Sunday, May 31, 2009

Opening of the Social Turners’ Hall, May 31, 1883

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On May 31, 1883 the Sandusky Register announced the opening of the Social Turners’s Hall. The Singing Societies Harmonie and Froshinn and C...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Sanduskians Honor Deceased Veterans in 1911

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During the last week of May in 1911, Sanduskians honored their deceased soldiers and sailors with several services. On Sunday evening, May 2...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sergeant Josh B. Davis, Chaplain of the G.A.R.

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Josh B. Davis was born in New York in 1842. By 1860, he was a resident of Sandusky, along with his brothers Ira T. Davis and John R. Davis. ...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Artist Charles L. Sallee, Jr.

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Charles L. Sallee, Jr., the oldest child of Charles and Coranell Collier Sallee was born in 1911 in Oberlin, Ohio, where Charles, Sr. wor...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Alice Porter, Artist

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This oil painting of a young woman was painted by Alice Porter, a young artist whose father was once the owner of Cedar Point. David Lindsey...
Monday, May 18, 2009

London Gant, Sandusky High School Star Athlete

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London Gant was born to Abe and Ida Sherman Gant in 1912 in South Carolina. According to an article in the May 31, 1962 Sandusky Register, L...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

William Henry Mills, Vintner

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Pictured below is the former home of William Henry Mills. The home was located on the south side of Melville Street, between Camp and Pearl ...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mrs. Pitt Cooke, Wife and Mother

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Mary Elizabeth Townsend was the oldest child of William Townsend and his wife Maria (Lamson) Townsend. William Townsend was Sandusky’s firs...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

International Museum Day, May 16

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International Museum Day is Saturday, May 16, 2009 and nine local organizations are working together to mark the occasion. The Edison Birthp...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Annette Fitch Brewer Nelson, Historian and Author

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Annette Fitch Brewer was born in Ashtabula, Ohio in 1870 to a pioneer Ashtabula County family. She was widely known as an author and histori...
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