A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

after the death of her parents. Dorothy’s friends included James Bowman, who lived out west and had afruit orchard before moving to Larch Street, Mary and Frank Bowman who built a brick house onBelmont Avenue opposite Larch Street, the Flannigan’s who lived on Belmont Avenue next to Lucy andLouis Crosley, the Benedict’s who lived in a large white house on the south side of Belmont next to theWitherby house, and the McCrea’s who had a mansion on the north side of Belmont Avenue. AdalineBetts who married Charles McCrea had been a student at the Ohio Female College.Dorothy remembered shopping at Pies Grocery, a wooden building still standing on HamiltonAvenue opposite Larch Street. Her family also shopped at Flamm’s grocery, later Fred Bolam’s, atLlanfair and Belmont Avenues. They purchased meat at John Ambon’s butcher shop, on Hamilton andBelmont Avenues opposite Grace Episcopal Church. As a girl, Dorothy’s close friends included CarolineWilliams and her sister, Katherine, who married Dwight Maddux. She also played with Gene Ward wholived on Cedar Avenue across from the College Hill school. Gene later married William Taylor fromEngland.Dorothy was an accomplished painter, poet and writer, leaving us with two books of her College Hillmemories. She lived a long life and this poem she wrote contains her essence:Let these be the Beads of my Rosary;The Peace of my Home, where I Love to be;Happiness in my Dear One’s eyes,Light and Distance in Seas and Skies;And genuineness in Freely Giving;Tenderness for all things Living;The Love of an Understanding Heart;Serenity at Life’s depart.Lewis Henshaw’s uncle was Col. Albert Melville Henshaw who was commandant of the OhioMilitary Institute for many years. A 1897 graduate of the O. M. I., he returned to the Military Institute asa history and civics instructor in 1905 after traveling, working and attending the University of Cincinnati.The O. M. I. had an average of 85 students. Albert married Nancy Ely, the daughter of Rev. John HughEly of the Grace Episcopal Church. Rev. Ely became rector in 1878. Ely’s children were Mary, JohnHamilton and Nancy. Rev. Ely’s sister ran a girl’s school in Clifton. Nancy Ely Henshaw was a graduateof Radcliffe, wrote poetry and was well known for her kennel of Scottie dogs. After the death of herhusband, she built a double house on Blue Spruce and lived next to her sister-in-law, Alice BarrowsHenshaw, widow of Stanley Henshaw who was an attorney for the Union Central Life InsuranceCompany.The Henshaw House on Glenview Avenue173