Old School Document from Tiffin Township

 

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"An Interesting Old Document" - an article from the Defiance Crescent-News, October 27, 1924.

"There was shown the writer a few days ago - an interesting old document in the shape of a quarterly school report of District 2 in Tiffin township for the period ending on the 11th day of March 1848.

The report, made over 76 years ago, mentions the following scholars and their ages as having attended.

The names are in the report as given below:

Sarah Kintich, aged 8 years

George Kintich, aged 10 years

Mary A. Kintich, aged 12 years

William Hall, aged 11 years

Carolina Shepmore, aged 11 years

Christina Shepmore, aged 9 years

Jesse Hall, aged 13 years

Jacob Hall, aged 13 years

Nancy E. Grimes, aged 11 years

Mary Jane Harvey, aged 9 years

Christina Peterson, aged 11 years

Elizabeth Rath, aged 19 years

Mary Rath, aged 16 years

Christopher Deaton (probably Dieden, aged 7 years

Allen Martin, aged 16 years

Mary A. Martin, aged 10 years

Eliza J. Martin, aged 7 years

Isaac Kintich, aged 15 years

Cyrus Kintich, aged 14 years

Mary Winters, aged 6 years

George Hall, aged 17 years

Jacob Hal, aged 16 years

Oliver Hall, aged 10 years

Adam Hall, aged 6 years

William Hall, aged 7 years

Christina B. Garber, aged 11 years

Thomas J. Garber, aged 7 years

Augustus VanBraum, aged 8 years

Anna VanBraun, aged 8 years

Louisa VanBraun, aged 7 years

Anthony Neufer, aged 13 years

Anna Neufer, age 12 years

Margaret Neufer, aged 8 years

At the bottom of the report, which is in the possession of Dr. R.R. Cameron, which is in almost as perfect a condition as it was the day it was written, is found the following footnote reproduced verbatim:

"Quarterly report of George Grier, teacher in District No. 2 of Tiffin township, Defiance county, ending the 11th day of March 1848, the while (whole) number of enrolled for the quarter was 18 males and 17 females. The branches taught were Orthography*, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English, Grammar and Geography. The average number of daily attendance was 22.  George Grier, Teacher., March 11, 1848."

*Orthography = Spelling