The New York Conference Seminary in

Charlotteville Charlotteville is a village lying on the northeastern tip of Tobago on Man-o-War Bay. History The first European settlement on Man-o-War Bay was part of the colony of Nieuw Walcheren established by Jan de Moor, the burgomaster of Vlissingen in ...

Schoharie County, New York Schoharie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is Schoharie. "Schoharie" comes from a Mohawk word meaning "f ...

, also known as Charlotteville Seminary, was a school operated under the auspices of the

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of the

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...

. It was founded in 1850 with Alonzo Flack as the principal. One of the school buildings was destroyed by fire in 1856, but the school continued through the purchase and renovation of a hotel. It finally closed in 1875.

Notable alumni

John Emory Andrus John Emory Andrus (February 16, 1841 – December 26, 1934) was mayor of Yonkers, New York, a U.S. Congressman from New York, and founder of the Surdna Foundation, SURDNA Foundation. Biography Born in Pleasantville, New York, Andrus was the son o ...

* Frederick J. Bancroft *

Henry C. Connelly Henry Cantine Connelly (September 25, 1832 in Phoenicia, Ulster County, New York – October 8, 1912 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York) was an American merchant, manufacturer, banker and politician from New York. Life He was the son of Willia ...

Lorenzo Crounse Lorenzo Crounse (January 27, 1834May 13, 1909) was a Nebraska Republican politician and the eighth Governor of Nebraska. Early life Born in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York, Crounse attended the New York Conference Seminary in Charlottevi ...

Mary Gage Day Mary Gage Day (, Gage; June 20, 1857 – March 7, 1935) was an American physician and medical writer. Day published several papers on Locoweed, including two articles in the ''New York Medical Journal'', from which the definition of "Loco Disease" ...

* Lansing Hotaling * Joshua S. Salmon * Milton Terry *

John Van Schaick John Van Schaick (July 28, 1840 – June 9, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician from Schoharie County, New York. Early life Van Schaick was born on July 28, 1840, in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York. He was a son of Joseph Wilson Van ...

Lewis Waterman Lewis Edson Waterman (November 20, 1836 – May 1, 1901) was an American inventor. He held multiple fountain pen patents and was the founder of the Waterman Pen Company. His entry into fountain pen manufacturing has only recently been proper ...

References

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