Leonard Hazeltine, The Oldest Public School Principal. The death of Leonard Hazeltine, the oldest Public School Principal in this City, occurred at his residence, in East Sixty-first street, on Sunday last. He had been ailing from the effects of paralysis for more than six weeks, so that his demise was not unexpected by his daughters, of whom there are three. He was what has been known as a self-made man. He was born in Rockingham, Vermont, October 14, 1803, so that at the time of his death he bad almost attained his seventy-first year. His father, Jonas Hazeltine, was a Captain [sic] in the Revolutionary war, having previously struck one of the first blows for colonial freedom as a "minute man" at Lexington. Leonard was brought up on a farm, and had such common school advantages as were attainable in that troublous period, when men and boys had to fight and work for a living. He obtained some education at the district school in Vermont during a few successive Winters, and afterward labored to improve his mind by every means within his reach. His tastes more particularly lead him to study mathematics, astronomy, and the physical sciences, for his knowledge of which he secured a wide reputation later in life. In 1828 he came to New-York and became a teacher in a private school, and in 1835 he received an appointment as Vice Principal, than termed "Assistant," in Public School No. 14 Houston street. He remained in that capacity only one year, being appointed Principal of the school in 1836. In the same year be became a teacher in the Saturday Normal School for the instruction of teachers. He continued in this capacity until 1853, when he was made its Principal. Prior to this, however, he had been chosen President of the Teachers' Institute of the City of New-York, in 1847, also the Teachers' Association in 1850, and of the State Teachers' Association in 1855. Mr. Hazeltine was one of the most popular school teachers that ever lived in this City, and was especially dear to his former pupils, the "Old Ninth Class." of No. 14, meeting every year to reunite with him. This class, it is claimed, is the parent of all other kindred associations in New-York. At the time of his death Leonard Hazeltine was President of the Teachers' Life Assurance Society and Principal of Grammar School No. 13.

Jonas Hazeltine was a private in the American Revolutionary War according to the DAR.

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