03/10/1862
A fire completely destroyed Euphemia Hall, an Episcopal school for girls, at Marengo in McHenry County, Illinois. No injuries were reported. Its founder and principal, Reverend Isaac P. Labagh, a Dickinson College graduate in the class of 1823, had invested heavily in the school from his own funds but it was not rebuilt and Labagh moved on to a church in Cairo, Illinois. He died on December 29, 1823 in Fairfield, Iowa. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation:
"Fire in Marengo, Ill," New York Times, March 20, 1862.