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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1964
Page
20
The Miami Valley diary reveals George C. Catrow 1814 born Middletown schoolmaster who kept a six inch high diary spanning decades. He documents Madison House as township hub, Civil War era politics, local hotels, and family ties in Madison Township and Germantown through 1897.
The diary of Catrow reveals a stable career spanning five one room schools from Peasttown to Browns Run. Despite being highest paid rural teacher in Butler County at times, his pay failed to support his family, prompting moves between Poasttown Sunbury and others. He also served as fire volunteer, grave digger, and janitor while moonlighting with book sales to students’ families. The diary ends May 22 1874 with his last day of school on Browns Run and no pension.
The diary sketches Catrow as a strict teacher and family man with four children who did housework, made broomcorn brooms, and stored food. It notes wages and prices, his route to work by foot or hitching rides, and perilous rail travel. Highlights include a 1855 buggy accident, a long train car setback, and visits to Cincinnati sights.
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