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1902
Brobeck, Belle
1880
Darst, Elizabeth C.
1865
*Albaugh, Alice
1887
Brunner, Isabella L.
1864
Darst, Harvey J. .1867
Albaugh, Anna
1899
Brunner, Lizzie
1892
Darst, Maggie .1873
Allen, Bertha E.
. 1906
Brunner, Mame
1880
Delaplane, Emma
. 1859
*Allen, Mary
1901
Brunner, Sadie
1881
Delaplane, Harriet
1895
Anderson, Anna
1861
Bushong, Carrie
1879
Delaplane, Marie
1808
Anderson, Delilah
.1874
Bryant, Gertrude
Angell, Myrtle
1902
*Caldwell, Felix ..
1899
Denman, Nellie
*Athey, Emerson
. 1902
Cantner, Ella
1870
Denman, Sam 1900
Athey, Clifford . 1903
Cantner, Ida M.
1873
Denman, Vaunie 1899
Atkinson, H. Margaret :1865
Cardiff, Charles
1893
Doane, Amelia C. 1861
Baer, Cynthia . 1887
*Cave, William A.
1388
Doane, Fletcher M. 1864
Bailey, Elvira M. . 1865
*Chaney, Jessie D.
1883
Dresbach, Anna
1897
Bailey, Emma J.
1871
Chaney, Paul B.
1886
Dresbach, Emma 1900
Bailey, Lillie
1.968
Christy, Myrtle
1900
Dresbach, Gertrude 1897
Baker, Denny O.
.1876
Clark, Benjamin F.
1871
Dresbach, Grace 1897
*Bales, Blenn R.
1894
Clark, Marguerite
1900
Drum, Iddie 1884
*Ballard, Mary
.1893
Clark, Vinnie
,1900
Duffy, Charles G.
1985
Barkley, Eva
.1898
Clark, Willison R.
. 1904
Dunlap, Ella
1893
Barks, Anna C.
1883
Clark, Winfield
1893
*Dunlap, Gertrude
1901
Barks, Albert Y.
1865
Clarke, Abbie
1893
Dunnick, John 1898
Barks, Ella
1868
Clarke, Grace
1895
Eaton, Anna F. 1904
*Bauder, Edson B.
1866
*Clarke, Hartley R. 1866
*Eaton, Glenn
. 1901
Bauder, Mollie
*Clarke, Margaret
1807
Eaton, Mary
1902
Beachtell, Mary G.
1876
Clarke, Merta
1897
Eaton, Mertie
.1887
*Bell, Josiah R.
.1866
Clarke, Mollie L.
1864
Eaton, Pearl 1892
. 1804
Clarke, Sadie H.
1863
Eaton, Thomas J. 1862
Bell, Madge
.1898
Cole, John
Bell, Roy
. 1901
Collier, Bessie
1900
Edgington, Clarence
1899
*Bennett, Burnie
. 1902
*Colvill, Edith
1903
Egan, Sarah B.
1905
Bennett, Edith
1886
Cook, Emma
1874
Ensworth, Ida
1881
Bennett, Louisa
1868
Cosgrove, Evelyn
1903 *Evans, Helen
1895
Bennett, Margaret A. 1888
Cossal, Isabella
. 1901
*Evans, Sam 1892
Birch, Emma .1968
*Evans, Mary 1890
Bitzer, Emerald
1903
Courtright, Florence B. 1888
Fickardt, Helen R. . 1904
1865
Black, Laura . 1889
. 1903
*Courtright, Loring 1895
Finkel, Mame
1890
*Bolin, Andrew R.
1967
Courtright, Marguerite 1906
1896
Fismer, Lizzie C.
1883
*Bolin, Stuart R.
1895
Crist, Lizzie
1387
Fismer, Louisa
188 1
Bostwick, Burr ]
1888
Crist, Maggie
1899
Fismer, Martha A. 1885
Bostwick, Minnie
1984
Crist, Mattie
1899
Fissell, Edith
1897
Botkin, Samantha
1861
Crouse, Lizzie
1859
Florence, Ethel
1894
*Bowers, Mary G. .1886
Crum, Bina
1895
Foerst, Lizzie
1884
Boyer, Lewis W.
1867
Cullen, Anna M. 1882
Foley, Ella 1884
Boyles, Angie
.1902 Curl, Belle 1902
Foley, Johanna
1886
*Those entering college from the High School.
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*Boggs, John G.
Fismer, Bertha A.
1890
Bolin, Mabel E.
1906
Crall, Nellie
*Courtright, Dudley V. 1893
IS74
Ebert, Mary
*Dickinson, Elizabeth 1901
1897
Atkinson, Lizzie S. .1866
Caskey, William
1.868
Demuth, Ella M.
1871
Becher, Charles
Courtright, Jennie B. 1895
Fickardt, Lizzie E.
1868
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HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY
GRADUATES OF EVERTS HIGH SCHOOL
Name
Class Name
Class Name Class
Foll, Harry M.
1905
Heffner, Carrie
. 1901
Kidd, Sallie
1862
Foll, Lillian
1899
Hegele, August
1903
King, Hattie E. 1864
Folsom, Seward G.
1906 Hegele, Pauline R. 1904
King, Sarah . A. 1863
Foresman, M. Melissa
1865
Herrnstein, Charles 1895
Kinnear, F. L. 1859
Frey, Carrie
1899
Herrnstein, Emma . 1902
Knabenshue, Florence 1877
Friedman, Edgar
1906
Hess, Blanche
.1902
Kraft, Ida 1904
*Fryback, Sue D. Garnes, Ernest
1828
Hirt, Carrie
1902
Kirkendall, Estella
1896
*Gatrel, Ida
1891
Hitler, Bertha
1896
Kirkendall, Mabel 1891
Kouns, Anna M. 1865
1886
George, Lydia A.
1863
*Hoffman, Florence D.
Lakin, Carrie
1886
Gephart, Adele
.1866
Hoffman, Florence
1900
Lamaster, Harriet
. 1901
Gephart, Emma C.
1865
Hoffman, Lizzie
1891
Leiby, Anna M.
1858
Gephart, Josie
1871
*Hoffman, Will S.
1902
Leist, Anna
1828
Gephart, Kate
1868
*Hoffman, Mamie
1903
Leist, Jennie
.1901
Gilley, Henry
1868
Hood, Bertha
1894
Leist, Nettie
1804
Glass, John
1884
. 1906
Hough, Susan
1862
Lewis, Anna M. . 1883
Goff, Isabella
1997
Goff, Mary
. 1903
. 1901
Howard, Maud
1898
Lewis, Dora
1897
*Goldfredrick, Adolph 1877
Hull, Mary
1867
Lewis, Harry M.
.1882
Goldfredrick, Clara C.
1906
Hulse, Isaiah
1870
Lewis, Lottie L.
1888
Graham, Will
1895
Hunsicker, Effie
1888
Lilly, Fannie
1874
Grant, W. H.
1906
Hurdle, Anna
180
Lilly, George
. 1879
Gray, Clara
1886
Hurdle, Nellie
1902
Lilly, Nellie M.
1885
*Grigsby, Lloyd
1897
*Huston, Estella D.
1905
*Lilly, Robins
1889
Griswold, Mattie E.
. 1866
Huston, Anna E.
1866
Lindsey, Ada
. 1902
*Groce, Ella G.
1863
*Irving, Ernest
1889
Linville, Grace
1895
*Gunning, Anna C.
Irving, Mabel
1901
Linville, Mary C.
1888
Hall, Mary S. 1863
Irwin, Kate L. 1871
Littleton, Clara .1875
*Hamilton, Frank
. 1900
Irwin, Lizzie
1874
Littleton, Flora
1871
Hammel, Allen T. 1886
Irwin, S. J. 188.3
Long, Edna
. 1901
Hammel, Eva J.
1878
Jackson, Charles 1868
Long, Mabel
. 1902
Hammel, Lee M.
1883
Jackson, H. D.
1901
Lowe, .Carrie
1886
Hammel, Mary
.1900
Jackson, Henry A. 1864
1900
*Lowe, John W.
1881
Harmon, Nettie
1892
Jones, Harriet
1858
Lower, Daisy
1897
*Harsha, J. W.
1879
*Jones, Hildeburn
1902
Lower, Etta 1895
Harsha, Laura C.
.1882
*Jones, Howard E.
1871
Lower, Orpha
1903
Hartz, Amanda
1865
Joseph, Merle B.
1905
Lucas, Charles H. .1906
Hartz, Mary E. 1862
Judy, Charles
1884
Lucas, Ollie .1 900
Heater, Osro 880
Judy, Harley M.
1890
*Ludwig, Elizabeth 1898
Hedges, Anna E. .1865
Judy, Pearl
1900
Ludwig, Mary
. 1901
Hedges, Emma R.
.1865
Julian, Bertha
1899
*Ludwig, Willis 1882
Hedges, Jennie
1863
Justice, Mary 1899
Lutz, Earl
1892
FIedges, Sarah L.
1905 Kellstadt, Ella 1881
Lutz, Hubert E.
. 1905
1891
Hirt, Maggie
1892
Kirkendall, Francis M. 1890
Gearhart, Nancy S.
1862 *Hitler, Gay L.
1901
Gearhart, S. Mary
1865
Hoffman, Douglas
1893
Kuhns, Lizzie
Leist, Minnie
Given, Martha H.
. 1002
Hood, Hartley
1901
Leist, Rosa
. 1891
Goddard, Clarence R.
Howard, Emmett 1899
*Lewis, Charles M.
1877
Howard, Hazel I. I 905
Lewis, Clara
. 1804
Graham, Ella
1888
Hulse, Rebecca
1872
*Lilly, Edwin J. IS76
Lowe, James W. .1906
Hampp, Edward
1889
James, Pearl
Harris, Clarence
1893
Jones, Genevieve
1865
Lowe, Reynor . 1903
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1864
Goff, Nellie
Hosler, Norah
. 1901
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MASONIC TEMPLE, CIRCLEVILLE
WALNUT STREET SCHOOL, CIRCLEVILLE
HIGH STREET SCHOOL, CIRCLEVILLE
L
FIRE DEPARTMENT, CIRCLEVILLE
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
GRADUATES OF . EVERTS HIGH SCHOOL.
Name
Class Name
Class Name
Class
Lutz, Katherine
1891 *Moore, Howard
1894
Prentice, Mae
1898
Lutz, M. Ellen
1861
Morden, Francis
1899
Prentice, Wade
1894
Lutz, Samuel
1884 Morris, Ethel 1893
Price, Jessie C. .1890
McCollister, Elzada
1866 Morris, Agnes
1899
Price, Perley ,1880
McCollister, Mary E.
1890
Morris, Mame B. 1883
Rader, Cora 1900
McCrady, Dea
1887
Morris, Mary
. 1902
Rader, Scott
1898
McCrady, Mary
1897
Morrow, Georgia
1884
Radcliffe, Eva T. 1890
McCrun, Cora
1896
Mowery, Bessie
1904
Ray, Louisa W.
1859
McCrum, Minnie
1899
Mowery, Dill W.
1906 *Rector, Florence
1902
McEwing, Lottie
1896 *Murphy, Kenneth
1898 *Rector, Howard 1808
McEwing, Minnie
1885
Myers, George
1801 *Rector, James
1897
McHenry, Lottie
1866
Myers, Ida
1872
Redman, Alva 1903
McLaughlin, James A.
. 1880
Myers, Anna M. 1858
Reed, -Henry 1880
McMahon, Edward
1899
Myers, Minnie E. 1890
Renick, Ruth M. 1905
McMahon, Harriet
I905
*Nauman, Carl 1901
Renick, Martha W. 188.2
McMahon, Harry
. 1902
Nickerson, Guy 1898
Rice, Emma M.
1883
McMahon, Mayme
. 1900
Nickerson, Lou
1900
Riegle, Harry R. . 190.2
*McMullen, Grace M.
1890
Nicholas, Charles
1887
Rife, Jennie 1893
McMullen, Lizzie H. 1878
Nicholas, Fred
1893
Rife, Mary 1882
*McPherson, Leslie C. 1871
Nichols, Anna
I900
*Rindsfoos, Charles S. .1902
Mackey, Hattie
1895
Niles, Alice
1868
*Rindsfoos, Elizabeth
1898
Mader, Emma 1886
Niles, Lizzie
1879
*Rindsfoos, Mary
1900
Mader, Laura
1886
Niles, Lydia
1880
Roadarmer, Cora 1885
Mader, Lillian
1892 Niles, Mary
1879
Robinson, Margaret 1858
Mader, William
1870
Nooks, Maud
1900
Rodgers, Fannie
1879
Marfield, Elliott 1879
Noonan, Ella B. 1883
Rodgers, Ida 1872
Marshall, Martha 1891
*Nothstine, Arthur
1903
Roose, Augusta
. 1902
Marshall, Myrtle . 1892
Olds, Mary R.
1878
Ross, Georgia
1897
Martin, Jennie R. 1864
Olds, Minnie
1888
Roth, Annie
1895
Martin, Walter .C. . 1905
Olds, Nellie
1895
*Rowe, Edith
1898
Mason, Kate
1883
Palm, Acker K.
. 1901
Rowe, Fayne
. 1900
May, Alice
1867
Parcels, Mary
1897
Rowe, Helen . 1906
*Rowe, Jeannette 1898
May, Leslie D.
. 1905
Parrett, Bloom
1903
Rowe, Minnie .1898
May, Lutz
.1900
Parrett, Brunelle
. 1903
Rutter, Anna M. .1862
May, Percy
. 1902
Parrett, Joe
1894
Sapp, Helen . 1900
Mayne, John
. 1889
Parrett, Mack, Jr.
1906
Sapp, Mollie
. 1870
Mearns, Louis Z. . 1905
1891
Peck, Blanche
1902
Schaeffer, J. Della 1873
Millar, Anna
1895
Pedrick, Alice 1862
Schleyer, Anna
.190I
Millar, Hattie
. 1903
Pedrick, Clara 1878
Schleyer, Jennie F. . 1904
Millar, Laura
. 1901
*Peters, Howard R. 1904
Schleyer, Mary . 1902
Millar, Seymour
1899
Petty, Florence 1901
Schneider, Annie .1881
Millar, Georgietta F. . 1905
.1886
Pickering, Maria 1861
Schulze, Charles G. 1886
Miller, Lizzie
1868
Pickering, Minnie 1884
Schulze, William H. 1861
Miller, Margaret
1862
Pierce,. Fannie 1898
Schwarz, Lizzie 1885
Miller, Mary J.
1859
Piper, Alice D. 1862
Scott, Albert H.
1886
Millet, Harry
1901
Plum, Merta 1893
Scovil, Charles F. 1881
Moore, Martha
1902
Pontius, Gertrude
1900 *Scovil, Fannie R. 1883
Moore, Carrie
1893
Pontius, Jarvis B.
1892
Scovil, Josie
.1872
Digitized by
May, Ira
1870
Parcels, Mary
1901
Parrett, Wolfson 1906
Sawyer, Fannie . 1903
Miesse, Bertha
Pickel, Clarence 1889
Schryver, James H. 1866
Miller, Jessie
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HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY
GRADUATES OF EVERTS HIGH SCHOOL.
Name
Class Name
Class Name
Class
*Scovil, Kate
. 1881
Thrall, Mary
1858
Weldon, Lucile
. 1903
Seall, Ella
. 1900
Throne, Nellie
.1903
Weldon, Nell M.
1883
Seall, Eva
. 1895
Throne, Rosa
1898
*Weldon, Turney .1905
Seall, Lillie
.1896
Trask, Alice
1892
Wells, Lilian E. 1906
Secrest, Mabel
.1900
Trask, Nell A.
.1883
Wentworth, William 1881.
*Seyfert, Carl
. 1903
Trone, Ella
1883
Wholaver, Rose A. 1888
Sheets, Maggie
1899
Try, Arthur
.1902
Wilder, Arthur
1898
Sherman, Jane A.
1861
Try, Eva
. 1884
Wilder, Fidelia 1887
Sheridan, Anna B.
.1876
Tyler, Emma L.
1871
Wilder, Joseph G. 1880
Simpson, Alma
.1879
Ucker, Olive
1884
Wilder, Mary
. 1900
*Smith, Jeannette 1877
Valentine, Mabel
1892
Will, Alice E.
1871
Smith, Juliette
1877
*Vallette, Lavelle
1882
Will, Grace L.
1883
Smith, Mary E.
1890
Van Heyde, Bertha
1894
Will, Jennie
1868
Snyder, Edna
1890
Van Hyde, Harry
1896
Williams, Caddie
1874
Snyder, Florence
.1892
Van Heyde, Lillie
1893
Wilson, Helen
1898
Steele, Florence
1891
Vieth, Minnie
1892
Wilson, Mary A.
1861
*Steele, James .1877
Wagenhals, Mary N.
1864
Wilson, Lyall
. 1905
Steele, Fred
1884
Wagner, Jennie
1879
Winner, Ethel
.1894
Steele, Grant
1886
*Walling, Belle M.
1885
*Winstead, Charles E.
. 1902
Steely, Julia A.
1859 *Walling, Burns T.
1872
*Winstead, Margaret
. 1904
Stein, Alice
.1898
*Walling, Percy
1887
Winstead, Roy
1898
Stein, Fannie . 1894
*Walling, Stewart
1874
Wittich, Albert T.
1861
Stevenson, Harry
1903
Walter, Amelia D.
1865
Wittich, Helen
1902
Stevens, Will 1899
Walter, Mary E.
1865
Wittich, Rosa
1868
Stewart, Nina
Walters, Homer
.1905
*Wittich, Willis 1870
Stirewalt, W. J.
.1873
Ward, Ruby
1902
*Wolf, Albert
. 1901
Stribling, Fannie M. . 1865
Warke, Anna
1901
*Wolf, Harry D.
. 1904
Sweetman, Anna
Warner, Earl
. 1900
*Wolf, Howard
. 1903
Sweetman, Howard
.1893
Warner, George B. . 1880
Wolf, Nellie
1903
Sweetman, Mary
1898
Warner, Ruth .. 1884
Wolf, Stashia
1905
Sullivan, Zana S. 1905
Wasserstrom, Mary 1900
Wolfley, Elizabeth
. 1901
*Tappan, Helen
. 1905
Wasserstrom, Malvina .1901
*Wood, Mary
1881
*Tappan, George H. . 1904
Webster, Lucy
1880
Woodruff, Melissa
1864
Thatcher, Hazel .1903
Wefler, Ida M.
1890
Wright, Anna
1886
Thatcher, Carl
. 1905
Wehmeyer, Amy 1897
Wright, J. Willard 1888
Thomas, Fannie . 1899
Weill, Belle
. 1886 *Wright, Katherine H.
.1905
Thompson, Anna A. 1865
Weill, Emma L.
1878 *Yates, Arizona
1893
Thompson, Anna E. 1891
Weldon, Addie
887
Yates, Emma
1889
Thompson, Florence L. 1865 *Weldon, Chris.
1892
Young, Lillian
1899
Thompson, Lloyd
.1902 Weldon, Florence 1880
Zinn. Mamie
1899
Thompson, Lovina
1859 *Weldon, Lawrence 1876
Digitized by
1872
Stewart, Clara
I901
*Walters, Barton
1897
Wittich, Theophilus 1865
Stevenson, Cora 1886
Walker, Nellie
1884
Wittich, Ella
1897
Solliday, Albert
. 1862
Van Heyde, Minnie
1890
*Wilson, Charles
1900
1896
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AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
Circleville has been extremely .fortunate in securing men for the position of superin- tendent of the public schools who have been especially adapted to the position. In the 54 years which have elapsed since the organiza- tion of the schools, only five men have held the office. This is something unusual and it has done much to promote the efficiency of the school administration.
At the opening of the Union Schools in the fall of 1852, John Lynch, of Ashland, was chosen superintendent. He served for 10 years until 1862, when he resigned and entered the Union Army as captain of Company A, 114th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. On September 22, 1862, Mr. Lynch was promoted to the rank of major, in which position he served to the end of the war. After peace had been declared, he re- moved to Louisiana where he served as a mem- ber of the constitutional convention in the re- construction of the State and later became a leading member of the State Senate. In 1876 when the Democrats were restored to power, Mr. Lynch removed to California where he resided until his death. A son, John C. Lynch, has attained some prominence in that State, serving as speaker of the House of Repre- sentatives in the State Legislature and now holding the position of collector of internal revenue in the San Francisco district.
H. H. Barney, a teacher of wide experience who had been elected school commissioner in 1853 and who was one of the prominent edu- cators of the State, succeeded Mr. Lynch in September, 1862. He held the position until 1869. when he retired from active work and went to Cincinnati to live, remaining there until his death.
In January, 1869, he was succeeded by C. S. Smart, who served until his election to the office of State school commissioner, in 1874. After a term of three years, he retired from school work and went into business in New York. Mr. Smart was a graduate of the Ohio University, at Athens, and before coming to Circleville had been superintendent of the Jack- son schools.
On January 1, 1875, Montgomery H. Lewis, who had been the principal of the Cen-
tral Ohio Normal School at Worthington, Ohio, succeeded C. S. Smart as superintendent of the Circleville schools. Mr. Lewis was a graduate of the Columbus High School and also of the Ohio Weslyan University, at Dela- ware. After leaving college he became prin- cipal of the Zanesville and later of the San- dusky high schools. He was a thorough edu- cator and organizer and did much to increase the efficiency of the local schools. He held the position of superintendent for nearly 25 years, during which time the schools under his ef- ficient management gained a recognized posi- tion among the leading schools of the State. His administration was perhaps the most suc- cessful in the history of the schools.
After leaving Circleville, Mr. Lewis located in Chicago where he organized the firm of Montgomery H. Lewis & Company, publishers and book-sellers. He now holds the position of manager of the library department of the Educational Publishing Company, of Chicago.
In 1899 C. L. Boyer, the present incumbent, then superintendent of schools at Logan, Ohio, was elected to succeed Mr. Le is as superin- tendent. Mr. Boyer is a graduate of the Cap- ital University, at Columbus. After leaving college, he took charge of the schools of Lithopolis. In 1893 he was called to Lima where he became professor of mathematics and principal of the normal department. He left this position in 1897 to take charge of the schools of Logan. From there he came to Circleville, where he still rer ... ins.
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
In addition to the public schools, there have been several attempts on the part of Cir- cleville churches to establish parochial schools. One 'of these, the school established by St. Jo- seph's Catholic Church, has proven highly suc- cessful and is now in active operation. The. other, established by the German Lutheran Church, failed to receive the united support of the congregation and consequently after a brief period it was discontinued.
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St. Joseph's Parochial School was organ-
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HISTORY OF PICKAWAY COUNTY
ized in 1886, during the pastorate of Rev. M. M. Meara. The school and convent building is a brick structure situated on the east end of the church property on Mound street, where the church and parochial residence are also lo- cated. The building is two stories in height and contains 12 rooms, four of which are oc- cupied as class rooms for the different grades. The studies for the most part are similar to those taught in the public schools, with the addition of catechism and church history. Stenography is also taught in the upper grades
and in addition there is an industrial depart- ment in which the girls are taught the domestic arts, sewing, etc. The instructors of the school are Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and are six in number.
The scholars are drawn from families of the Catholic faith, of whom there of 160 in the city. During the year just closed there were 149 pupils enrolled. After each pupil has finished the required work, he is entitled to a diploma at the annual commencement held each June. The graduates to date are:
GRADUATES OF THE ST. JOSEPH'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOL.
Name
Class Name
Class Name
Class
Brown, E. C.
.1895
Henry, Donald
1905
Moore, J. D.
. 1904
Brown, Mary F.
. 1899
Henry, Margaret
1896
Prentice, May
1903
Brown, Kathleen
1904
Hirt, Helen
. 1905
Rodgers, James . 1905
Cannon, George X.
. 1900
Howell, Loula
1891
Ryan, Ollic
. 1905
Cannon, Katie M.
1895
Kathe, B. J.
1896
Ryan, Albert O. . 1905
Cullen, Katie P.
1899
Kathe, Raymond
.1905
Smith, Anna
. 1905
Cummins, Helen
1904
Kirwin, Mrs. Ella
.1891
Smith, Anna E.
1891
Dodd, John A.
1900
Kirwin, P.
1893
Smith, J. D.
. 1904
Dodd, Kathleen
. 1904
Kirwin, T. J.
1898
Smith, Mary R.
. 1902
Drescher, Francis
.1900
Mckenzie, Cecilia
1905
Smith, Rose A.
1895
Egan, Parnell
1899
Mckenzie, Hannah
1902
Sapp, Howard
. 1905
Foley, Sadie
1890
McClean, Anna
1903
Sapp, Margie
1905
Greer, Margaret
1895
McCrady, Ethel
1905
-Tracey, Julia B.
1890
Henry, A. J.
1897
Moore, Bessie
1905
Ucker, C. S
1891
The parochial school of the German Lu- theran Church was organized by Rev. J. Snider in 1888, two years after the founding of St. Joseph's Parochial School. School was held in an addition consisting of two rooms built on the east side of the church on East Mound street. Attendance was optional. There were two instructors in addition to the minister, who taught several branches. The grades ran as high as the first year High School of the pres- ent day. Special emphasis was placed on the study of German, the catechism, church his- tory and doctrine. The school was not very successful and from the first there was opposi- tion to the idea of a parochial school. This grew stronger until at length, in 1893, the
project was abandoned. In 1899 the school was revived but it only lasted for the brief period of one summer.
THE CIRCLEVILLE BUSINESS COLLEGE
Was established in 1895 by Clarence Balthaser, who conducted it until May 4, 1904, when it was' purchased by C. M. Woltz. The attend- ance during the year aggregates some 40 stu- dents and as proof of the college's efficiency, none of these ever find any difficulty in secur- ing positions after graduating. Every facility is offered for obtaining a first-class commercial education. The shorthand department is con- ducted by Mary E. Griner.
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CHAPTER XXVIII
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION -IN CIRCLEVILLE
The life of a physician, ever an arduous one, was made doubly so, in the early settle- ment of the county, by adverse circumstances incident to pioneer life.
A good many of the earlier doctors died very young; many obituaries of physicians under 35 years of age appeared in the local newspaper of the early times; and there can be little doubt that their illness and untimely death were, in many cases, brought on by the exposure and hardships, which they were forced in the cause of humanity and of their profession to endure. Their trips were usually made on horseback, through all sorts of weather, over almost impassible paths and covering what, in view of the mode of travel then prevailing, were immense distances.
Dr. Marcus Brown said that even in his day (he came to Circleville in 1836) a doctor's life was one of hard work and little comfort. Many a time, he recounted, he was so worn out with traveling that he would get off his horse and, throwing himself upon the ground, would instantly fall into a sleep of exhaustion, from which he would waken chilled and wet with dew. Fever and ague were the prevail- ing diseases in this uncleared country and the doctors themselves through existing condi- tions were peculiarly liable to these complaints.
The first physician to locate in Pickaway County was Dr. Daniel Turney, who came in 1800, a boy of 14 years from Shepherdstown, Virginia, to Chillicothe, Ohio, where his father worked at the potter's trade. He graduated from a medical school in Philadelphia in 1806,
and then went to Jefferson, Pickaway County, where he began the practice of his profession. He came to Circleville shortly after the town was laid out, being the first resident physician in the town. After living here for 13 years, he removed to Columbus in 1823, where four years later he died, having continued in the practice to the last.
Dr. Turney was married, in 1816, to a daughter of Maj .- Gen. James Denny, Janet Stirling Denny. They had four children, of whom a son, Samuel Denny, followed his father's profession.
Dr. Samuel Denny Turney was born in Columbus, December 26, 1824. In 1840, his mother and her children moved back to Circle- ville, their former home, where Samuel entered a store as salesman. During this time, he studied medicine alone (having inherited from his father a deep interest in the subject) ; later he became a student of Dr. P. K. Hull. In 1849-50, he attended lectures at Starling Medi- cal College, Columbus, and in 1850-51 at the University of Pennsylvania, being graduated in April, 1851. Returning to Circleville, he began practicing ; and shortly after, on June 17, was married, his wife being Evaline McCrea. They had two children, of whom a son, Harry, is now living in Columbus.
When the Civil War began, Dr. Turney went out as surgeon to the 13th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., being the first surgeon to offer his services to the State. In March, 1863, he was commissioned surgeon of volunteers by the
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United States; in 1865, for faithful and meri- torious service, he was breveted lieutenant- colonel. He was on the staff of General Van Cleve, as medical director and was division and post medical director of hospitals at Murfrees- boro, Tennessee. When the war was over, Dr. Turney came back to Circleville and entered into partnership with Dr. A. W. Thompson. He had, before the war, been for a short time a partner of his old instructor, Dr. Hull. In 1868, Governor Hayes bestowed upon Dr. Turney the rank of surgeon-general of the State of Ohio, in recognition of his valuable services and, in 1872, Governor Noyes ratified and renewed the action of his predecessor. He was appointed professor of physiology and pathology in Starling Medical College in 1867, but, caring more for his practice than for lecturing, he continued in this capacity only one year. His health failing, in the summer of 1875, Dr. Turney went abroad, but remained for so short a time that the benefit derived was slight. Upon returning home, he entered into a partnership with Dr. C. A. Foster, which continued a short time, and in 1877 he became associated with Dr. Alva P. Courtright, which partnership continued until his death, which occurred January 2, 1878. The funeral was held at the home of his brother, Nelson J. Turney, where he died. The burial was in Forest Cemetery.
Dr. Erastus Webb was the second medical man to come to Circleville to locate. He came, in 1815, from the State of New York. In 1830 he associated himself with Dr. Hull in the drug business. (It was an ordinary circum- stance for doctors in the olden time to keep a combination office and drug-store.) Dr. Webb died in 1848.
`His partner, Dr. Peter K. Hull, had come to Circleville only a year or two before his association with Dr. Webb. After eight years' residence here, he went to Monticello, Indiana, where, about 1858, he died.
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