Bio for Richard Sterling (1812 - 1883):
1821 Came to Newburgh, NY from County Down, Ireland
1835 Earned BA from Princeton
1835-1848 Taught in Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA
1840 Married Marion M. L. Hollison(?)in Fredericksburg (9 Children)
1848-1852 Professor of Philosophy and Chemistry at Hampton Sydney College
1852-1862 Principal of Edgeworth Female Academy in Greensboro, NC
1875 Taught at Boys Episcopal Academy in Mocksville, NC
1881 First Supt. of Public Instruction in Davie County, NC
1866 Elder of the 1st. Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC
Also a member of the NC State Library Board; active in organizing Sunday School for Negros in Mocksville, NC; author and publisher of the Southern Reader Series, The Primer, the Verbal Primer, The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Readers, and The Speller.
(source: research by member 46883597)
1821 Came to Newburgh, NY from County Down, Ireland
1835 Earned BA from Princeton
1835-1848 Taught in Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA
1840 Married Marion M. L. Hollison(?)in Fredericksburg (9 Children)
1848-1852 Professor of Philosophy and Chemistry at Hampton Sydney College
1852-1862 Principal of Edgeworth Female Academy in Greensboro, NC
1875 Taught at Boys Episcopal Academy in Mocksville, NC
1881 First Supt. of Public Instruction in Davie County, NC
1866 Elder of the 1st. Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC
Also a member of the NC State Library Board; active in organizing Sunday School for Negros in Mocksville, NC; author and publisher of the Southern Reader Series, The Primer, the Verbal Primer, The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Readers, and The Speller.
(source: research by member 46883597)
Bio for Richard Sterling (1812 - 1883):
1821 Came to Newburgh, NY from County Down, Ireland
1835 Earned BA from Princeton
1835-1848 Taught in Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA
1840 Married Marion M. L. Hollison(?)in Fredericksburg (9 Children)
1848-1852 Professor of Philosophy and Chemistry at Hampton Sydney College
1852-1862 Principal of Edgeworth Female Academy in Greensboro, NC
1875 Taught at Boys Episcopal Academy in Mocksville, NC
1881 First Supt. of Public Instruction in Davie County, NC
1866 Elder of the 1st. Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC
Also a member of the NC State Library Board; active in organizing Sunday School for Negros in Mocksville, NC; author and publisher of the Southern Reader Series, The Primer, the Verbal Primer, The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Readers, and The Speller.
(source: research by member 46883597)
1821 Came to Newburgh, NY from County Down, Ireland
1835 Earned BA from Princeton
1835-1848 Taught in Richmond and Fredericksburg, VA
1840 Married Marion M. L. Hollison(?)in Fredericksburg (9 Children)
1848-1852 Professor of Philosophy and Chemistry at Hampton Sydney College
1852-1862 Principal of Edgeworth Female Academy in Greensboro, NC
1875 Taught at Boys Episcopal Academy in Mocksville, NC
1881 First Supt. of Public Instruction in Davie County, NC
1866 Elder of the 1st. Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC
Also a member of the NC State Library Board; active in organizing Sunday School for Negros in Mocksville, NC; author and publisher of the Southern Reader Series, The Primer, the Verbal Primer, The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Readers, and The Speller.
(source: research by member 46883597)
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