Lydia Maxson 1839-1902

MAXSON, YATES

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Date: 12/8/2018 at 13:17:04

9 October 1902 - West Branch Times

Lydia Harriett Yates was born in Saybrook, Ohio, April 11, 1839. She graduated from New York Conference Seminary and Female College on Sept. 18, 1861. She became an educator of note in Ohio and came to Iowa in April, 1863; settled in Muscatine county, taking charge of the public schools at Atalissa and uniting them into a graded school. She was the first principal of that school, and as far as known, the first female principal of schools in Iowa. She was married Oct. 7, 1865, to Thaddeus W. Maxson, of Springdale, and died at her home in that place Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1902, aged 63 years, 5 months and 19 days.