Joseph A. Stockton (1779–1832) was a prominent Presbyterian minister in Western Pennsylvania. He founded Meadville Academy, which later became Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania.[1] He was also President of University of Pittsburgh.[1]
Joseph A. Stockton | |
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| Born | February 25, 1779 Franklin County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 29, 1832 (aged 53) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Spouse |
Esther Clark (m. 1800) |
Biography edit
Joseph Stockton was born near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on February 25, 1779.[1][2]
He attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and was tutored by John McMillan.[1] He was an early member of the Philo Literary Society.[3]
He married Esther Clark on May 8, 1800.[1]
He worked for a time as an assistant tutor at Jefferson College.[4]
He also taught grammar and mathematics at Allegheny Academy in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, now Pittsburgh's North Side, with Mr. Caldwell teaching elocution and John Kelly of Dublin, Ireland as disciplinarian; Kelly later continued the school after Stockton's death. Stockton authored the Western Calculator and Western Spelling Book, used at the Academy as textbooks.[5] His most famous student at the Academy was Stephen Foster, later America's first professional composer, and Foster's brother Morrison described Stockton as: "a perfect tutor. He was learned, he was firm, he was amiable, and he was thorough and practical."[6]
Stockton died from cholera in Baltimore on October 29, 1832.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Parke, John E. (1886). "Rev. Joseph Stockton, A.M.". Recollections of seventy years and historical gleanings of Allegheny, Pennsylvania. Rand, Avery & Company. pp. 258–262.
- ^ a b Sprague, William B. (1858). Annals of the American Pulpit; or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations. Vol. IV. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. p. 243. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Smith, Joseph (1857). History of Jefferson College: Including an Account of the Early Log Cabin Schools, and the Canonsburg Academy. Pittsburgh: J.T. Shryock. pp. 40.
- ^ Smith, Joseph (1857). History of Jefferson College: Including an Account of the Early Log Cabin Schools, and the Canonsburg Academy. Pittsburgh: J.T. Shryock. pp. 38.
- ^ "Stockton Family Papers". Digital Pitt. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ O'Connell, JoAnne (2016). The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster. New York: Rowman and Littlefield. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9781442253865. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
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