Evan Pugh, Ph.D. and Rebecca M. Valentine

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Husband Evan Pugh, Ph.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt Jun 1827 - East Northampton Twp, Chester Co, PA
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           Died: 29 Apr 1864 1
         Buried:  - Bellefonte Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA

       Marriage: 4 Feb 1864 1

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Wife Rebecca M. Valentine ^{1 2}

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         Father: Abraham S. Valentine (Abt 1794-1862) 3 4 5
         Mother: Clarissa Miles (Abt 1808-1857) 3 4

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Evan Pugh, Ph.D.

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He was of Welsh descent, and of the fifth generation from the emigrant ancestor, John Pugh, from whom both of his parents were descended. In the autumn of 1853 he went to Europe and spent four years in the universities of Leipsic, Gottingen, Heidelberg, and in Paris, and became distinguished especially in the department of practical chemistry. On his return in the autumn of 1859 he assumed the presidency of the Farmers' High School, later the State College. During the summer of 1863, while returning from a business trip at night, he was thrown over an embankment and received injuries from which he never fully recovered. His energy, however, never flagged. On 23d of April, 1864, he lectured before the senior class, and then endeavored to complete a communication he was preparing to lay before the Legislature, but the hand of death was upon him.
Dr. Pugh was gifted with a mind of unusual vigor, enriched by ripe scholarship and varied culture, and to these he united a temper genial, fearless, and just, and a mature judgment. He was passionately fond of scientific research, yet had the talent of felicitous instruction and of successful administration. He was distinguished for high-toned purity in thought and deed.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 140.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 71.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 215.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 69.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 401.