Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-12
History Of Ashtabula Township.
Written IN 195G-.from tic Times
BY the Late Rev. JOHN HALL.

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The rector of ST. Peters, Ashtabula
having long entertained the sentiment,
that while learning is auxiliary to religion
religion sanc;ities learning, was exceeding.
| ly dcsirous for the establishment of a
school M which, under the auspices OF the
church, and drawn away from extraneoas
adverse influences, and collected together
under the care and guidance of their
pastor arid his assistants, his young par
ishioners might pursue the proper and
requisite coarse for the attainment of a
sound and good secular and religious
education united. Thus. he desired to
have the means used which, by Gods
blessing on them, might imbue the minds
and hearts of the lambs Of the flock of
Christ in this part of His fold, with
sound learning, religious knowledge, aud
the principles and practice of christian
morality, virtue and piety.
These objects united could not be at
tanned in any but parochial school !;
and therefore Il portion of the members
cf the parish proceeded, in The beginning
of A. ID. 1850, to build a house, 50x20
feet on the ground and two stories high,
for the accommodation Of the contem-
plated parish school, and for other parish
uses, 50 as to release the parish CHURCH
from all teaching, business, or other pur-
poses inconsistent with the sanctity Of a
temple consecrated to the worship and
service of Almighty God, and not recog-
nized in her htdrgy or laws.
In the, course of the year 1850 the
school house was erected and prepared /;
the School Association legally organized
and the Bylaws of the school legally
adopted. 4
The officers OF the Protestant Episco-
pal School Association were Elisha G..
Strong, r. w. Griswold, and Lorenzo
Tyler, Trustees George Willard, Treas
urer and Clerk. .-.
The Board of School Directors con-
sisted of the Trustees of the Association
above named, the Rev. John Hall, rector
OF st. Peters, and the Rev. George +.
! Richards, his assistant.
The rector Of the parish is ex-officio
rect or of the school, whose duty it is TO
supervise the religious instructions and
see that they be always consistent with
the teachings of the church. The assist
ant minister is cx-officio principal of the
teaching and disciplinary departments
and the leader and conductor of the
worning and evening church service,
with which the school is opened and
| closed.
Thus organized, the parochial school
was opened October 2lst., 1850, by Rev.
George +. Richards, Principal, and was
continued by him until his lanented
DEATH May 2oth, 1851. Mr.. Richards
was soon succeeded by Rev. Albert
Bingham for one year. The assistant
teachers have been Miss Mariette Fuller,
MIR. Albert A. Strong, Mr.. Charles
Bingham, Miss Harriet Sabin, Miss Julia
NJ. Dickinson and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Hubbard during the reelorslip of Rev.
Mr.. Hall. .5sf., d.
There is d school of secular and reli-
gious learning kept up in this house,
which seems large and Aouhishing at the
close of 1896.
NEWSPAPER
The first paper published in the West
ern Reserve, it is believed, was the
Trump of Fame, printed IN Warren,
Trumbull county, Thomas Webb, Esq,
editor. The late Judge Pease presented
the prospectus and Obtained s,bscrip-
ii ms for this paper in Ashtabuia, in the
spring Of fsil. This WAS the first home
paper printed and circulated in Northern
| Ohio. .a
The first newspaper published in this
county and township,it is believed, was
the ASht0JstId Recorder, commenced as
early as 1920, or earlier; Asa w. W.
HicSox, editor and proprietor, John