John H. Hill
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John Henry Hill was an African-American lawyer, educator, school administrator, and military officer. He was the second principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute from 1894 until 1898. West Virg
Portrait of Hill from the El Ojo yearbook (1923)
Fleming Hall at West Virginia Colored Institute (1910)
Courthouse & Monument, Bath, ME
2016 09 27 12 32 38 The Jefferson County Court House at the intersection of West Virginia State Route 115 and West Virginia State Route 51 in Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
James Edwin Campbell (poet)
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James Edwin Campbell was an American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist. Campbell was the first principal of the West Virginia Colored Institute from 1892 until 1894,
John H. Hill
…provide West Virginia's African Americans with education in agricultural and mechanical studies. Following the resignation of the institute's principal James Edwin Campbell in 1894, the president of the Board of Regents appointed Hill to finish Campbell's unexpired term. In June 1894, at the regular meeting of the board…
Portrait from Local and National Poets of America with Interesting Biographical Sketches (1892)
19th-century illustration of Pomeroy, Ohio, from the Ohio River
Portrait of Campbell from the Biennial Report of the State Superintendent (1893)