Marshall University Marshall Digital Scholar Libraries Faculty Research Libraries 1-1-2012 A History of Marshall Academy, Marshall College and Marshall College State Normal School by Virgil A. Lewis Cora P. Teel Marshall University,
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[email protected]. A HISTORY OF MARSHALL ACADEMY, MARSHALL COLLEGE AND MARSHALL COLLEGE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, (WEST VIRGINIA) BY VIRGIL A. LEWIS, M.A. (State Historian and Archivist.) Ex-State Superintendent of Free Schools ---- Member of the American Historical Association ---- Member of the American Politcal Science Association ----- Author of a History of West Virginia, etc. etc. Virgil Anson Lewis, 1848-1912 Virgil A. Lewis was born near West Columbia, Mason County, Virginia, on July 6, 1848, the son of George W. and Lucy Edwards Lewis and the first of five children. Orphaned at age ten, he worked as a printer and shipping clerk while preparing himself to become a teacher. While teaching, he also studied pharmacy and law. Although he was admitted to the bar, his main energies were directed toward education: he was elected State Superintendent of Free Schools in 1892 and in 1893 he published A Manual and Graded Course of Study for County and Village Schools.