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| THE DEATH OF JACOB GRAY BILL-For Ktnlj Fifty Ynn H* Tintht Ia th»Public School#,Jacob Graybill, who for nearly fifty ; yean has been connected with (he ; public schools of Ohio, and for nearly i half that time with the schools of the j city of Massillon, or of territory which was subsequently annexed to the I city of Massillon, died Monday even log, after an illness of two weeks. Dropsy of the heart, followed by a hemorrhage of the lungs, caused deaih.Jacob Oraybill was born on a farm in York county, Pa., in 1824, 'aking his age 69 years, 5 months and XI days. He spent his early youth upon the farm with his parents, who were poor, and in no position to give him the education hilt; ambition sought. He attended school, all fold, less than a year and a half At 16 years of age he uegan hiB apprenticeship at the carpenter^ trade. a :d in 1845 he and his wido ved mother moved to Rumley, Harrison conn* y. )uring a 1 this time he labored unceasingly to secure an education that should fit him for whafc proved to be hia life’s work, and with such success that he was given his first school. It was here, among hiB other pupils, that he taught Gen. George Ouster, the hero in the late Indian l wars who laid down his life at the massacre o? the Little Big Horn.Mr. Graybill married Elizabeth Mc-Gonnell, alao of York county, Pa,, in 1848 In 1852 they moved irom Ram-ley to West Brookfield, Stark county, where he worked ac his trade in summer, teaching school in winter He removed to Ta^iUonin 1860, where his wife died December 24 1861 Four years later he married Mary C Landis, of New Poiladelphia, He was in the employ of the Massillon school board for twenty five year?, and for twelve years taught in the city schools. Hun drede—yes thous ands of boys and girls, boys and girls stiH, and others who have grown to man and womanhood, can testify to his sincere efforts to help them secure the edu ation which he obtained by each difficulty and self denialMr. Graybill had been a church member for over fifty years, and taught Sun Jay school during the greater part of that time Ho had been a member of the United Brethren congregation since the organizalion oi tbac charge in Massillon.He was the father of fifteen children, eleven of whom, together with bis wife survive him. He was modest and unassuming in his personal relations, and one of the best types of those citizens whom we regard as self-made men
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Massillon Independent
Massillon, Ohio, US
Thu, Oct 26, 1893
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