Clik here to view.
Enoch Weller, Sandusky City Fireman and Civil War Soldier
Enoch Weller was born in 1828 in the state of New York. By 1860 he and his family were residing in Sandusky, Ohio. According to historical files in the ArchivesResearchCenter, in 1860 Enoch Weller was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
George J. Lehrer as Abraham Lincoln
From the 1940s through the 1960s, Sandusky resident George J. Lehrer toured the United States portraying former President Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lehrer’s tall, thin frame, and his excellent voice made...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Program Announcement: African American Genealogy Workshop
This Saturday, February 16, 1PM-4PMDeborah Abbott of the African American Genealogical Society of Cleveland will present a three-hour workshop on researching African American genealogy, beginning at...
View ArticleProgram Announcement - Brown Bag Lunch Series: Mary Todd Lincoln - After the...
Wednesday, February 20, at noon.This program will feature the story of Mary Todd Lincoln after the assassination of her beloved husband, President Abraham Lincoln. "Women in History" member Charlene...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hewson L. Peeke, Lawyer and Author
Hewson Lindsley Peeke was born on April 21, 1861 in South Bend, Indiana to George Hewson and Margaret Bloodgood Peeke. He graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts.After teaching school in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
James Monroe (1821-1898), Reformer and Abolitionist
James Monroe was born in 1821 in Connecticut to Quaker parents. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1846, and he earned his theology degree from Oberlin College in 1849. Monroe taught at Oberlin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Charles L. Alexander, World War I Veteran
Charles Lester Alexander was born in Sandusky, Ohio on April 20, 1894 to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Alexander. On October 29, 1917, Mr. Alexander enlisted in the United States Army. During World War One,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Martha Pitkin and the Sandusky Chapter, D.A.R.
Mrs. E. Lea Marsh, nee Elizabeth Diodate Griswold Marsh, is pictured below. She is one of the many descendants of Martha Pitkin, whose name is associated with the Sandusky chapter of the Daughters of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Program Announcement: Tecumseh and the War of 1812
Monday, March 4, 6:30PM, in the Library Program RoomWe continue to commemorate the centennial of the War of 1812. Join us in the library program room as Dr. George Vourlojianis, professor of History at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Len Winkler, Voice of Sandusky High School Athletics
Leonard Winkler, son of William and Emma Winkler, was a 1923 graduate of Sandusky High School. According to the March 2, 1966 issue of the Sandusky Register, Len Winkler coined the phrase “Blue...
View ArticleClik here to view.
William T. and Abel K. West
An article which appeared in the December 31, 1922 issue of the Sandusky Register stated that to William T. West and Abel K. West, “Sandusky is indebted for its first boulevard, its first cement...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moses Lebensburger, Sandusky Merchant
According to the book, History of Erie County, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich, Moses Lebensburger was born in Bavaria, Germany, December 10, 1813, and came to America in 1840. Mr. Lebensburger...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Program Announcement: The Battle of Lake Erie and the Perry’s Victory and...
Saturday, March 16, 2PMThe year 2013 will mark the bicentennial of the Battle of Lake Erie, fought near Put-in-Bay, a major American victory in the War of 1812. Join us in the library program room on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Miss Jessie Hornig, Teacher and Businesswoman
Jessie Hornig was born in Ohio about 1875 to Alexander and Nettie (Brost) Hornig. Both Jessie’s father and her maternal grandfather, J.V. Brost, were in the marble works business in Sanduskyin the late...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Program Announcement: Brown Bag Lunch Series -- NASA Plum Brook Station
Wednesday, March 20, 12PMJoin Bob Arrighi, Archivist, Wyle Information Systems for NASA Glenn Research Center History Program in Cleveland, as he puts the history of Sandusky's own NASA Plum Brook...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frederick Douglass Spoke in Sandusky in 1864
On March 16, 1864, Frederick Douglassspoke in Sanduskyat Norman Hall, located on Water Street. His topic was the “Mission of the War.”An article which appeared in the March 17, 1864 issue of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sandusky Dyeing and Cleaning Works
An article in the March 19, 1895 issue of the Sandusky Registerreported that J.R. Conley opened a dye and cleaning works on East Park Street in Sandusky. Mr. Conley and several of his employees and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Willard A. Bishop’s Cookbook
Mrs. Mary Mathews Bishop was born about 1857 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and moved to Sanduskywith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Matthews. She married Sandusky photographer Willard A. Bishop in 1884....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dress Makers in the 1910 Sandusky City Directory
At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, dress makers were often called upon to help area residents with their sewing and mending needs. Pioneer women usually...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mrs. Portia Follett Gardner
Portia Bartholomew married Foster Valentine Follett in CuyahogaCounty in 1866. Foster V. Follett was the son of Foster Morse Follett, and the nephew of Oran Follett, publisher of the Lincoln-Douglas...
View Article