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

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had an inkwell on her desk. They had some orange groves in Mexico... They (the orange grove) werefinally confiscated by the government <strong>of</strong> Mexico in their revolution.” They also lost the strip <strong>of</strong> propertythat connects Marlowe and Cedar. It was their apple orchard.Dr. John B. Peaslee (1842-1912) was the superintendent <strong>of</strong> the Cincinnati Public Schools (1874-1886).An innovator in the classroom, he introduced lined paper and lined slates for neat and accurate classwork. Writing many textbooks, he believed in rote recitation, introduced a new method <strong>of</strong> teachingelementary math, required teachers to attend forestry lectures, changed the manner in which history andphysics were taught, and encouraged commemoration <strong>of</strong> birthdays <strong>of</strong> celebrated authors, artists, andstatesmen with special class work and readings. He was the founder <strong>of</strong> Arbor Day, first celebrated inCincinnati on April 27, 1882 by planting Author’s Grove in Eden Park. Eden Park was chosen becausethe hillsides were bare from Longworth’s failed vineyard attempt. Other Eden Park Groves thatconsequently were started were Battle Grove, Pioneer Grove, and President’s Grove.Peaslee married Louisa Wright April 25, 1878, a great-grand-daughter <strong>of</strong> Major General John SitesGano, one <strong>of</strong> the original settlers <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati, and grand-daughter <strong>of</strong> Major Daniel Gano. When theymarried, the teachers <strong>of</strong> the Cincinnati Public Schools gave them a Weber piano and a French clock.Louisa died in 1894 and the couple had no children. The Wright family lived in Mt. Healthy.Some <strong>of</strong> Peaslee’s family relocated to Cincinnati from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. They toowere teachers. A cousin, Edward S. Peaslee, was a principal at Kirby Road school for 35 years. C. E.Peaslee also taught at Kirby Radd school for 49 years. He started teaching there in 1876 and was principaluntil 1911, when the current Kirby Road school was built. He then continued as a teacher until 1923. Dr.Leon Peaslee, John B.’s nephew, was a principal <strong>of</strong> Walnut <strong>Hill</strong>s and Woodward High schools. MarshallB. Peaslee (John B.’s brother) was a teacher at Hughes High school, as was his daughter, Patricia D.Peaslee.The 1884 <strong>College</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> map shows a C. R. Peaslee owning 11.2 acres adjoining the 48.8 acres <strong>of</strong>Sarah Harbeson. Betty Wittekind mentioned in a letter that one <strong>of</strong> Harbeson’s daughters married aPeaslee.Daniel Buell Pierson The Pierson name has been synonymous with the lumber and building industry formany years. Daniel B. Pierson, the founder <strong>of</strong> the business, was born in LeRoy, New York (1815-1885)and worked for a lumber business owned by Mr. Newbold and Mr. LeRoy. Pierson was sent by them tonorthern Michigan to inspect timber land. His trip was extended, and Pierson came down the <strong>Ohio</strong> Riveron a log raft in 1850, landing in Cincinnati. Before leaving on this journey he married Lydia HubbardLathrop, also from LeRoy.The name Lathrop originated with John Lowthroppe <strong>of</strong> Lowthrope, England. In 1585, John Lathroppwas baptized in Eaton, Yorkshire. He received his B.A. and A.M. degrees from Queens <strong>College</strong> in 1605and 1609. Rev. John Lathropp was the pioneer, coming to America.The lumberyard was first located at 381 Plum Street, becoming a landmark at ‘the Elbow <strong>of</strong> theCanal.’ With access to the canal, oak and hardwoods came down the <strong>Ohio</strong> River from the Alleghanies,and the pine and poplar wood down the canal from the north.Amid a building boom following the Civil War, Daniel opened a lumber company at 12th & Central,eventually buying the business from Messrs. Newbold & LeRoy. His sons, Joshua and Newbold, joinedtheir father in the firm under the name <strong>of</strong> Pierson Lumber Company (1874). At that time Pierson built ahome on West Seventh Street. He purchased a farm near the intersection <strong>of</strong> Cedar and Argus Roads, laterbuying a house in <strong>College</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> about 1856.Daniel and Lydia were members <strong>of</strong> and active within the Episcopal Church. They helped to build oldSt. John’s Church at 7th and Plum Streets. In <strong>College</strong> <strong>Hill</strong> they were one <strong>of</strong> the primary founders <strong>of</strong> GraceEpiscopal Church.The Northside location for the lumberyard was picked because <strong>of</strong> the railroad access. Streetcarsstarted taking workers further away from home for their jobs and the suburbs started to build subdivisions187

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