Chester County PA Archives Biographies.....Richard DARLINGTON, b. 1834

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RICHARD DARLINGTON (Edith, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, George), b. West Marlborough,
8-14-1834, probably in the new house just erected by his father; m. 2-7-1861, at 
her home to Elizabeth F Alexander, b. near Fallsington, Bucks Co., Pa., 7-30-1842;
dau. of Charles Alexander and Sarah Fish, of Falls Twp. Elijah Fish, father of 
Sarah, came from Rhode Island and married Elizabeth, dau.of John Miller and sister 
to the wife of his friend Christopher Healy. Richard Darlington completed his 
education at Harvard University and succeeded his brother Smedley at the Ercildoun 
Academy; but the building being destroyed by a cyclone. July 1, 1877, he removed 
the school to East Bradford, in the outskirts of West Chester, where it has been 
successfully conducted to the present time under the name of Darlington Seminary.
Elizabeth F Darlingon was president of the Christian Temperance Union in Chester 
County for five years, and organized nearly fifty local unions in that county. She 
was sent as national delegate to the coventions in Minneapolis and Brooklyn, and 
was several times delegate to the State conventions. She was for five years 
president of the Christian Temperance Alliance. She was the first president of the 
New Century Club, in West Chester, retaining that position for two years. For six 
years she was on the board of managers of the Chester County Hospital, and 
organized several of the early auxiliaries. For twenty-five years she was 
identified with the educational work in Darlington Seminary.

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