Never married, she was inspired by the loss of her brother, the teacher Jeremiah Wilbur Masters, to typhoid fever to start the school. Following her father's death in 1874, Eliza Masters founded the school at Wilde House, also called Kirk Knoll, near the school's present-day location.
Eliza Masters started the school after being inspired by the loss of her brother, Jeremiah Wilbur Masters, who died from typhoid fever. Following her father's death in 1874, she founded the school at Wilde House, which is now known as Kirk Knoll, near its current location.