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derson, John A. Sheley, Nathan W. Smith, Barnabus B. Thayer, William Tostett, William West, Jacob M. Gray, George W. Harper, Elias Hatfield, Murrell Hosier, Charles L. Martin, Patrick Murry, James Rankin, David Rotruck, Samuel Shafer, Andrew J. Sodders, William Snyder, Samuel Thomas, Charles Turner, Amos Whitehead, John W. Williams.
Company I-Lewis Painter, captain : William H. Orr, first lieutenant. Cyrus Ellis, second lieutenant ; R. J. Yeoman, first sergeant; William P. Irion, Joseph Bonham, Joseph Waln, Edward E. Cockerill, I. N. Vanpelt, sergeants; Lewis Doster, T. G. McElroy, Morris R. Ellis, Milton Robbins, William C. Eyre, John F. Zimmerman, Thomas H. Dewees, corporals; A. W. Johnson, musician ; Jonathan Jones, wagoner ; privates, Samuel C. Adams, William M. Breakfield, James Cockerill, Samuel Crooks, James Devore, Henry Doster, Silas Edwards, Daniel H. Hadley, Cale H. Johnson, Isaac M. Johnson, Nathaniel A. Jones, James T. Kennedy, William H. Limes, Isaac Merchant, Hugh Pernell, Nelson Post, James W. Smith, Leander C. Smith, Watson D. Smith, Henry Sprunce, Charles Turner, Mannassa Bor- rer, James E. Bryant, Newton Cockerill, Hermanas Davis, Clayborn Doster. William H. Doyle, James E. Ellis, George N. Hompton, Davis Johnson, Joseph A. Johnson, Austin Jury, George W. Kinzer. John Lloyd, James N. Murry, N. L. Phillips, Starwder Priddy, John J. Smith. Levi Smith, Samuel Sollars. James S. Templeton, Bernard Waters, Armstead Brady, William Chalfant, William C. Coffey, Scott H. Davis, Harvey T. Doster, Lewis Dutton, Robert M. Fernour, James Holmes, Henry Johnson, William John- son, Allen Kelly, John Kinzer, Samuel McDaniel, Charles Painter, John A. Pine, Jabez Smith, Josephus Smith, Peter W. Smith, Wells B. Solloars, John B. Templeton, Marmaduke Wells.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIFTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Company D-John W. Shepp, James H. C. Graham, Ezra C. Taylor, sergeants; Wesley Quigley, David S. Morgan, Timothy Pancoast, Jacob Carr, corporals; James C. Stewart, Eli Bereman, musicians ; George Logan, wagoner. privates, Nicholas Askew, David Clark, Samuel Hanson, Henry C. Shell, Othelo Timmons, James Blair, Abraham Colaw, Samuel A. Holmes, Edward G. Saxton, John W. Sawyer, John H. Vigor, Wesley Bybee, Will- jam Crabtree. Lafayette Nutt, Nathan Shobe, William Underwood.
Company A-George W. Butters.
Company E-George R. Pensyl, Warren E. Cole.
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Company G-Joseph E. Walker. Company H-John W. Weimer.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHTH OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Company F-Jerome Sherrette, captain; William H. Mitchem, first sergeant ; Joseph Trussinger, corporal; privates, Henry Adams, John Bone- cutter, John H. Cubbage, Jesse N. Goodson, Wesley Holcomb, George King, George Nevergall, James Propts, Wilson Reece, James W. Smith, Jacob Williams, George Bodher, James Butcher, Scott H. Davis, William Harner, Allen Highland, Joseph Luddy, Jacob Persinger, John H. Parks, Henry Silcott, James Spurlock, James Barker, John W. Cripps, David M. Doggett, John Holcomb, Henry P. Johnson, Reece M. Moon, Jacob Propts, George Rodgers. Jackson Stafford, Vernon Williams, Marcellus Wood.
Company D-Marcellus J. McAfee.
TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
Company A -- Privates, William B. Adams, Samuel Hamilton, Edward May, Lawson A. Parrett, Felix M. Drais, Francis L. Kirk, John Meyer, Harmon E. Parrett, Josiah B. Ely, George Judy, Josiah B. McCoy, Peter Pool.
Company G-John Coughlin.
FIFTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
Company C-Danile Bales, Jasper Mantel, William W. Corey, John Souls, Edward Peasley, Socratees Lydy.
EIGHTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
Company C-Henry Dixon, M. G. H. Smith, G. Dixon.
NINETEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY.
Company K-William McCoy.
FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY (MEXICAN WAR).
Company C-Benjamin F. Jacobs.
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FIRST OHIO CAVALRY.
Company A-John H. Robinson, Joseph A. O. Yeoman, Noah Jones, captains : Samuel H. Hooker, Albert E. Chester, John N. McElwain, Mar- cus T. C. Williams, first lieutenants : George P. Barnes, Sr., second lieutenant ; Joseph Swamley, Henry J. Harrison, Robert W. Vincent, first sergeants. John Backenstoe, John W. McElwain, quartermaster sergeants : James Squire, Henry C. Denious, commissary sergeants; Abraham Thomas, Henry E. Kingman, Henry Keifer, George W. Tremain, Elihu Judy, Abner R. Riggin, George P. Barnes, Jr .. Justice V. Ellster, William McMaster, John C. Ball, John Hidy, James A. Gunning, sergeants; Thomas J. Hoover, Madison Squire, John Bentz, Ripley M. Waln, Henry T. Resler, Stephen Ransom, Peter Getz, Samuel J. Robertson, William Tudor, Frank Foulk, Reuben S. Short, William J. Besler, Hiram B. Ferguson, William H. Baxley, Thomas D. McElwain, Samuel L. Gillespie, buglers; Paschal J. Johnson, Simon Doran, Thomas J. Mooney, farriers; Leonx Campbell, saddler; privates, Nathaniel Adams, Benjamin Allen, Joseph Bates, Francis L. Blackmore, Jesse M. Bloomer, Nathan C. Bolin, Harvey Britton, John C. Bybee, Ed- ward N. Coleman, John B. Creachy, Joseph Devore, Lawson Drais, George W. Duffee, Thomas Fout, Thomas J. Gaskill, Monroe Goldsberry, George Gunkle, Josiah G. Hawk, Amos J. Herald. George W. Hughes, James H. Johnson, Abraham Aldrich, Frederick W. Brackenstoe, Joseph L. Boggs, Samuel Brindley, William Burns, Daniel B. Clark, John Collins, George W. Cummings, William Devore, William Draper, Archelaus Dyer, Richard D. Evans, Levi M. Friend, William J. Gatlin, Lorenzo J. Gordon, John G. Harley, Joseph Maymer, John M. Hill, Nelson B. Jenkins, John Allen, Frank J. Baldwin, Charles C. Blakemore, George W. Blair, Leroy Boggs, John Brown, Anthony Butts, William P. Cleveland, Isaac H. Cox, John Demon, John Dickey, Charles Duffee, Elisha Edwards, John Foley, Thomas F. Gardner, Michael Givens, William S. Gordon, Jacob A. Harper, Simeon Hanson, Joseph O. Jennings, Henry Judy, Mirion Judy, Abraham B. Lari- mer, Andrew J. Lewis, William Long, Andrew J. McGinnis, Thomas Mar- tindale, William Mickem, Willis Parrett, William O. Phares, James Priddy, Samuel Rice, Charles B. Bozelle, Richard Saxton, Able R. Seymour, An- thony Schreckengaust, Morgan L. Smith, Anthony T. B. Terry, Jonas L. Thornton, Robert Tweedale, Collins Vincent, William Welsh, Daniel F. Williams, Daniel Kenalty, George King, Walter S. Leake, Henry S. Limes, George H. McCandlass, Jonathan Mclaughlin, Jacob D. Miller, Robert
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Nidy, George Phares, Granville S. Plumley, Hiram Reed, John Rodgers, Seth Ross, Lycurgas P. Saxton, Curtis M. Shoemaker. London Silcott, Ben- jamin C. Stover, Lewis C. Thomas, George W. Thurston, George M. Ustick, William Vincent, Henton Wells, John R. Knotts, James King, Samuel G. Lee, John C. Lively, William McLellan, Thomas Manuel, William Millikan, Henry C. Painte, Spencer C. Phares, John L. Reese, Samuel Rodgers, John A. Sanders, Ransom Sears, Francis M. Silcott, Jacob Smith, John H. Straley, Justice Squire, Amos Thornton, Henry Tidy, Albert C. Vincent, John D. Waln, John W. West, Henry W. Worrell.
Company B-William A. Davey, Daniel Taylor, Austin P. Williams. Company E-Alexander Alkire, William VanWey.
Company G-Andrew Orahood.
Company H-Milton Barrere, Samuel B. Lemons, John W. Keesberry, John B. Smith, James Chafin, Charles D. Vincent.
Company M-Isaac Myers.
THIRD UNITED STATES COLORED REGIMENT.
Company C-Levi Prince, private.
FIFTH UNITED STATES COLORED REGIMENT.
Company A -- Richard Thornton, sergeant; privates, Thomas Barnett, Tobias Hicks, Richard Redman.
Company B-Peter Ball, Sanford Lawrence, privates.
Company C-Joseph Gales.
Company D-Preston Gardner, Solomon M. Jackson, John Lyre, Ed- ward Richardson, privates.
Company F-Alexander Burns, private.
Company G-Thomas Grimes, commissary sergeant ; privates, Edward Ball, Alonzo Day, James Holland, John L. Rickman, George Upthegrove, Enamel Brown, George Dudley, David Quan, Nelson Spears, Isaac Miscal, Charles Chaves, James E. Dickerson, William Quan, Charles H. Upthe- grove, Edward Wright.
Company H-Jeremiah Hargrave, Samuel Morgan, privates.
Company 1-Clarence Powell, musician.
Company K-George Ikert, Robert Robinson, privates.
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FIFTH UNITED STATES HEAVY ARTILLERY (COLORED).
James Hampton, private.
NINTH UNITED STATES HEAVY ARTILLERY.
John Powell, chaplain. Company B-William Ecton, Clayton Jones, privates.
TWELFTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company B-Robert Martin, private.
SIXTEENTHI UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS (INFANTRY).
Company C-John Taylor, private. Company F-Joseph Freeman, Isaac J. Peterson.
SEVENTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company I-Harrison Delaney, private.
TWENTY-THIRD UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company C-John Luckey, private. Company F-Nicholas Pettiford, private.
TWENTY-FOURTHI UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company I-Charles Hall, private.
TWENTY-SEVENTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company B-John Boney, John Baker, James D. Gillis, Zubulon Kane, Hezekiah Stewart, privates.
Company C-Lewis Jackson, John W. Thompson, privates.
Company D-Thomas J. Brewer, private.
Company E-John Elder, George Harris, privates.
Company H-John Roberts, private.
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Company I-Andrew Boon, William H. Brewer, George Mitchell, pri- vates.
Company K-Samuel Evans, private.
FORTY-FIFTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company D-Alexander Anderson, James C. Anderson, King D. An- derson, George Anderson, Albert Bagley, Thompson Jones, Julius C. Sam- mons, Solomon Brand, James H. Cain, Edward Kelley, George W. Stewart, Isaiah Wright, William Bass, Benjamin Gillis, Charles D. Merritt, James L. Thornton.
ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
Company H-Robert Valentine, private.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOURTH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS. Company B-Levi Burley, sergeant ; James Martin, private.
TWELFTH INDEPENDENT BATTERY, OHIO LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Aaron C. Johnson, captain; Joseph Billings, first lieutenant ; Anderson Blue, second lieutenant : George W. Crawford, quartermaster sergeant; Nathaniel C. Osborne, Jacob H. Moon, Silas J. Davis, corporals; John B. Wells, John R. Smithson, buglers; privates, Charles Alwin, William Duff, John E. Jamison, William H. Latta, Albert G. Pierson, Samuel Richards, William S. Straley, William Underwood, John Crawford, Joseph Futgeson, Benjamin F. Jones, George Logan, William H. Rawlings, John H. Sherrett, William W. Townsend, Robert B. Compton, Thomas Grimes, Charles Latham, John W. Lydy, George Richards, Jesse D. Sherrett, Cyrus Under- wood, James R. Woodall.
SECOND OHIO VOLUNTEER HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Company B-Harry V. Rodgers, Francis M. Gibson, first sergeant and sergeant, respectively ; William A. Wells, Emanuel, Purnell, Henry Venne- man, corporals ; privates, Joel Barrett, Charles C. Carey, George Crawford, Robert W. Lanum, Lewis Levick, Samuel C. Orr, Robert A. Robinson, Isaac N. Bonham, James Crawford, Jefferson Daugherty, Jesse Leveck, Nathan
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Miller, James E. Pavey, Joseph Sidens, Merritt J. Sturgeon, Jarrah Boards, Henry Crawford, John Foley, George W. Levick, Benjamin F. Myers, Will- iam H. Powless, Jeremiah Smith.
Company G-Isaac J. Vance, captain.
Company H-John F. Dennis, private.
Company I-Joseph W. Rothrock, second lieutenant; Thomas L. Ellis, private.
Company K-Louis Baer, captain.
Besides the above names, are several hundred more who served, one here and one there, and hence were inscribed on separate tablets, besides two whose names were overlooked and not inscribed on any of the tablets. These two are George Whitmer, Company G, and Robert Parkinson, of Company F of the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Regiment.
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
In 1898 a crisis in Cuban affairs, due to Spain's wretched and inhuman treatment of her colonists there, brought on war with the United States, known as the Spanish-American War, which, though it lasted only one hun- dred and fourteen days, was very decisive in its results. During that brief conflict the United States land and sea forces destroyed two Spanish fleets, received the surrender of more than thirty-five thousand Spanish soldiers, took by conquest the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico, and Manila, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines, and so convinced the Spanish govern- ment that further prosecution of the war was unwise that terms of peace were asked for. President Mckinley demanded the independence of Cuba, the cession of Porto Rico and Guam, one of the Ladrone islands, to the United States, and the retention of Manila by the United States pending the final disposition of the Philippines by a joint commission. By the terms of the final peace treaty, which was concluded in Paris, Spain relinquished her sovereignty over Cuba, ceded to us her other West India possessions and the island of Guam, and transferred her rights in the Philippines for the sum of twenty millions of dollars.
The total number of United States troops engaged in this war was 274,717 and the approximate cost of the war was $150,000,000. The Americans suffered no loss of ships and but two hundred and seventy-nine lives, while two thousand one hundred and ninety-nine Spaniards were killed, besides the almost total annihilation of her navy.
Fayette county had a part in this war, Company E, of the Fourth Ohio
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Regiment National Guard, and which was located at Washington C. H., being called into the service. Company E was sent to Columbus to drill. and was finally mustered into the service of the United States, all but six- teen passing the military test upon their government examination. The original officers and men in this company were as follows: Captain, William Vincent ; first lieutenant, Charles O. Updyke ; second lieutenant, J. M. Fugate ; first sergeant, Charles Stugden : sergeants, O. E. Hardway, Elmer Vincent, Charles Sexton, Norman McDonald; corporals, L. A. Jones, Robert Bon- ham, Bert Creamer, D. R. Duncan, John Gillum; musicians, Walter Paul, William Eyer : armorer ; Charles Jarnigan ; privates, Allen Allebaugh, Will- iam C. Armstrong, Ed S. Bell, William L. Bird, William F. Becker, William A. Basley, William J. Carr, E. Conway, J. W. Cook, Mack Clayton, Johnson Cubbage, Mike Creamer. Scott Cook, N. W. Davis, Pete Dempsey, H. D. Fandall, Frank Ford, Charles E. Figgins, Willis S. Gray, Howard Harley, Ross Hart, A. J. Hardy, Birt Judy. Martin Judy, Wade Keaton, Cary Kim- ley, Frank Lee, Robert Marine, R. W. Marine, A. E. Marine, Arthur Mc- Kinley. Charles McCartney, Samuel Minshall, Harry McCormick, H. C. Marquett, J. H. Mitchner, John Nixon, Robert Pratt, Ellis, Lon Stevenson, Alex. Sharist, A. Shingles, Garland Slonaker, Frank Smith, Frank Sam- mons, E. L. Taylor, James Tincture, Jerome Taylor, Lawrence Updyke, John Vangurdy, Burton Vincent, Watson Walters, Sherman Wolf, B. F. Whited, A. W. Wilt, N. J. Coffman, Elwert Coffman, John Robbs, Sherman Reeder.
After being finally mustered into the United States service, this company was sent first to Chickamauga and later went to Porto Rico. On the con- clusion of hostilities the company was discharged and welcomed home, being given a grand reception by the citizens.
HERO IN TWO WARS.
The only Mexican War soldier residing in Fayette county in 1913 was B. F. Jacob, aged ninety years, who lived with his son near Parrott's Sta- tion. In addition to having served in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848, he was also a soldier in the Civil War for three years, and was lieutenant in the Forty-fourth Ohio Regiment of Infantry. Up to the age of eighty years, he had never had a doctor call on him for medical treatment. In 1913 he took part in the encampment of Ohio soldiers at Washington C. H. and appeared hale and hearty.
CHAPTER XIV.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY.
In no one particular has the advancement in higher attainments in civilization shown itself than in the matter of progress in the science of edu- cation-for now it is really considered a science .. Here in Fayette county, as in all other Ohio and Western sections, this change for the better is re- markable. While it is true that during the earlier years of her history this state produced many great men and women, who did not have the excellent advantages vouchsafed to the student of the common school and colleges of today, but who, perforce of their inherent will power and ambition to attain to great knowledge, were finally crowned with that ever-to-be-coveted ac- quirement, a good English education. It is believed by many educators today that the average man and woman, as well as the average school child, of this century does not begin to appreciate and utilize the mighty moving force which our public school system affords one who wills to be well and prac- tically educated. Like the atmosphere we freely breathe from day to day, we forget to lift our heads and hearts and offer thanks to Him that giveth such great blessings.
In the matter of school houses, their sites, their grounds, their inner plans and equipments-all has been revolutionized within thirty years in this county. The standard of teachers, too, has been elevated until it is equal to any in the world. While there may yet be some question as to the equitable prices to be paid for schooling, and the remuneration given for competent teachers, in the main the public is usually pleased to give fair wages, both in the country and town districts, to those competent to properly instruct the young. In the matter of sex, the line is no longer closely drawn; we now have far more women teachers than men, and well it is. Woman is ex- ceptionally well suited for the tedious task of bending the young mind in the way it should go, both intellectually and morally. The profession always has been called honorable, and it is none the less so today than fifty and a hundred years ago.
There is still room for better state school laws, and beyond doubt the new law providing for county school superintendents, a system long practiced in other and younger states, is a step in the right direction.
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THE OLD AND THE MODERN SCHOOL HOUSE.
As one roams through one of the twentieth-century school buildings, and views their stone floors and marble faced hall-ways ; their efficient heat- ing and lighting plants ; the excellent manner in which ventilation is obtained ; the sanitary drinking fountains, conveniently arranged in every hall-way, and then reads descriptions of the early pioneer school houses, the wonderful contrast must be uppermost in the mind. For example, here are a few para- graphs concerning the old-time methods of obtaining a limited education in Ohio and Fayette county. We quote from Dill's history the subjoined :
"Following along a blazed path through the woods, we come to the log school house. We pull the latch-string, enter, a voice from the far interior says 'Come in.' At the request of the 'master,' we settle down upon a puncheon bench, the object for all eyes to gaze upon. The first thing we observe is that nearly the whole end of the house is occupied by a fire-place, within whose capacious depths the crackling blaze sends forth light, heat and cheerfulness. Our gaze being attracted to the outside, we look-not through French plate glass, but a hole made by sawing out a log and replac- ing it with paper greased with lard. Our attention is recalled by a shrill voice : 'Master, mayn't I git a drink?' The urchin goes to the bucket, setting on the bench near the door, takes the tin cup from the accustomed peg, dips it full, drinks a few sups, holding it over the bucket meanwhile, pours the balance back, looks around awhile, goes back to his seat and, with his dog-eared book close to his face, is soon lost in study.
"We observe the benches are made of flat rails and puncheons, with wooden pins in them for legs ; backs they have none. The master has a table made by driving pins in the wall, and placing hewed puncheons on top of them. Under each window a similar contrivance accommodates the scholars.
"While examining these unique writing desks, we are again startled by a cry, of apparent agony : 'Master, please mayn't I go out?' Consent is given, and the boy hurriedly moves toward the door, pausing to take down a stick crooked in shape and carries it out with him. Our curiosity is excited, and while the master's back is turned, we ask a big, white-headed boy near us what it is for, who, upon opening his mouth wide and staring at us in blank amazement, says: 'No other boy don't darst go out while that stick is gone.'
"As incentives to close application to study, we observe a rule of about
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a pound weight, and a formidable-looking beechen rod, whose acquaintance every boy in school has long ago formed.
"Dilworth's Arithmetic, Webster's Spelling Book and the Testament were the usual text-books. It seemed to be an expressed settled fact, that during the recitation a boy could get up a better spirit of inspiration by stentorian competition with his fellows; and in the spelling class, the boy that could spell the loudest should stand at the head. It was interesting to see these boys at the end of the bench standing on tip-toes, with every muscle in a quiver, waiting for the master to say 'Noon,' in order to get out first and raise the biggest yell."
SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON C. H.
The first school in Washington C. H. was taught in 1813 by Samuel Loofborrow, in a double log house, one part of which he used for a dwell- ing, on the corner of Paint and Hind streets. The school, as was common in those days, was made up by subscription and could not have continued more than one or two terms, for in 1814 the first building intended for school purposes in the village was built and James Webster installed as teacher. This was a rough, round-log structure, sixteen by eighteen feet, with a clap- board roof, fastened with weight poles, and was minus a floor. The door was also made of clapboards, arranged horizontally and secured by wooden pegs. One side of the frame extended above and below some inches, the lower end resting in a notch cut in the sill, or bottom log, and the upper end was fastened by pins, driven obliquely into the log above on each side and served as a hinge to the door. The sill mentioned above was more than two feet in diameter and it was with difficulty that the smaller children got over it into the school house. Of course the room was supplied with the cus- tomary greased-paper windows and was heated by the huge old-fashioned fireplace peculiar to those primitive days.
The building was located on the northeast side of Market, between Fayette and North streets, on in-lot No. 47, now in possession of Col. H. B. Maynard and occupied a part of the present situation of the old frame Meth- odist Episcopal church. Webster was followed as teacher in this building by James Clark, an Irishman, who taught here until the house was abandoned in 1816, when school was held in the old court house for several years.
James G. Gray taught in the court house first and was succeeded by Hiram M. Parish and he in turn by Erasmus Grovesnor. About the close of the latter's services a log school house was erected on the corner of Market
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and Hind streets and was occupied first by a man named Pearson. The house was built of round logs, which were scutched after the building was erected, and was located where the mill later stood on the southeast corner.
Norman F. Jones was Pearson's successor here and continued until the house was abandoned. After this school was held in the old court house, and in unoccupied buildings in different parts of town until 1828, when a small, one-story brick house was erected on Market street, between Main and Fayette streets, but on account of some legal technicality concerning the levy or appropriation made for the building of this house, it was thrown on the hands of the school trustees, but was afterward rented and occupied for school purposes principally until 1845, when a two-story frame school house was built on the site of the old log building, on the corner of Market and Hind streets. This house was used until the union school building on North street, between Temple and Paint, was completed in 1856, which originally was two stories high, sixty-five feet square, and contained eight rooms, four above and the same below, with a ten-foot hallway leading through both floors. The house and the site of three acres of ground cost about fourteen hundred dollars. In 1872 another story and a steam heating apparatus were added at a cost of eight thousand and three hundred dollars. The following is a list of some of the early teachers: Henry Phelps, James Latta, Smith Latta, John A. Pledge, William Westlake, Alvira Gordon, William H. Shim, Zeno Wilcox, Mr. Rawlings. Elam Hearts, A. K. Eaton, S. F. Kerr, L. D. Willard, A. S. Dickey. Dr. Donohue and Harvey Jones.
TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS.
In Jefferson township, none but the very aged will recall the old fashioned school houses, with huge fire-places and greased-paper windows and the hard- ness of the slab or puncheon seats, and the position used by the master in teaching penmanship with a self-made quill-pen, dipped in soft-maple ink. But these all obtained in Jefferson township "when my father was a boy."
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