John piersol mccaskey biography of albert

JOHN PIERSOL McCASKEY, principal of the Boys' High School, is a man well known in Lancaster. He enjoys all sorts of good things, music, painting, sculpture, literature, the drama, the wonder and beauty of nature, the society of friends--filling the breathing spaces in a busy life with these things to a degree unusual among men.

He has worked hard and long, but enjoys his work, and has made it his business to enjoy and get good out of life at every turn.

Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle.

Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle.

John Piersol MCCASKEY was born 14 August in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Albert was born 6 November in Cotesfield, Howard County, Nebraska.

John 1 MCCASKEY was born circa in Castle Blaney, County Monaghan, Ireland.

James* had 7 siblings: John* Piersol McCaskey, William* Spencer McCaskey and 5 other siblings.

John Piersol McCaskey.

Not many men have seen so much that is worth seeing, heard so much that is worth hearing, or done so much that is worth doing. He touches literature, music art work, business, teaching, the work of editor and publisher, with equal confidence, good judgment and success.

With a wide range of talent, he has lived what Roosevelt would call "the strenuous life," for most marked of all is his talent for work and his unfailing enjoyment of it.
For forty-seven years Dr. McCaskey has been teaching