Class of 1845

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Joseph Dysart (1820-1893)

Joseph Dysart was born on July 8, 1820 on the family farm, Eden Hill, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, one of three sons of James and Jane Dysart. His family hired a tutor who introduced him to the classics and then he attended the early public schools of the county. When nineteen, he...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1845

Robert Miller Henderson (1827-1906)
Robert Miller Henderson (1827-1906)

Birth: March 11, 1827; North Middleton, Pennsylvania

Death: January 26, 1906 (age 78); Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military Service: USA, 1861-65

Unit: Company A, 7th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry "Carlisle Fencibles"

Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna, Honorary Degree
Year: Class of 1845

Robert Samuel Maclay (1824-1907)
Robert Samuel Maclay (1824-1907)

Robert Samuel Maclay was born on February 2, 1824 in Concord, Pennsylvania, the son of Robert Maclay and Annabella Erwin Maclay, one of nine children. His parents were highly respected members of the community, running a tanning business and actively involved in the Methodist Episcopal Church....

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna, Honorary Degree
Year: Class of 1845

Albert G. Rowland (c.1822-c.1864)

Birth: 1822/23; Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Death:  1864

Military Service: USA, 1861-64

Unit: 26th Pennsylvania Infantry

Alma Mater: Dickinson College, B.A. (Class of 1845 non-graduate)

Albert Rowland came from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He prepared...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1845

John Horace Stevens (1824-1881)
John Horace Stevens (1824-1881)

John Stevens was a great-great-grandson of Adam Miller, the first Euro-American settler in the Shenandoah Valley. He was born at Harrisonburg, Virginia. Records show that he was in Carlisle, Pennsylvania at the Dickinson Preparatory School, in 1840. Stevens graduated from Dickinson College in...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1845

Littleton Quinton Washington (1825-1902)

Littleton Washington was born in Washington D.C. on November 3, 1825, the son of Lund Washington, whose forebears were cousins of the family of the first president. He enrolled with the class of 1845 at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and, while there, was an active student, gaining...

College Relationship: Alumnus/Alumna
Year: Class of 1845
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