Wilkes-Barre Academy was a private school in

Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the secon ...

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, established in 1807. The school had numerous prominent alumni including several politicians.

History

An old courthouse building was used before it became Wyoming Academy and a new brick building constructed. Female students occupied two rooms in the school's building before the Girl's Institute was established. In 1838, the school became Wyoming Academy. Miner-Hillard Milling Company was a major business in the area. Many students came to the school from outside the immediate area.

Alumni

Benjamin Alden Bidlack Benjamin Alden Bidlack (September 8, 1804 – February 6, 1849) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney who served as a member of the US House of Representatives and was later appointed chargé d'affaires to New Granada. While s ...

, politician *Lord Butler, leader in the Pennsylvania militia and one term member of the Pennsylvania Legislature *

George Catlin George Catlin (July 26, 1796 – December 23, 1872) was an American adventurer, lawyer, painter, author, and traveler, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the Old West. Traveling to the We ...

, artist * George Denison, U.S. Representative * Laning Harvey (1882-1942), Pennsylvania state senator * Ovid F. Johnson, attorney general * Charles Abbott Miner (1830 - 1903), state representative * Henry Pettebone, lawyer, judge, and political appointee *

George Washington Woodward George Washington Woodward (March 26, 1809May 10, 1875) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George W. Woodward was born in Bethany, Pennsylvania. He attended Geneva Seminary (now Hobart and William Sm ...

, U.S. Congressman *

Hendrick B. Wright Hendrick Bradley Wright (April 24, 1808 – September 2, 1881) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic and United States Greenback Party, Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Hendrick ...

, state politician

References

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