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 UMPQUA ACADEMY 9 Some of these trustees served for many years and all of them became more or less prominent in the state. James O. Raynor was a Methodist preacher, a pioneer of 1847, a member of the Oregon Conference, and was appointed in 1853 to work as assistant to Wilbur. He became a chaplain in the U. S. Army. Addison R. Flint has already been mentioned in this article, once being" principal of the Academy. Willis Jenkins was a pioneer settler and was the father of two of the first students that answered the roll call in the school in 1854. Wm. Royal, truly was king of the Royal tribe. He was the father of T. F. Royal, Dr. Wm. Royal and Mary Royal, one of the first teachers of the Academy. His family became prominent in Oregon affairs and their name and work are highly honored. Fleming R. Hill was long an active participant in all that related to the school. He was the builder and for a long time proprietor of the Wilbur House and active in the industrial and political life of the county. Mrs. Geo. W. Short and Mrs. Fannie Hart of Douglas County are his daughters. Matthew P. Deady, once a boy blacksmith in Ohio, became in turn Justice of the Peace and embryo lawyer in the Umpqua country, chairman of the State Constitutional Convention, Regent of Leland Standford, Jr. University, First President of the Board of Regents of the University of Oregon and Federal Judge of the district. Benjamin J. Grubbe, was a promoter of the first effort ever put forth in Southern Oregon to organize a school, primitive and unsheltered as it was. He raised a large family, nearly all, if not every one of them, being in some way, to some extent, educated at the Academy. William became a physician ; Caroline and Angeline were assistants at the Academy ; George was Wilbur's pioneer merchant ; Quincy was one of the early prominent graduates ; Jeptha is still active in business in Douglas County; and so the mention of the children's names connecting this pioneer family, long associated with the school, might be extended. Luella was the youngest child and the last to become a part in keeping green the memories that cling about the old institution. She was early widowed and died in 1910. She left the impress of a sweet character and a son and daughter as worthy successors. John Kuykendall, located in Douglas County the year Wilbur