Ballville School in Ballville Village, Ballville Twp. Sandusky County, Ohio ca. 1895 - 1898

Ballville School ca. 1895 - 1898
Ellen Hughes, Teacher

Ben Nesbitt, Hazel Smith, Blanche Smith, Eva Hite

Edd Tindall, Frank Moore, Lymon Smith, Bessie Smith

Charles Bauman, WebbWilliams,Rachel Moore, Jessie Spayde

Lydia Smith, Lottie Tarman, Laura Swisher, George Welch, 

Edna Foreman, John Bauman, Walter Grubb, Fannie Lewis, 

George Lewis, Martin Smith, Clyde Fisher, Besie Gilson, 

Elmer Smith, Della Foreman, Herman Bauman, John Moore, 

Stella Grubb, Nancy Smith, Albert Bauman, Flossie Grubb

It is always a delight to find photographs of children who attended the early rural schools. The image above is extra special because it not only tells the name of the school and approximate date, but lists the names of all the students. Unfortunately, the names were written as a vertical list rather than identified by row. (Notice the little boy in the doorway.) 

Hayes Presidential Library and Museums Will Soon Be 100 Years Old!

This Memorial Day the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums in Fremont, Ohio, the nation's first presidential library, will be 100 years old! This picture was taken during the construction in 1916.

Colonel Webb C. Hayes during World War I

Colonel Webb C. Hayes, second son of President Rutherford B. Hayes, is pictured here(fourth from the left) with Italian aviators at the airport in Italy's Padua province in December 1917. Webb served as a special agent for the State Department until the French government’s withdrawal from Paris. Commissioned a full colonel when the United States entered the war, Hayes was sent to the Italian front where he served as a regional commander of the American Expeditionary Force. 

Mt. Hood: View from St. Helen's Hall in Portland, Oregon

This small painting, titled "View from St. Helen's Hall, Portland, Oregon" is dated October 1880. The artist is unknown. It is believed that during President Rutherford B. Hayes' Western Trip, he acquired the painting as a souvenir. St. Helen's Hall was the oldest Episcopal school  founded west of the Rockies. Built in 1869, the school was initially located at 4th and Madison, the present site of Portland's city hall. 

Christmas Greetings from the Victorian Era

Merry Christmas! Below are just a few Christmas greeting cards and post cards from the late Victorian era and the turn of the 20th Century. They are part of the Hayes Presidential Library and Museums Collection. Most were sent to or received by Sandusky County, Ohio friends and family.

Best wishes for a joyous Holiday Season!

Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

 Fremont, Ohio 

Back row: lt to rt

Sue Jonke, Ann Klafter, Rosemary Titkemeier- former regent, Nancy Whipple, Betty Deitzel

Third row:

Carol Moore, Lynne Russell, Pat Forsthye, Kerry Fenn, ary Robinson

Second row:

Anita Gribble, Rose Booth-Motter, Deb Huffman, LuLu Damschroder, June Chapin

Front row:

Sandy Zenser, Nancy Willis- Chp Regent, Jan Yeckley

On November 17th members of the Colonel George Croghan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Fremont, Ohio celebrated the 115th anniversary of the organization's founding. Below is a list of the chapter's charter members. 

Date of Charter:  February 2, 1901    Organized: November 17, 1900 by

Miss Julia M. Haynes

A member of the National Society, who was appointed Organizing Regent for Fremont by the State Regent, Mrs. John A. Murphy

Charter Members

Mrs. Fannny Hayes Smith

Miss Julia M. Haynes

Mrs. Elsie Moe Shaw

Miss Minnie Louise Failing

Mrs. Harriet Amsden Gast

Mrs. Maude Edgerton Garvin

Mrs. Harriet Edgerton Kinney

Mrs. Mary Colby Norton

Mrs. May Harris Dorr

Miss Lucy Elliot Keeler

Mrs. Jeanette Amsden Lang

Miss Estelle Avery Sharpe

Mrs. Mary Miller Brinkerhoff Hayes

Mrs. Anzeletta Willard Hoot
Mrs. Anna Rose Greene Baumann

During its founding year, the following individuals became members, making for a vibrant group of community ladies ready to preserve their country's heritage in Sandusky County, Ohio.

1901 Members 

Bearce, Elizabeth Faulkner

Bowlus, Lora E. Cox

Brown, Athenia Sharpe

Brown, Gertrude Gessner

Cox, Emma Bailey

Dickinson, Mary Katherine Pugh

Elliot, Kate Baird

Gessner, Corolen Elizabeth Lawton

Greene, Emma Elsie Shaw

Little, Alvira Hall

Loveland, Harriet Newell

Mitchell, Blanche Adua Moore

Mitchell, Esther Kent

Moore, Elta B.

Otis, Esther Louise

Phillips, Marguerite Dickinson

Rafferty, Effie Dickenson

Rice, Lizzie Wilson

Sherwood, Susan Lewis

Siegfried, Clara Elizabeth

Smith, Katherine S.

West, Mary Wilder

Zimmerman, Angelina Truesdall

Croghan Street, Fremont, Ohio - But What and When?

This black and white print was recently donated to the Hayes Presidential Center. The undated image was taken on Fremont, Ohio's Croghan Street by Grob Studio. Uniformed men on horseback appear prominently in the photograph, but there is no indication of what the event is. If anyone knows what event is taking place and/or the date, please contact Nan Card (ncard@rbhayes.org) or reply to this post. Thank you in advance!