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Mansfield Orphan's School 1878

Harrisburg:
Lane S. Hart, State Printer
1878

A List of "Sixteeners."
In the Year ending May 31, 1878

Below will be found a list of the children who arrived at the age of sixteen during the past year, and were discharged. There is no better way in which the system could exhibit its fruits.

MANSFIELD

James Arrowsmith, at home, Englishtown, Pa.
William Van Gelder, farming at Fandale, Pa.
Ella Ribble, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Emma J. Preston, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Frank McCollum, farming, Ekland, Pa.
George Berry, farming, Stony Fork, Pa.
Clara Prosser, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Wallace J. Newman, St. Petersburg, Pa.
Clarance Brizzee, farming, Oswayo, Pa.
Ellen R. Shepard, teaching, Shunk, Pa.
Augustine B. Whipple, with his mother, Picture Rocks, Pa.
Curry F. Mack, farming, Academy Corners, Pa.
Elmer N. dudley, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Georgianna Dickerson, at home, Tioga, Pa.
Alice Padgett, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
William Dodd, at home, Rose Valley, Pa.
Franklin McCoy, at home, Covington, Pa.
Wellington Stone, farming, Osceola, Pa.
Addie Riebsam, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Augustus Prentiss, at home, Lock Haven, Pa.
William Stull, at home, Williamsport, Pa.
Thomas Daines, at home, Sheshequin, Pa.
John Pitt, at home, Big Pond, Pa.
Flora Dewey, at home, Austinville, Pa.
Edward Weaver, Liberty Corners, Pa.
Clarissa Vanwegen, at home, Coudersport, Pa.
Kate Horlacher, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Mary Graham, at home, Somers Lane, Pa.
Sarah Gore, at home, Ulster, Pa.
George Walker, farming, Keeneyville, Pa.
Franc Kemp, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
William Wilber, at home, Mansfield, Pa.
Charles Watts, farming, Tioga, Pa.
Nellie Smith, teaching, Wellsboro'. Pa.
Pharson W. Howe, clerk, Mansfield, Pa.
Lena E. Thompson, Golden Hill, Pa.
Amy Bockus, at home, Round Top, Pa.
Porteus Brown, at home, East Canton, Pa.
Rose Blanchard, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Judson Hertle, farming, Mansfield, Pa.
Selden Benjamin, farming, Liberty Corners, Pa.
Samuel English, farming, Shunk, Pa.
Rosa Cox, attending State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa.
Yale Boardman, farming, Windham summit, Pa.
William VanHosen, farming, Pike Mills, Pa.
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