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Early Settlers Plan Schools Across Lorain County
The article traces Lorain County's early schooling from 1808, detailing pioneer teachers and log schoolhouses in Elyria, Ridgeville, Black River, Sheffield, Amherst, and surrounding townships. It notes educators like Bela Bronson, Miss Lucia Smith, Miss Julia Johnson, and Miss Minerva Loveland, and shows how communities funded and formed temporary and permanent schools amid frontier hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Coun
Bela Bronson
Wfe
Columbia Township
Elyria
Hernan Ely
Ses
Ofia
Ridgeville
East River
East Bridge
Black River Township
Coun
Avon
Lorain
Rec
Larkin A. Williams
Heman Will Edmund Gilmore
Aliams
Black River
Sheffield Township
David
Smith
Amherst
Preston Pond
William Martin
Allanson Penfield
Lucia Smith
Penfield Township
Wellington
Caroline Wilcox
John Cliford
Edmund West
Carlisle
C Mief Minerva Murray
Eaton
Henrietta
Tme
Marinda Morrison
Butternut Ridge
Julia Johnson
Russia Township
Eber Newton
Alonzo Wright
Sherlin College
Furst Thurch
Fannie Barnes
Center
Philania Barnes
Sophronia Blair
Henry Hubbard
Polly Greeves
Pittsfield
Minerva Loveland
Leonard Matcham
Abagail Tinker
Rochester Township
Camden Township
Henrietta Township