Berks County PA Archives News.....Rachel Denn Griscom, Oldest Teacher in Pa. December 14, 1899
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The Fulton County News. (McConnellsburg, Pa.): December 14, 1899 December 14, 1899
PENNSYLVANIA'S OLDEST TEACHER.
Miss Rachel Denn Griscom, of Reading, the oldest public school teacher in
Pennsylvania, celebrated her 91st birthday several weeks ago. Miss Griscom began to
teach at Reading in 1835. She was born in Salem, New Jersey, November 5, 1808. Her
parents were Samuel and Ann Powell Griscom. In 1809 the family moved to Philadelphia
and lived there eighteen years. Her first experience as a teacher was obtained at
Hancock Bridge, New Jersey, in a log house, when she was 17 years old.

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