Also according to the sign, there were several men who graduated from this school that would later become famous for their deeds. Two of them I have heard of, having to do with things from my area.
William Holms McGuffey has roots in Calcutta. If you go to the Calcutta Elementary School, over near the Pavilion you will find a large stone erected. It is a memorial to McGuffey.![]() John Brown is the next person I had heard of that graduated from Greersburg. He was an abolitionist who is credited with basically starting the American Civil War with the Harpers Ferry Raid in 1859. He was captured at this raid and later hanged. Along with him was a young man named Edwin Coppock, who was a Quaker from Salem, Ohio. |
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