Many prominent people have been educated there, including the sons of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, James Madison Porter, and Samuel Medary.
One of the first townsites in Dakota Territory is named after Medary.
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Samuel Medary (February 25, 1801 – November 7, 1864) Born and raised in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, he settled in Bethel, Ohio in 1825.
At the age of 19 William found work as an apprentice printer and reporter for the Ohio Statesman under Samuel Medary.
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