Husband Dr. Solomon Fisher Hogue, A.M., M.E.D., Ph.D. 1 2
AKA: Solomon Fisher Hoge 3
Born: 1 Apr 1848 - Hoge's Mills, Greene Co, PA 2
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Father: Solomon Hoge (1803-1877/1878) 2 4
Mother: Rachel Huss ( - ) 2 4
Marriage: 15 Oct 1874 5
Other Spouse: Emma J. Downey ( -1881) 5 - 25 May 1880 5
Other Spouse: Lydia Lee Evans (1856-1900) 5 - Jan 1886 5
Other Spouse: Charity Anne Sterling (1851-1925) 1 5 6
Wife Marietta Bell 5
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Died: 28 Oct 1874
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Father: John Bell ( - ) 5
Mother: Marietta [Unk] ( - ) 5
Children
• They had no children.
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Solomon Fisher Hogue, A.M., M.E.D., Ph.D.
He was offered unusually rich educational opportunities, and he completed his public school course in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, in his sixteenth year. He attended Waynesburg College, 1865-67; Edinboro (Pennsylvania) State Normal School, 1870-72, graduating from that school; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1872-75, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, pro merito. In 1876 he received a Normal diploma from Edinboro State Normal School, and in 1883 the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Waynesburg College.
Dr. Hogue began his professional career as a teacher in the public schools of Greene County, Pennsylvania, his service there continuing through 1867-68-69. Teaching and executive work in connection with schools he then adopted as his profession, and he attained unusual fame for his constructive work. He was elected county superintendent of public schools for Greene County in 1878 and served one term. He was principal of the schools of Tidioute, Pennsylvania, 1881-85; professor of Latin and higher mathematics at Edinboro State Normal School, 1885-86. The following year he officiated as president of Defiance College, Ohio, and the subsequent two years he was superintendent of teacher training and a teacher of psychology in the California (Pennsylvania) State Normal School. He officiated, 1890-96, as president of Monongahela College, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, leaving there to become principal of Rose Point Academy, thence to the presidency of Hall Institute, Sharon, Pennsylvania. He next occupied the chair of sciences in the Clarion (Pennsylvania) State Normal School. Then entering business life, at his wife's death he was engaged in the life insurance business for three years, 1900-03, after which he organized the Masontown National Bank, and served as its cashier for three years. One of Mr. Hogue's most interesting achievements was the establishment of vocational training in the Tidioute schools, which spread throughout the State of Pennsylvania and the United States. The beginning was informal, sponsored unofficially by the School Board, and it seized upon the interest of the pupils and patrons like magic, leading to a fully-equipped tool shop for the boys and to domestic science equipment for the girls. Dr. Hogue was requested to describe the whole plan before the State Teachers' Association gathered at Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Another piece of constructive work on his part was the development of the grading of district, union and borough schools by scholarship instead of age in Greene County, which was adopted by city schools, finally was made a provision of Pennsylvania State law, and eventually was adopted throughout the United States. The first class graduated under the new plan was in 1876 at Waynesburg.
Dr. Hogue was always a zealous worker in the cause of temperance, and when county superintendent of public schools he used the phrase "of good moral character" to further the habit of temperance among applicants for teaching positions, resulting in Greene County going dry. He held meetings and cooperated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Tidioute, and, by their combined efforts, the vicinity became "dry." Dr. Hogue was secretary of the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Association, 1886-87. He held a life membership in the National Education Association. He was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons. During the Civil War, as head of a large drum corps, he led in drumming up volunteers and money. He played the part of a loyal citizen in the Spanish-American and World wars by buying bonds, etc., and lending his influence wherever it might prove effective. Dr. Hogue and his family were members of the First Presbyterian Church at Greensburg, and he was teacher of the adult ladies' class in the Sunday School.
General Notes: Wife - Marietta Bell
from Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
She was a graduate of Edinboro State Normal School and was principal of New Castle High School until the February before her marriage. She died thirteen days after her marriage. Her death was the result of overwork in the school the previous year.