Miss Agnes Stankard, Business Owner

 

In the early twentieth century, Miss Agnes Stankard operated a hairdressing  manicuring salon on Washington Row, next to the Beecher House. In early 1905, she placed an advertisement in the program of a theatrical performance at the Grand Opera House (later known as the Sandusky Theater). 

In the ad she stated that she was an Artist Graduate in manicuring, and she made a specialty of scalp treatments and face massage. She claimed that scalp irritations, nervous headaches and neuralgia could be cured by her treatments. 

An advertisement in the September 18, 1905 issue of the Sandusky Star Journal was aimed at the ladies of Sandusky. The ad said that ladies desiring manicuring and facial treatments would “receive prompt attention by competent workmen.”  

After residing in Sandusky for several years, sometime around 1924 Miss Stankard moved to Van Wert, Ohio where she worked as a housekeeper for the Rev. M.J. Smith, who had once been a priest at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Sandusky. She passed away in Van Wert on March 29, 1935 and was buried at the St. Mary’s Cemetery in her hometown of Clyde, Ohio.