a school in a house occupying the site of the present Masonic Hall. Gen. Lucius Desha was one of his pupils, and bears honorable testimony to the very high educational abilities of his old preceptor. In 1838, he removed to Henderson, Ky. and died there some years after. His daughter, Anna Maria, assisted her father in his schools, and was herself a teacher of distinction, seemingly inheriting her father's special talents. She was still living, a few years ago, in Lexington, Mo. Severe and haughty as he was to evil-doers in school, Endicott was a gentleman of princely bearing and polished manners."
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" Perrin, 1882, pg 277-278
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" Perrin, 1882, pg 277-278
"Samuel Endicott, a distinguished classical teacher, swayed the scepter in the old cemetery building as early as 1806, and our venerable fellow-citizen, Dr. George H Perrin, was one of his pupils more than seventy-five years ago. Endicott is described as a severe but most successful instuctor. On two or more different occasions, dissatisfaction became so strong that he had to retire and practice his art elsewhere, and twice was he recalled by his old friends, who chose to put up with his harshness for the sake of his thorough and excellent teaching. Thus he taught, not always in peace, but always with high reputation, till 1831. In the following year, he was appointed County Court Clerk, and so ceased to be reckoned among pedagogues, though his son, Thomas, attended to the duties of the clerkship, so that his father, while Clerk, still taught at intervals, but not in the academy. As late as 1834, it is remembered that he held a school in a house occupying the site of the present Masonic Hall. Gen. Lucius Desha was one of his pupils, and bears honorable testimony to the very high educational abilities of his old preceptor. In 1838, he removed to Henderson, Ky. and died there some years after. His daughter, Anna Maria, assisted her father in his schools, and was herself a teacher of distinction, seemingly inheriting her father's special talents. She was still living, a few years ago, in Lexington, Mo. Severe and haughty as he was to evil-doers in school, Endicott was a gentleman of princely bearing and polished manners."
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" Perrin, 1882, pg 277-278
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison & Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" Perrin, 1882, pg 277-278
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A distinguished associate scholar/A stearn effective instructor/At Harrison Academy/1806-1831 Harrison Academy/First School in Cynthiana/Was built on these grounds in 1798/Presented by/Mrs. Wm C Endicott.
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