Jamestown Academy (New York)

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Jamestown Academy
Jamestown Academy in 1900
Location
Jamestown, New York, United States
Information
Type	Private
Established	1837
Closed	1910

The Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York, United States, was a school built in 1810. It was also called the "Old Academy". One of the founders was Abner Hazeltine. ^[1] It was located on the southeast corner of Fourth and Spring Streets. It was torn down in 1910. ^[2]

Notable alumni

• Lorin Blodget (1823–1901) ^[3]
• Chapin Hall (1816–1879) ^[4]
• George Stoneman Jr. (1822–1894) ^[5]
• Davis Hanson Waite (1825–1901) ^{[6] [7]}
• John Barber White (1847–1923), lumber businessman and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ^[8]
• Hugo Zacchini (1898–1975) ^[9]

References

1. 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 March 2, 2015.
2. "City of Jamestown, New York - The Jamestown Academy". Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
3. Universal Cyclopædia & Atlas, 1902, New York, D. Appleton & Co.
4. "HALL, Chapin - Biographical Information". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
5. "California Military History: Californians and the Military", MilitaryMuseum.org, California State Military Museum, California Military Department , retrieved April 19, 2014
6. Colorado Governor Davis Hanson Waite
7. Ancestors of Gov. Davis Hanson Waite
8. "John Barber White". Kansas City Times . January 6, 1923. p. 2. Retrieved November 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. McQuiston, John T. (October 21, 1975). "Hugo Zacchini, 77, Dies; First Human Cannonball". New York Times . Retrieved August 4, 2008. 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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