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| Grace Wilcox |
race Wilcox.
Grace was the Forest High School Valedictorian for 1937.
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| Helen Louise Kear |
elen Louise Kear.
Helen was the Forest High School Salutatorian for 1937.
.S. Botts, 1875.
J.S. Botts was a Presbyterian Elder in Mt. Blanchard and attended a meeting of elders in Lima.1
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rank Adler, 1936.
Frank Adler (b. 1855) was 21 when he started building barns. That was in 1876 when he and Adam Wilch of Van Buren Twp. were asked to build a 60x45' barn with 16' posts.
Referenced are: Frank Adler, Adam Wilch, Nicholas Redick (m. Margaret Boehm), Adam G. Pifer, Fred Wertenberger, John Glick, Peter Gossman (1840-1923; m. Mary Eva Nusser), Michael Traucht (1852-1935; m. Anna Maria Bormuth), John P. Wilch (1796-1870; m. Margaretha Elisabeth Jung [Young]), John D. Bame, John Beach, _ Scott, Good Hope church, Keller church, and George Adler. c1936
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1Allen County Democrat (Lima, OH) 19 Apr 1877, p.2, c.3.