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BOND, Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, Dean of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., born in Clinton, N. Y., 25th January. 1841. Her parents, Townsend and Catherine Macy Powell, belonged to the Society of Friends. The mother was a discendant of the "Goodman Macey" of whom Whittier writes in his poem "The Exiles," and who was, on account of his religious tolerance, driven in 166o from his home on the mainland to the Island of Nantucket, where, ever since, Macy has been one of the leading and most honorable names. In 1845 Mr. and Mrs. Powell removed to Ghent , N. Y., and there on her parents' farm Elizabeth 's childhood and youth were, spent. A gentle, thoughtful child, endowed with perfect health and "a spirit equable, poised and free," labeled, as she expresses it, a ' teacher" almost from her birth, she began early to exercise her powers. At fifteen she was for one winter assistant teacher in a Friends' school in Dutchess county. Graduating at seventeen from the State Normal School , Albany , N. Y., she taught for two years in public schools in Mamaroneck and Ghent , N. Y., and afterwards for three years carried on a home school in the house of her parents. Among her boarding pupils were colored and Catholic children. As a young girl she developed the spirit of a reformer and began active work in behalf of temperance, personally pleading with intemperate men, whose families she saw suffering, and instituting in the bar-room of the village tavern a series of readings and talks, hoping so to turn its frequenters away from their cups. At that time she was, with her older brother, Aaron M. Powell, identified with the Abolitionists. The anti-slavery leaders, Garrison, Phillips and Pills bury, were her personal friends. With them she attended and occasionally spoke in anti-slavery and woman suffrage conventions. Public speaking has, however, generally been auxiliary to her other work, that of teaching. In the summer of 1863 she attended Dr. Lewis' normal class in gymnastics, in Boston , and was the valedictorian of the class at its graduating exhibition in Tremont Temple . The two following winters she conducted classes in gymnastics in Cambridge , Boston and Concord , Mass. In 1865, soon after its opening, she was appointed teacher of gymnastics in Vassar College , and continued in that position for five years. After a few months of rest at home Miss Powell was invited to Florence , Mass. , as superintendent of the Free Congregational Sunday-school and as occasional speaker to the society, whose work was conducted by Charles C. Burleigh. After a year's work in that field Miss Powell was married to Henry H. Bond, a lawyer of Northampton, and resigned most of her public duties, though for a time editing, with her husband, the Northampton ' Journal," and acting as one of the working trustees of the Florence kindergarten from its founding. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bond, one of whom died in infancy. The years 1879-80 were spent in traveling and residence in the South, in search of health for her husband. After his death, in 1881, Mrs. Bond returned to Florence and devoted herself to the education of her son, gathering about her a class of children, whom she taught with him. In 1885 she resumed her relations with the Free Congregational Society, becoming its resident minister, preparing written discourses for its Sunday meetings, and performing the social duties of a pastor. At the expiration of a year's service Mrs. Bond tendered her resignation to the society and took the position of matron in Swarthmore College . The title matron was, in 1891, changed to the more appropriate one of dean. That co-educational college, founded by and under the management of Friends, offered a field which Mrs. Bond's principles, experience and gifts eminently fitted her to occupy. Her office is that of director of the social life of the college and special adviser to the young women. The religious meetings of the college are conducted according to the order of Friends. Mrs. Bond's published writings are few. Several tracts on the subject of social purity, occasional addresses at educational meetings, and her messages to the Swarthmore students, which have appeared in the "Friends' Intelligencer," comprise the list.

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This family is descended from Swiss stock. It is said that four brothers came to Pennsylvania and settled in different parts of the state. (I) Abraham Strickler, the founder of this family came from one of the German cantons in Switzerland. He settled at Chester, Pennsylvania, and in 1728 removed to the Susquehanna river. One of his sons, John, went to the valley of Virginia about 1731, and bought lands on the Massanutton and on South river; he was a Mennonite preacher. (II) ______, probably son of Abraham Strickler, settled about 1750, in what is now Page county, Virginia. He had a son: Joseph, of whom further. (III) Joseph, son of ______ Strickler, died in 1856. He was president of the Page county court, assessor and clerk. Child: Isaac Harrison, of whom further. (IV) Isaac Harrison, son of Joseph Strickler, was born July 27, 1816, in Shenandoah, now Page county, and died November 6, 1885. He was a merchant at Philippi, Barbour county, West Virginia, where, in 1843, as a member of the firm of Almon & Strickler, he opened the first store in that place in a stable; afterward a brick store was built. He was the first postmaster at Philippi, and held this position seventeen years. For a while, he kept store at Buckingham Court House, Buckingham county, Virginia. In 1865 he returned to Philippi and opened a store with G. E. Jarvis, whom he afterward bought out and continued this business until his death. He was a Confederate soldier during the civil war. He was an Odd Fellow and Good Templar, a Democrat in politics and a Baptist in religion. He married at Philippi, September 30, 1850, Margaret J., daughter of Rev. Solomon and Elizabeth (Rightmire) Jarvis. Children: Rev. Robert Mann, married Laura R. Spitler; Joseph Thomas, died young; Arthur DeWitt, of whom further; Mary Alice, Sarah Belle, died young; Anna Elizabeth, Catherine Crim, Etta Jane and Clara Antonia. (V) Arthur DeWitt, son of Isaac Harrison and Margaret J. (Jarvis) Strickler, was born at Philippi, December 26, 1855. He attended for several years the Barbour county schools. He was a clerk in his father's store until 1879, when he was appointed deputy-clerk of the circuit and county courts of Barbour county, which position he held till 1891. Then he was appointed clerk in state auditor's office by Colonel Isaac V. Johnson; he held this position throughout Colonel Johnson's term as auditor, and for nearly a year under his successor, about five years in all. Leaving Charleston, he accepted the position of teller in the Elkins National Bank, Elkins, Randolph county, West Virginia. Two years later he resigned to accept the cashiership of The Tucker County Bank, at Parsons; this was in 1901, about a year after the organization of this bank, and Mr. Strickler has held this position continuously from that time. He is a thoroughly practical business man and regarded as one of the most conservative bank cashiers in the county. The bank has been built up under his charge to be a strong institution with resources of over two hundred thousand dollars. The capital is twenty-five thousand dollars, the undivided profits and surplus are twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Mr. Strickler is a Mason, being past master of Bigelow Lodge No. 52, at Philippi; first master of Pythagoras Lodge No. 128, at Parsons, and in 1900 he was elected grand master of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia. He is also a member of Copestone Chapter No. 12, Royal Arch Masons, at Grafton. He was made a Knight Templar in 1882 in Crusade No. 6 of Fairmont; when he went to Charleston he transferred his membership to Kanawha Lodge No. 4, and then dimitted and joined DeMolay No. 11, at Grafton. He was a charter member of Pilgrim Commandery No. 21, at Elkins, and is now a member thereof. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, in which he is past chancellor. In politics he is a Democrat. In Philippi he was a member of the city council and was city recorder; he was also commissioner of chancery of the circuit court of Barbour county. He is a member of the Baptist church. He married, at Philippi, February 20, 1884, Kate Rosalie, daughter of William and Catherine (Proudfoot) McClaskey. She is a lover of music, having studied at Adrian, Michigan, and her ability in music is highly prized in church circles and by friends. She is a member of the Baptist church. Child: Robert Parvin, born April 11, 1885, graduated from the University of West Virginia in 1907, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and was appointed Rhodes scholar at Oxford, England; there he studied for three years and earned high honors. In September, 1911, he was appointed professor of languages at Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia. He is a member of the West Virginia University Alumni Association, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and Pythagoras Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, No. 128, at Parsons. He married, at Morgantown, West Virginia, June 27, 1912, Mary Gertrude, daughter of R. S. and Malissa (Gleen) LaRue.