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Andrew Jackson Waychoff
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Excerpts from Obituary Professor Waychoff was born (April 12, 1849) in Muddy Creek, in Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pa. to Johnson and Delilah Rich Waychoff. He married Cemantha (Manty) Mundell, on November 26, 1873 and they had the following sons and daughters: Clyde C. Waychoff of Bellevue, Ohio; Glenn A. Waychoff of Tacoma, Washington; Attorneys Challen W. Waychoff, Roy J. Waychoff and Andrew J.Waychoff, Jr., all of Waynesburg; Oma Mary Hill, wife of Frank B. Hill, Waynesburg; and Nettie E., wife of Dr. Charles Roscoe Meek of Lorain, Ohio. He also has a brother, Hugh B. Waychoff of Auburndale, Florida; and one sister, Mrs. Lana Stewart, wife of Prof. E.D. Stewart, whose son Dr. Paul R. Stewart, is President of Waynesburg College. A graduate of Waynesburg College in 1873, he taught at several schools before returning to Waynesburg College where he taught geology for forty-one years. He was also Superintendent of the Public School System of Greene County, head of the Science Department and Vice President of the College for many years. He was considered the foremost authority on the history of Southwest Pennsylvania and conducted studies of the area as well as conducting excavations among the Cliff Dwellers and Pueblo Ruins of Arizona and New Mexico; accompanied whaling excursions on the Pacific and made a study of the remains of ancient man on the Channel Islands off Southern California. He was a member of the State Historical Society of Ohio and helped organize the Greene County Historical Society, serving as its first President. Also see: Waynesburg College Memoriam |
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