History of Greencastle, (Franklin County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Alfred Emerson, arch?ologist, was born in Greencastle, Pa., Feb. 25, 1859; son of Prof. Edwin and Mary L. (Ingham) Emerson; and grandson of James and Ann J. Emerson, and of the Hon. Samuel D. and Deborah K. (Hall) Ingham. He studied at a school in Paris, France, 1862-87; at a German school in Dresden, Saxony, 1867-72; at the gymnasial school of the Br?der-gemeine of Neuwied on the Rhine, 1872-74; at the Polytechnic, Munich, Bavaria, 1874; in Greece with Professor Sterret, 1875-77, where he pursued a course in modern Greek and arch?ology; in the University of Munich as a student of classical philology, 1877-81, receiving the degree of Ph.D. in 1681; as a post-graduate at the College of New Jersey, Princeton, 1881-82; and as a fellow at Johns Hopkins university, 1882-86, where he aided in foundling the American Journal of Arch?ology. He was professor of Latin at Miami university, Ohio, 1887-88; professor of Greek at Lake Forest university, Ill., 1889; professor of classical archaeology at Cornell university, N.Y., 1891-97; and professor of classical studies at the American school at Athens, Greece, 1897-99. He was married, July 28, 1887, to Alice Edwards of Auburndale, Mass. He is the author of A Short History of Classical Arch?ology in the Last Ten Years (1891) and numerous contributions to the American Journal of Arch?ology, and other periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Robert McClelland, governor of Michigan, was born in Greencastle, Pa., Aug. 1, 1807; son of Dr. John McClelland. He was graduated from Dickinson college in 1829, engaged in teaching, and was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg, Pa., in 1831. He practised law in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1832; and removed to Monroe, Mich. Ty., in 1833. He was married in 1837 to Sarah E. Sabin of Williamstown, Mass. He was a delegate from the second district to the first constitutional convention that met in Detroit, May 11, 1835, was representative in the Michigan legislature in 1839, 1840 and 1843, and was speaker in 1843. He was a Democratic representative from the first Michigan district in the 28th, 29th and 30th congresses, 1843-49, and while in congress he was chairman of the committee on commerce and supported the Wilmot proviso. He was a delegate to the Democratic national convention, Baltimore, May 22, 1848, and to the Michigan constitutional convention at Lansing, June 3, 1850; president of the Democratic state convention of 1850; and delegate to the Democratic national convention at Baltimore, June 1, 1852. He was elected governor of Michigan in 1850 and brought the state government into operation under the new constitution. He was re-elected for a term of two years and was inaugurated, Jan. 5, 1853, resigning the office in March, 1853, to accept the position of secretary of the interior in President Pierce's cabinet, serving 1853-57. He settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1857, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention from Wayne county, May 15, 1867. He was an original regent of the University of Michigan, 1837, and again 1850-52. He died in Detroit, Mich., Aug. 30, 1880.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor