Elijah Barrett Prettyman (1830–1907) was the second principal of Maryland State Normal School (now
Towson University
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).
Biography
Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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on February 20, 1830.
He graduated from
Dickinson College
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. He was a teacher and principal in Anne Arundel County for over 15 years. He later became the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and Principal of the Normal School.
He married Lydia Forrest Johnston on June 6, 1855, and they had six children.
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A Democrat, he was elected clerk of the ]Montgomery County Montgomery County may refer to:
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court and served for 22 years.[
He died at his home in Rockville, Maryland on December 9, 1907.]
References
Presidential Biographies - Towson Archives
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Dickinson College alumni
Presidents of Towson University
1830 births
1907 deaths
Maryland Democrats