Clayton I Spessard and Three Baby Images
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Title
Clayton I Spessard and Three Baby Images
Subject
Spessard, Clayton Ivan (1874-1949)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Teachers - Virginia - Woodstock
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Photo of four separate images, two of which are the same. One image is superimposed over another.
The image of the man has been identified as Clayton I. Spessard, a teacher of Ancient Languages and History at Massanutten Military Academy at the beginning of the 20th century.
Clayton was born in Maryland, the son of Benjamin F. (1844-1910) and Catherine E. (Hartle) (1845-1902) Spessard. He had at least three sisters and a brother.
He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1898, and taught Ancient Languages (Latin) and History at the Massanutten Academy in Woodstock when J. Silor Garrison was Headmaster, circa 1902.
After, he taught for a couple of years at York High School in Pennsylvania.
In 1906, Clayton moved to Idaho Springs, Colorado, (west of Denver) where he served as the Principal of the high school there. Later, he became a bank cashier at the Cedar Creek and Gilpin Trust Company of Idaho Springs, Colorado, until he retired.
While in York, Clayton had met Bertha C. Palmer, a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were both were teaching at the York High School together. Her parents lived in Denver and they were married there in 1907.
Clayton and his wife raised two sons, Frank P. and Clayton I. Spessard, Jr., both born in Colorado.
Clayton spent the rest of his life in Colorado but died while visiting family in Maryland.
The image of the man has been identified as Clayton I. Spessard, a teacher of Ancient Languages and History at Massanutten Military Academy at the beginning of the 20th century.
Clayton was born in Maryland, the son of Benjamin F. (1844-1910) and Catherine E. (Hartle) (1845-1902) Spessard. He had at least three sisters and a brother.
He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1898, and taught Ancient Languages (Latin) and History at the Massanutten Academy in Woodstock when J. Silor Garrison was Headmaster, circa 1902.
After, he taught for a couple of years at York High School in Pennsylvania.
In 1906, Clayton moved to Idaho Springs, Colorado, (west of Denver) where he served as the Principal of the high school there. Later, he became a bank cashier at the Cedar Creek and Gilpin Trust Company of Idaho Springs, Colorado, until he retired.
While in York, Clayton had met Bertha C. Palmer, a graduate of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. They were both were teaching at the York High School together. Her parents lived in Denver and they were married there in 1907.
Clayton and his wife raised two sons, Frank P. and Clayton I. Spessard, Jr., both born in Colorado.
Clayton spent the rest of his life in Colorado but died while visiting family in Maryland.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified by library staff based on his photograph on page 248, C, #2, of the book, "History of the Reformed Church in Virginia" by Rev. J. Silas Garrison, 1948.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
The man in the middle image, Clayton Ivan Spessard, appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000073, 000116, 000235, 000236, 011381, and 015860.
Identifier
000236
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Clayton I Spessard and Three Baby Images,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/22468.
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