Clayton I. Spessard, A.M.
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Dublin Core
Title
Clayton I. Spessard, A.M.
Subject
Spessard, Clayton Ivan (1874-1949)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Teachers - Virginia - Woodstock
Description
Portrait of Clayton I. Spessard as a young man and wearing a suit and tie with a high, starched collar.
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.
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
Labeled "Jan 1911" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by library staff based on similar image in the book, "History of the Reformed Church in Virginia" by Rev. J. Silas Garrison, 1948 (page 248, C, #2).
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
This subject appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000073, 000116, 000235, 000236, 011381, and 015860.
Identifier
015860
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Clayton I. Spessard, A.M.,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed September 20, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/45820.
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