..., died while in office that year. The first lady teacher in this district whose name has come down to us was Miss Sarah Perry, who taught during the spring, summer, and autumn of 1825. The late Mrs. Lucretia Russell Carr , granddaughter of the above-named James Russell, vividly remembered Miss Perry, who was her first teacher. Her words were: She boarded with my grandmother and I liked her. Mrs. Carr was then but ...