County of Williams, Ohio, Historical and Biographical, Part 42

Author: Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard
Publication date: 1882
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The early settlers had much to contend with, and, what made matters

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worse, the country being quite level, they were subject to fever and ague. For the first few years, they had a hard time of it in the woods, as they could scarcely raise enough for their own immediate' wants. Defiance and Maumee were their nearest markets. They, no doubt, would have left the country in despair, if it had not been for the abundance of game. They kept themselves almost entirely in meat by hunting the deer and the bear, and, as coons were plenty, they could get some money out of coon-skins, which sold readily at from 75 cents to $1 each. At an early day, the nearest mills were at Maumee and Brunersburg, and, as the roads were bad, it would take three or four days to make the trip. Evansport, which is just south of the Springfield Township line, was laid out shortly after the first settlements were made. It was a great aid in furnishing supplies. In the winter of 1835 and spring of 1836, John Snider, John Coy and Jacob Coy built a grist-mill at Evansport, which was considered a grand thing for the adjoining country. Although the early settlers had many hardships to overcome, yet they seemed to enjoy themselves. The writer has heard many old settlers exclaim, " Oh ! what good times we had when we first came to this country !" They seemed to be imbued with the spirit that " where there is a will there is a way ;" in fact, if there was no way, they seemed determined to make one. When we think of the immense trees that had to be felled, and the density of the forests, we are led to exclaim, " What energy and pluck our fore- fathers possessed !"

FIRST BIRTH.

It is claimed by some that the first birth within the present limits of Springfield Township was that of Rachel Guthrie. There seems to be some dispute as to where Rachel Guthrie was born ; but the best evidence is that she was born on Bean Creek, in the west part of the township. I can find no record of her birth. If she was not born in this township, Austin Knipe must have been the first white person born within its present limits. From the family record, I find that Frederick Austin Knipe was born on the 11th day of September, 1834. He was baptized in 1835, by James Austin, a minister of the Gospel. Mr. Knipe lives at present in Defiance County, having moved from Springfield Township about two years ago.

FIRST MARRIAGE.

Perhaps the first marriage within the present limits of the township was that of Harmon Doolittle. He married one of John Stubbs's daugh- ters, in the spring of 1834. Jacob Coy (a Justice of the Peace for Tiffin Township, which at that time included the present territory of Springfield Township), performed the ceremony.

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FIRST DEATH.

The first death was that of Malinda Knipe, daughter of Peter Knipe, which occurred on the 1st of May, 1834. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Thomas J. Prettyman.

INTERESTING FACTS AND INCIDENTS.

Mr. William Sprague tells me that he has been lost many a time in the woods, and could not find his way home until the sun arose; but in a short time he began to learn how to travel in the woods by feeling of the trees, and " then," said he, " I could find my way, as the north side of the trees were generally covered with moss." In the summer of 1835, several different parties came up Bean Creek in canoes, and stopped for the night at Rev. Thomas J. Prettyman's. They had a pleasant, social chat until late in the evening, and then retired for a quiet rest ; but no sooner had they done so, than Mr. Prettyman heard his hogs make a "fuss." He had twelve or fifteen fine hogs in a pen on the bank of the creek. As he looked out, he saw a large bear jump out of the pen. Mr. Prettyman, who was quite sick and somewhat delirious, ran out in his bare feet, and kicked bruin on the nose. This made the bear growl, which aroused Mr. Prettyman, who ran to the house. By this time, the men who were stop- ping for the night, got up, took their guns and ran out after the bear, which had entered the pen again, and was just climbing out with a shoat in its "arms." It let the shoat drop, and ran. The men shot at it sev- eral times, but it disappeared in the woods. No doubt their excitement, together with the darkness of the night, enabled bruin to escape. The first houses were what are commonly known as log cabins, and going to a raising was one of the enjoyments of that time. The sturdy pioneer would often go several miles to help his neighbor raise his " cabin." The next day he would attend a "rolling bee," and really enjoy it; but, as a matter of course, we of to-day would not enjoy that kind of sport. The difficul- ties to be encountered in a new country show that the good wives had their share of the burdens to bear. They no doubt left the older-settled countries, where there were fine houses and good schools, to go to a new country, where there were no signs of civilization. The fact that they were willing to help their husbands make homes in the wilderness, ought to be sufficient to convince us that they were worthy of being the mothers of the present generation. Let us not make ourselves unworthy of them.

POST ROADS, ETC.

The first mail route in the township was the one from Defiance to Evansport, and north to some town in Michigan. Asa Hight was the mail-carrier, and, as the roads were bad, he carried the mail on horseback.

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I have also been informed that there was a post office called Phalanx. on the Doolittle farm, in Section 16. The office was discontinued many years ago. When the Air-Line Division of the Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad (now the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern) was built, and Stryker laid out, the mail was carried from Defiance to Stryker on Tuesdays and Fridays; but several years ago that route was discontinued, and a daily route established from Stryker to Evansport. There is also a daily mail from Stryker to West Unity. Stryker also re- ceives mail four times a day by railroad.

EARLY BRIDGES.

Perhaps the first bridge built in Springfield Township across Tiffin River or Bean Creek, was the old one north of Evansport. There was als one built at an early day on the Bryan and Napoleon Pike. Several other bridges were built at an early day.

SAW-MILLS AND OTHER INDUSTRIES.

Thomas J. Prettyman built a saw-mill at the mouth of Beaver Creek. It did very little business, and was soon abandoned. About 1835, Thomas Lingle built a saw-mill on Owl Creek, in the south part of the township. It was not much of a success. At an early day, there was an attempt to build a mill on the line of Sections 17 and 18, about half a mile west of where the " Eagle Mills " now stand. The foundation was built, and a race dug, and I have been informed that a town was laid out called Williamsport. The mill was not completed, neither was the town built. Shortly afterward, Harmon Doolittle built a saw-mill where the " Eagle Mills " now stand. In 1857, Kingsland & Chase built a grist- mill in the west part of Stryker. It was the first grist-mill built within the present limits of the township. About sixteen or seventeen years ago, John C. Chappuis built what is known as the " Eagle Mills," and, as the mill built by Kingsland & Chase burned down many years ago, this is the only grist-mill in Springfield Township. There are seven s&w- mills in the township, two of which are in Stryker.

DRAINAGE.

The drainage facilities of the township are excellent. There are several good ditches within its borders, the most important of which is County Ditch No. 17. That ditch is, in fact, Owl Creek from its head to the place where it receives Brush Creek. It was first made a township, and then a county ditch. The ditch and anti-ditch men had a "big time." At first the Commissioners refused to establish the ditch, but it was finally located and completed in the fall of 1878. It is

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now considered by all as one of the best improvements ever made in Springfield Township. It affords an excellent opportunity for tile drain- age. When the township is well drained, it will, no doubt, be one of the best farming communities in the Northwest.

STATISTICS OF PRODUCTIONS.

Upon examination of the work entitled "Statistics of the United States of America," published by authority of an act of Congress June 1, 1840, I find the following items in regard to Springfield Township : Horses and mules (classed together), 44; neat cattle, 345; sheep, 51; Swine, 711; wheat, bushels, 3,235; oats, bushels, 556; rye, bushels, 140; corn, bushels, 7,895; wool, pounds, 56 ; potatoes, bushels, 2,387; hay, tons, 26; maple sugar,. pounds, 2,628 ; dairy products, pounds, 174.

Statistics for 1881 .- Wheat, acres, 2,979 ; bushels, 48,420. Oats, acres, 883; bushels, 32,090. Barley, acres, 3; bushels, 100. Corn, acres, 2,059 ; bushels, 76,580. Meadow, acres, 1,176; hay, tons, 1,142. Clover, acres, 1,034; seed, bushels, 1,874. Potatoes, acres, 92} ; bush- els, 4,253. Butter, pounds, 73,111. Cheese, pounds, 1,000. Eggs, dozen, 28,250. Apples, bushels, 24,430. Acres, cultivated, 12,520. Pasture, 1,223. Wood land, 5,105. Lying waste, 35. The statistics for 1881 were taken from the Assessor's report, which was filed May, 1882. Value of property in Springfield Township, appraisement of 1880, and chattels of 1881, value as found on the duplicate of 1881: Town- ship, except Stryker corporation and territory attached, for school pur- poses, $575,000; Stryker corporation, $135,000; territory attached, $117,000; total value, $827.000.

VILLAGE OF STRYKER.

Stryker is situated on the Air-Line Division of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, forty-seven miles west of Toledo. It was laid out by John A. Sargent and E. L. Barber in the fall of 1853, and named in honor of John Stryker, who was an officer of the Air-Line Railroad (by some it is claimed that he was a sub-contractor, and by others that he was President of the road). The original town occupied the southwest part of Section 4. Blinn & Letcher (Chester Blinn and William Letcher), started a store in the village in the fall of 1853, and did business there for several years. Tingley built a hotel the same fall. I have been informed that Mr. Izzard, William Landis and Joseph Dil- worth lived in Stryker at that time. William Sheridan, Jr., moved into a house on the east side of Defiance street on the 11th of February, 1854. He used it as a dwelling and business house. In the fall of 1854, C. L. Chase built a saw-mill for Walter Haywood & Co., of Fitchburg, Mass.

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The mill burned down on the morning of July 4, 1856. In the fall of that year, Chase built another mill for the same company. It was the best mill ever built in the county, and did an immense business. Peter Charpoit commenced the hardware business in 1856, and in the spring of 1857, Kingsland & Chase built a grist-mill, and in 1858 they attached a distillery to it. E. W. Fuller was one of the first dry goods merchants of Stryker. When the town was laid out, there was an old log school- house near by that was used for school purposes until the town, with the aid of the township, built a two-story frame house in 1856-57. The town improved steadily until 1860, at which time it had become a lively little village, with quite an extensive trade in lumber, dry goods, gro- ceries, live stock, grain, produce, etc.

William Sheridan, Jr., who was the first Postmaster at Stryker, held the office until after Mr. Lincoln became President. Since then, each of the following-named gentlemen has held the position in the order named : C. C. Douglass, E. W. Fuller, W. R. Babcock, John Boyer, O. G. Smith, A. S. Wilson, and J. J. Fuller, the present incumbent. Mr. Fuller has been Postmaster since 1873. Perhaps the town had reached its highest prosperity about 1865. Since then, disastrous fires and financial failures have injured it very much. Von Behren & Shoner started a tannery in Stryker in 1862, with a cash capital of 81,700. Three years later Von Behren bought Mr. Shoner's interest, and soon after H. G. Shaffer bought a half-interest in the tannery. In the fall of 1866, they built a circular-saw mill, and the year following they com- menced to manufacture oars, spokes, etc. Their business increased so that the sales of oars alone amounted to $20,000 per annum. They burnt out in the spring of 1876, losing everything. They rebuilt and had everything in running order within three months. Since then, they have kept from twenty-five to thirty-five workmen in employment. Their prospects are good for an increasing trade. They ship oars, spokes, etc., to all parts of the United States, and also direct to Europe. Jesse Ecker owns a saw-mill, and does quite a business. U. A. Wynn, dealer in gen- eral merchandise, came to Stryker, November 22, 1875. His sales, which amount to nearly $40,000 per annum, show that he is a good business man. F. Louys is also engaged in the dry goods trade. He has done business in Stryker since 1863. In 1867, he formed a partner- ship with Mr. Solier, but since 1879 he has been doing business alone. His annual sales amount to 816,000. Peter Charpoit, who commenced business in 1856, is yet engaged in the hardware trade. His annual sales amount tn 825,000. C. Veriner & Co. are also engaged in the hardware trade. They deal in agricultural implements and do quite a business. Stryker has two good drug stores, one kept by N. B. Stubbs

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& Co., and the other by F. A. Snear. The following is a list of the business men of Stryker: Blinn & Douglass, grain and stock dealers; J. A. Miles, landlord; U. A. Wynn and F. Louys, dry goods and gen- eral merchandise; Peter Charpoit and C. Vernier & Co., hardware dealers ; N. B. Stubbs & Co. and F. A. Snear, drug stores ; Von Behren & Shaffer, saw-mill, oar factory, tannery, etc. ; Jesse Ecker, sawyer and lumber dealer ; Fissel Brothers, furniture dealers ; C. A. Werum, dealer in agricultural implements; Hamilton & Fuller, W. W. Stubbs, Berrier & Lucas, John Garyman, groceries and provisions; A. Collins, O. L. Gambier, livery stable; W. H. Stough, harness-maker ; Charles Schmidt, C. Durler, shoe-makers ; Boothman & Haverfield, Joseph Eberle, black- smiths; Emiel Bourquin, P. Penquet, J. & A. J. Cuquel, saloons; Fred Julliard, George Mignerly, meat market; R. Howard, wagon-maker; Charles Waggoner, barber shop; Mrs. S. A. Knauer, dress-maker ; Mrs. F. L. Van Ostrand, Mrs. A. Hamilton, millinery.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

The Stryker Lodge, No. 611, I. O. O. F., was organized July 6, 1875, by W. C. Earl, W. G. S. of Ohio. There were fourteen charter members at the organization. The first officers were as follows : D. P. Aldrich, N. G .; A. Hamilton, V. G .; J. E. Meek, R. S .; H. G. Grisier, P. S .; J. H. Stubbs, T. The lodge is in a prosperous condition at present. Since the organization of this lodge, the West Unity Lodge has been organized by members of this lodge. The present membership of the lodge is fifty-five with the following-named officers : W. I. Pepple, N. G .; J. G. Rumsey, V. G. ; John Bancroft, R. S .; William Pengeot, P. S .; J. E. Meek, T. The Sons of Temperance instituted a lodge at Stryker in 1874. W. E. Kintigh was elected Worthy Patriarch. They met regularly for some time, and then began to decline and finally sur- rendered their charter. There was also a Lodge of Good Templars organized, which had quite a large membership. The writer has no definite knowledge concerning it. It has long since ceased to exist.

PROFESSIONAL MEN.

Among the early physicians who practiced at Stryker, we find Dr. Blaker, E. P. Willard and Dr. Hubbard. Stryker has at present three doctors : D. C. Clover, N. B. Stubbs and F. A. Snear. D. C. Clover has practiced at Stryker about twenty years. N. B. Stubbs and F. A. Snear have been practicing about ten years. Stryker has had its share of the legal fraternity. Perhaps Sanders Hyke was the first attorney that lived in the town. He had quite a local practice. George De Mer- ritt practiced law at Stryker for several years; but soon neglected his

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business, and finally went West. In 1863, William Sheridan, Jr., was admitted to the bar, but he never made the practice of the profession his business.

INCORPORATION AND OTHER FACTS.

By consulting the records of the village, I find that it was incorporated in August, 1863. John Barnhart made oath before Lemuel Allen, a Justice of the Peace, that he " set up " notices that an election would be held on the 24th day of August, 1863, for the purpose of electing village officers. At that election there were ninety-one votes cast. William Sheridan, Jr., received forty-seven and E. D. Bradley forty-four votes, for Mayor. John S. Kingsland received forty-seven and E. P. Willard forty- two votes, for Recorder (Clerk). I also find that John Barnhart, S. N. Webb, E. P. Willard, C. E. Woodworth, C. C. Stubbs and. D. C. Clover, were elected Councilmen. August 31, 1863, N. B. McGrew was sworn in as Marshal and O. G. Smith as Treasurer. They were elected by the Council. September 28, 1863, the Council appointed Peter Charpoit as Councilman, to fill the vacancy caused by C. C. Stubbs' removal outside of the corporation. February 1, 1864, C. L. Chase was appointed Coun- cilman in place of S. N. Webb, who removed outside of the corporation. Mr. Chase accepted the office February 29. The following-named per- sons have been Mayors of Stryker : William Sheridan, Jr., Lewis H. Smith, John B. Grice, W. R. Babcock, William Sheridan, Jr. (two terms), George DeMerritt, J. A. Miles, W. E. Kintigh, A. Hamilton, J. A. Von Behren, J. B. Kimmell, John E. Meek, H. C. Thompson, W. B. Kitzmiller and Adam Fissel. The present town officers are as follows : Adam Fissel, Mayor ; J. M. Carens, Clerk; N. B. Stubbs, Treasurer ; N. Blair, Marshal ; W. W. Stubbs, W. H. Stough, J. A. Miles, C. L. Gates, C. H. Elliott and W. I. Pepple, Councilmen. Since the town has been laid out, the following additions have been made to it : McArt's Ad- dition, 97 lots, January, 1854; Tingley's Addition, 65 lots, January, 1854; Luther's Addition, 52 lots, September, 1857; Haywood & Co.'s Addition, 22 lots, October, 1857; Kingsland & Co.'s Addition, 190 lots, and Luther's Addition, 52 lots, January, 1858; Luther's Second Addition, 102 lots, March, 1860; Grey's Addition, 20 lots, March, 1860 ; McArt's Second Addition, 1 and 6 lots May, 1861; Fuller's Addition, 14 lots, January, 1862; Boyer & Evans' Addition, 37 lots, August, 1865; Hile's Addition, 14 lots, April, 1866; Werum's Addition, 18 lots, August, 1866 ; Sheridan's Addition, 24 lots, June, 1869. The limits of Stryker corporation were extended February 7, 1871, but there was no record made of it until April 28, 1871. The population of Stryker, as shown by the Secretary of State's report for for 1880, was as follows: Population in 1870, 671, and in 1880, 662.

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Stryker had, for a time, a regularly organized fire company. The Coun- cil bought a hand fire-engine several years ago, but it was a failure, and every one now says (as is usual on such occasions) " I told you so." In conclusion, I will say that Stryker is a wide-awake little town. It has one of the best grain and stock markets in the Northwest. Its fine school building is enough to convince every one that the people are awake to their true interests. They believe in the principle, " Educate the child aright, and then there will be no trouble in the management of public affairs."

EDUCATIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

School districts were first organized in Springfield Township in 1836, as the following copy of the records on file in the Township Clerk's office will show :

1. Agreeably to an arrangement entered into by the Trustees of Springfield Town- ship, all the south part of said township lying south of the 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d sec- tions, be organized into a school district, known as School District No. 1.

2. That Sections 14, 15, 16, 17, and the south part or half of Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, constitute a School District No. 2.

3. And that the north half of Sections No. 7, 8, 6 and 5, constitute School District No. 3.

Entered by order of the Trustees April 3, 1836.

Attest, J. B. TAYLOR, Township Clerk.

District No. 4 was organized May 18, 1838; No. 5, March 1, 1841; and No. 6 in 1844. Perhaps it would not be of interest to trace the or- ganization of the school districts farther, as after the districts were organ- ized some were abandoned, others organized, etc. As the township became better settled, the districts were re-organized, and at present there are eight districts permanently established, exclusive of the Stryker Dis- trict.

No doubt the first schoolhouse was built in District No. 1, as the township was most thickly settled in that locality. The first houses were small log ones with few windows, and with floors made of " puncheons."

The following-named persons were among the early teachers of the township : Jonathan B. Taylor, Orin G. Greely, Mr. Carmicle, Jane Washburn, John Washburn, Elizabeth Miller, Sarah C. Jones and L. W. Prettyman. The wages of teachers at an early day were from $5 to $8 per month for summer, and from 88 to $12 per month for winter schools. In addition to that they would get their board by " boarding around " with the scholars. Mrs. Ayres (formerly Miss Sarah C. Jones), of Centre Township, informs me that she taught school in Springfield Township in the winter of 1850-51, at 82 per week, of five and one- half days, which was considered a "big price," as wages had advanced. At that time gentlemen received from 83 to $4 per week and board. The

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first teachers had to labor under many disadvantages. The houses were small and inconvenient ; " puncheons " were used for seats, and, upon the whole, schoolhouses were not very attractive. The " branches " taught were reading, writing, arithmetic, and, as a matter of course, spell- ing was not neglected.

Spelling schools were a great treat for the pupils and teacher, and almost every Friday or Saturday afternoon the pupils would engage in a "spelling match." At an early day, Mitchell's outline maps were in use everywhere, and sometimes, instead of a spelling-match, the pupils, led by the teacher, would engage in singing from the map as follows : "The face of the globe two hundred millions," "The face of the globe two hun- dred millions," "North America eight millions," "North America eight millions," "South America seven millions," " South America seven mill- ions," "Europe three and half millions," "Europe three and a half millions," etc., meaning so many million square miles. The same exer- cise would be gone over with in regard to the bays, gulfs, etc., but as the writer was not much of a singer, he does not remember the exact form. On Christmas the pupils anticipated a " grand time," and an effort, which was generally successful, was made for some of them to get to the school- house before the teacher arrived and "bar him out," and then keep a look-out, and as other pupils arrived let them in, but they were careful to prevent the teacher's getting in unless he promised to "treat," which he would generally do unless he were of & " mean disposition," and then he would threaten to whip the pupils (when he got in) unless they opened the door. As a rule, however, the pupils and teachers enjoyed the day quite well, eating apples and candy and reciting a few lessons. "Barring out" the teacher is not practiced at present. In fact, very few teachers have school on holidays.

At present, each school district has a good brick schoolhouse. The first one in the county, outside of Stryker, was built in 1871, and the last one was built two or three years ago. These houses cost from 81,000 to $1,400 each. Most of the houses have new "patent seats " and are well built, with all the modern improvements. Exclusive of Stryker District. there are 429 youths of school age in the township. The town- ship school fund for the last year was 81,438.14. The school fund of Stryker School District amounts to about 82,000 annually. According to the report of September 1, 1881, there were 301 youths of school age in Stryker School District. The schools of the township are in good shape, and if it was not for the frequent change of teachers, they might be made a grand success. The following persons taught in the township during the past winter: William Fritzsche, District No. 1; Wilbur M. Fyke, District No. 2; Eliza Snow, District No. 3; J. D. McCord, District No.

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4; C. A. Gurwell, District No. 5; Ettie Teeple, District No. 7; E. N. Bradley, District No. 8; and J. M. Cummings, District No. 9. The wages of teachers are from $16 to $18 per month for summer and from $30 to $40 per month for winter schools, and as the practice of "board- ing around " has been discontinued, the teachers pay their own board. In 1857, when the two-story frame schoolhouse was built in Stryker, the town seemed to be growing at a rapid rate, and in a few years there was a demand for a larger building. In 1867, the contract was let to F. Solier for building the present structure, but the death of Mr. Solier made it necessary to relet the contract. The contract for building the house was relet to Wheelock, Mckay & Underhill, of Fort Wayne, Ind., some time during the summer of 1868. They were to receive $11,500, exclusive of the furniture. The building committee consisted of E. D. Bradley, William Sheridan, Jr., W. H. McLyman, John Allison, C. Blinn and O. G. Smith. Mr. Sheridan was appointed as manager for the school district. The corner-stone was laid on September 19, 1868, but the building was not completed until about the middle of October, 1869. It is a fine two-story brick, containing four rooms. The first teacher of the high school in the new building was George N. Glover, who (as I am informed) is a graduate of Yale. The writer attended school at Stryker in 1869-70, and can testify that Mr. Glover was an excellent teacher. Mr. Glover went from Stryker to Bryan, and the last heard of him he was Professor of Political Economy in the University of West Virginia. Since Mr. Glover taught at Stryker, Mr. Field, E. O. Brown, Arthur Fish, James Paul, George F. Solier and W. B. Greek have been teachers in the high school. W. B. Greek, who taught the past year, has been engaged for the next school year. He is a gentleman of experience, having taught at West Unity and at Pioneer, in this county. The grammar department has been taught the past two years by A. D. Beggs. Mrs. Carrie Lloyd and Miss Lillian Snyder taught the interme- diate and primary departments. The enrollment for the past year was as follows: High school, 57; grammar department, 42; intermediate, 58; primary, 87. The Stryker schools were in session nine months the past year. W. B. Greek, teacher of the high school, received $700 for the year, and the other teachers from $27 to $30 per month.

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County of Williams, Ohio, Historical and Biographical, Part 42

Author: Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Number of Pages: 885

Author: Weston A. Goodspeed, Charles Blanchard
Publication date: 1882
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 885