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Title: The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: McClung, David Waddle, 1831- (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Hamilton, Ohio (Cincinnati, The Lawrence printing and publishing company)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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pronouncing from, and whenit next came his turn to spell at the word, he boldly and in a loud voicespelled out: W-a—Ham b-a-s-h—bush—Hambush. Good boy, shoutedthe teacher, you go to the head of the class. You are a bright boy, and youwill become a great man some of these days. There is not even a tradition of any school in Hamilton prior to 1810.We are very sure that the children and youth ot that period did not grow upentirely ignorant. Doubtless there were teachers who had received theireducation in the older portions of the country. Tradition reports that inabout 1810 a Mr. Richey established a school in Hamilton. At first hisschool was taught on Front St. Third Ward, in a house on lot No. 174.Afterward in a log house on the site of St. Marys Church. In 1812 and forsome 3ears following Rev. Matthew G. Wallace had a school in the CourtHouse, where the higher branches of learning were taught, in addition tothe rudiments of education. In 1815, Benj. H. Pardee taught a school on
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THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 199 Second Street, where the Benuinghofen residence now stands, and aboutthe same time a Mr. Elder taught in Rossville. In 1818 Alexander Proudfit, a student of Medicine, and a man of liberaleducation, taught a school on Heaton Street, in a house erected on lot No.203, by Dr. Daniel Millikin. During the same year, the Hamilton literary Society erected a houseat the southwest corner of Third and Dayton Streets, where a school wastaught for many successive years. The Rev. Jas. McMechan, Henry Baker,Joseph Blackleach, Wm. Hawthorne, Mr. Gibson, Abel C. Burroughs, andBenjamin F. Raleigh were teachers at this place prior to 1830. Afterwardthe school was continued by Serbern, Harris, and Mr. Nathaniel Furman,the last named being the last of the teachers of private schools. About the year 1850 James Bell conducted a private .school in Rossville ffor several years, and was succeeded by P^van Davies, who was the last of the Vteachers of private school

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