Jamestown Academy

Jamestown Academy - 1900 photograph [1]

The Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York was a school built in 1810. It was also called the "Old Academy". One of the founders was Abner Hazeltine.[2] It was located on the southeast corner of Fourth and Spring Streets. "The Academy was moved several times." It was torn down in 1910.[3]

Notable alumni included Chapin Hall (1816 – 1879),[4] Lorin Blodget (1823 - 1901),[5] Davis Hanson Waite (1825 – 1901),[6][7] George Stoneman, Jr. (1822 – 1894) [8] and Hugo Zacchini (1898 – 1975).[9]

References

  1. ↑ Hatch, Vernelle A (1900). Illustrated History of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y.: Containing Sketches and Illustrations of the Village in the Early Days of its Existence, Together with Photographs and Biographies of the Present Time. Jamestown, NY: C.E. Burk. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  2. ↑ Cutter, William Richard (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  3. ↑ "City of Jamestown, New York - The Jamestown Academy". Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  4. ↑ "HALL, Chapin - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  5. ↑ Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
  6. ↑ Colorado Governor Davis Hanson Waite
  7. ↑ Ancestors of Gov. Davis Hanson Waite
  8. ↑ "California Military History: Californians and the Military", MilitaryMuseum.org, California State Military Museum, California Military Department, retrieved 2014-04-19 |contribution= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ McQuiston, John T. (October 21, 1975). "Hugo Zacchini, 77, Dies; First Human Cannonball". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-04. Hugo Zacchini, a circus performer who originated the human cannonball act in which he was catapulted from a cannon 200 feet into a net, died yesterday of a stroke in San Bernardino, Calif. He was 77 years old.

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