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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...
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Online Local History Resources
We know it's not always easy to get to the library for your local history research, but thanks to the internet, dedicated volunteers, and the public domain, you can use a variety of historical...
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A German Edition of an American Periodical
The Sandusky Library has an issue of the German edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, dated October 22, 1881, in the historical files of the Archives Research Center.The cover of this issue...
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Mr. and Mrs. William V. Latham
These oil paintings of Mr. and Mrs. William V. Latham are on display in the second floor hallway of the FollettHouseMuseum. Both natives of Connecticut, William V. Latham and Mary A. Bouton were...
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A St. Patrick's Day Celebration
In honor of St. Patrick's Day we are reposting this article from 2014.On the evening of St. Patrick’s Day, most likely in the 1880s or 1890s, a program of entertainment was held at Biemiller’s Opera...
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Prominent Sanduskians
The image below is of a group of prominent Sandusky men, taken sometime between 1910 and 1920. The picture was anonymously mailed to the Sandusky Register and then was forwarded to Wilbert Ohlemacher,...
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The Other Kerber Grocery
Many people in Sandusky are familiar with Kerber Marine Grocery located on Tiffin Avenue, but not many people know there was another Kerber grocery business on the east side of town.Albert Kerber was...
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Alonzo W. and Jane Hendry
According to the book History of Erie County, Ohio, edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich (Mason & Co., 1889), Alonzo W. Hendry was born in Erie County, New York. He moved to Lorain County, Ohio in 1834,...
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A Teacher's Notebook
Lora A. Bing, who resided at 804 Mills Street in the early twentieth century, was a teacher in the Perkins and Margaretta Schools in 1901 and 1902. (Her brother was George J. Bing, a carriage maker in...
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Henry Clay Strong, Soldier and Businessman
Henry Clay Strong was born on October 4, 1841 to Lyman and Calista (Nims) Strong. During the Civil War, he served for a three month term with Company B of the 88th Ohio Infantry. After that term was...
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Dr. W. P. Skirball Practiced in Sandusky for Many Years
from p 52, Reflections: First 85 Years of Providence HospitalWilbert P. Skirball was born on September 20, 1919 in Alabama, to Rudolph and Zerhyl Skirball. After growing up in Ashland, Ohio, Dr....
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Funeral Notice of Mrs. E. P. Ingersoll
Volume 52 of The Bible Society Record of the American Bible Society, reported that Rev. Edward Payson Ingersoll, son of William and Samantha Bassett Ingersoll, married Julia DeForest, daughter of...
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A View of the Foot of Columbus Avenue in 1932
In 1932 the parking area at the foot of Columbus Avenue was paved with bricks. (The Schade-Mylander Plaza is on this location today.) A small portion of the steamer G.A. Boeckling can be seen at the...
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The Worthington Nims Homestead in Groton Township
According to the book Pioneers’ Progress: The First 25 Years of Lyme Township and Strongs Ridge, by Adeline Wright(written for the Historic Lyme Church Association), Worthington Nims was one of three...
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Nineteenth Century Children's Photographs
Elma and Frank Geib were the children of Frank Geib and Minnie Emrich Geib. Minnie may have been related to the Emrich family from Sandusky, but to date we have not determined a solid connection. Elma...
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Floyd Churchwell, First African American Police Officer in Sandusky
Born in Tennessee in 1930, Floyd Churchwell moved to Sandusky as a teen, graduating from Sandusky High School in 1947. After having served in the Korean War, he was appointed to the Sandusky Police...
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Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grant
While we cannot be certain that any Sandusky residents attended the dedication of the Memorial to President Ulysses S. Grantin Washington D.C., Mrs. John T. Mack bequeathed the program from the...
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Publicity Photos from The New Dominion
On April 30, 1903, an amateur production of the play The New Dominion was presented by the Joe Jefferson Club at the Neilsen Opera House in Sandusky. The play was written by Broadway playwright Clay...
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Fred Kranz, Sandusky Businessman
Fred Kranz was born in Nassau, Germany in 1841; in 1848 he came to the United States with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Balthasar Kranz. The Kranz family settled in Perkins Township of Erie County, Ohio....
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Samuel C. Wheeler, Sandusky Attorney
When Samuel C. Wheeler died at age 79 on February 21, 1908, he was the oldest member of the Erie County Bar Association. For many years, he practiced law in the Cooke Block in downtown Sandusky....
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