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Sortwell, Almon (d. 1834)
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Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia
by F. Vernon Aler, 1888
Printed for the Author by 
The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD.

CHAPTER VIII.
Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County
by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner.

Pages 142-143

ALMON SORTWELL, 

For many years principal of the Martinsburg Academy. He was a
native of one of the New England States, but possessed but few of
the characteristics of that steady arid cool headed people.
Striking and intellectual in his physiognomy, he labored under the
same deformity in one of his feet that tortured the soul of Lord
Byron during his life. In many respects the temper and character of
the two men were not unlike. Fiery and intractable in his temper,
constantly laboring under the suspicion that his club foot was an
object of observation, his extreme sensitiveness especially in
society, generated the most painful feelings in those around him.
And yet, when he could forget his deformity, he was replete with
wit, vivacity and good humor. He was a profound scholar, and did
ample justice to the youths whose education was entrusted to him.
He died in 1834.

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