National Normal University, Warren County, Ohio

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Lebanon, Ohio (1855-1917)

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STUDENTS & FACULTY

The school had about 80,000 graduates. The names of a small handful of them (as submitted by researchers or as posted elsewhere on the internet) are listed below. The list is slowly growing. If you would like to add your ancestor to this list, send an email to Arne H Trelvik with whatever information you might have about their attendance at the school. I'd be happy to include a photo and short bio if you have them.

Students listed at the "Southwest Normal School" in the 1870 census
Students listed at the "Normal School" in the 1880 census
unknown students (can you help?)

SURNAMES BEGINNING WITH
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Wade, Wales, Wallis, Walton, Ward, Warner, Weik, Welfling, Welker, West, Wheeler, Whitacre, White, Whitmore, Wiley, Will, Willhouse, Williams, Wilson, Winans, Winfield, Winkler, Withers, Wolfe, Womack, Workman, Worley, Wright, Wrightsman,

WADE Surname Index	photo needed	W.F. Wade, Rocky Mount, Virginia Assistant Professor Phyllis Fleming writes, "I have some wonderful historical items from the National Normal School. One is the 27th Annual + Commencement for the Classics Class, 1882. It was conducted at the Opera House, Lebanon, Ohio, on Friday, 4, 1882. According the this paper, W.F. Wade, Rocky Mount, Virginia, was in that class. He became a teacher and an innovator in education. He and his wife [Lucy Lavinder Wade] began the Edgewood Normal School, Dickson, TN." Listed as "*W. T. Wade*, B.A. '82, Dickson, Tenn. Principal of Normal College" on page 100 of "A Roster of the Alumni and Alumnæ of the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio" (Lebanon, Ohio, Alumnal Association, 1893)
	photo needed	William Wade " was educated to the teaching profession at the now National Normal, of Lebanon, formerly the Southwestern, in which he spent three full terms." See Biography from William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas"
WALES Surname Index	photo needed	Richard Fallas Wales (1841 - 1890) 14 Aug 1890 Western Star Obituary says, "After a short course at the Normal School, at Lebanon, he entered a commercial college in Detroit, Michigan, from which he graduated with honor."
WALLIS Surname Index	photo needed	Willie E. Wallis, Talladega, Ala, BS 1890 Thirty-Fifth Annual Commencement. contributed by Bill Ehrenstrom 19 Jan 2009
WALTON Surname Index	photo needed	Joseph Walton; Yellow Springs, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WARD Surname Index	photo needed	Frank A. Ward from 17 Dec 1884 Western Star obituary, "He was a graduate of the "National Normal University," at Lebanon. He graduated with the "Class of 81." He taught one year at Goshen, Ohio, with success, an dthen came to Lynnville, ind., where he taught until his death."
WARNER Surname Index		Mordecai Harvey Warner (1871-____) from bobxeno@aol.com on 7 May 2008, "The note book in my grandfather's hand writing has the date of April 20, 1892. He was born Sept. 5. 1871. He came to Lebanon from Calais Ohio, Noble County and is said to have walked five miles to where he taught for a short time.The notebook and the grade sheet belong to his 95 yr old sister and her daughter. I will try to include his picture. His name was Mordecai Harvey Warner."
WEIK Surname Index	photo needed	W H. Weik; Mt Healthy, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WELFLING Surname Index	photo needed	R O. Welfling; Coudersport, Pa Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 35 Bachelor of Science
WELKER Surname Index	photo needed	H. S. Welker, Dunkirk, Ohio, 1877, 1878 See 16 Dec 1877 Autograph Book
WEST Surname Index	photo needed	J C. West; New Vienna, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WHEELER Surname Index	photo needed	Mrs. Agnes Wheeler, Stafford, Monroe Co, Ohio, 1858
	photo needed	Alanson Wheeler, Santa Barbara, Cal., 1875
	photo needed	Chestina Wheeler, Smithfield, Ohio, 1877, 1878
	photo needed	Harry Wheeler, Lima, Ohio, 1871, 1872
	photo needed	J. A. Wheeler, Stafford, Monroe Co, Ohio, 1858
	photo needed	John William Wheeler (1869-1949) on 20 July 2004, his great granddaughter, Kathy Melton writes: " John William Wheeler we believe he attended and graduate from the school. I do not have the dates he attended but he went on the be the Postmaster in Campbell County Kentucky for 25 years. He was born May 20, 1869 and he died in 1949. He is my Great grandfather, if you have any information about him I would love to see it."
	photo needed	Laura Wheeler, Ross, Ohio, 1885
	photo needed	Julia Lillian (Wheeler) McBride "Lillie", Montgomery, Ohio, 1885 from Sharon Meeker in Kentucky on 1 Jul 2008, "Julia Lillian Wheeler was born 12 September 1864 in Montgomery County, Ohio. Her parents were William Wilbur and Julia Wells (Brown) Wheeler of Butler and Darke County, Ohio. Lillie attended Lebanon Normal College, where she met her future husband Franklin E. McBride, son of Washington and Mary Ann (Swan) McBride of Richland County, Ohio. Franklin and Lillie married about 1886. Franklin attended Cleveland Medical College and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Chicago. Lillian also had a medical education. About 1889 Frank and Lillian went to China as medical missionaries under the auspices of the Congregational Church. In July 1890 Franklin died in China of typhus fever. Lillie (who was just about due to deliver their third child), remained in China until the following spring. When she returned to Ohio, she was faced with the problem of supporting three young boys. Since she already had a medical background, she attended Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and graduated in 1894. She was licensed as a physician in 1896. She practiced medicine in Mansfield, Ohio for more than 40 years. She was an active member and officer of the regional Medical Society. Lillie died 12 November 1951 in Dayton, Ohio. Franklin and Lillian McBride had three sons who lived to adulthood: Alfred Rush McBride (1886-1951) of Dayton; Astley McBride 1887-1916 of Philadelphia; and Franklin E McBride (born in China 1890 – 1933) of Cleveland, Ohio"
	photo needed	Martin Wheeler, Winifred, Ky., 1909, 1910
	photo needed	Mina Wheeler, Marion, Ky, Crittenden, Ky, 1883, 1884, 1885
	photo needed	Robert Wheeler, Kentucky, 1894, 1895
	photo needed	T. W. Wheeler, Ohio, 1894-1895
	photo needed	T. J. Wheeler, Butler, Ky, 1875
	photo needed	William Wheeler, Woodsfiled, Monroe Co., Ohio 1857-1858, also Stafford, Monroe Co., Ohio, 1858
	photo needed	W. J. Wheeler, Shelby, Ohio, 1876, 1877, 1878
WHITACRE Surname Index	photo needed	Harvey C. Whitacre, B.S. 1899 from page 110 of "The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, "He received his early schooling at the Butlerville schools, and after graduating under the Boxwell law, in 1895, he attended the Blanchester high school, from which he graduated in the class of 1899. He afterwards attended the National Normal University from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science, in 1901. Before he had completed his last year in the Scientific course of this institution, he was elected principal of his home school at Butlerville. He is now teaching in the Lebanon public schools."
	photo needed	Martin V. Whitacre (c1856-1933) M. V. Whitare Dies Last Week at Norwood, unnamed paper dated 23 Nov 1933 "Mr. Whitacre attended school at Lebanon and graduated form the National Normal University in 1877. He taught school in Warren and Clinton counties for ten years and moved to Norwood in 1903..."
WHITE Surname Index	photo needed	James White, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana H. Casper Berger 1883 Autograph Book contributed by his grandson, Robert G Berger
	photo needed	Seraphna (White) Monfort Bunnell (1834-1919) Mrs. S. W. Bunnell, unnamed newspaper dated Thursday, November 6, 1919 "Mrs. Bunnell was receiving her college course at the National University at Lebanon, Ohio, during the years 1863-1865. Her keen observations and accurate remembrance rendered her an interesting and valuable historian of the events of that awful period of our history."
	photo needed	Thomas Gibbs White (1852-1909) 1909 Obituary says, "A part of his education was gained in the country school and the remainder in the Normal school in Lebanon."
WHITMORE Surname Index	photo needed	William Herman Whitmore; Lebanon, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 35 Bachelor of Science Fifty Fifth Commencement Of Lebanon University
WILEY Surname Index	photo needed	John A. Wiley, B. S. 1885 from 1893 Alumnal Roster, "Chattanooga, Tenn. Prop'r. of Business College" Henry Long - 1885 Autograph Book
	photo needed	Lizzie (Bone) Wiley from obituary in the 12 May 1904 Western Star, held by the Warren County Genealogical Society "She had made an extended visit here last summer at th ehome of Mr. Huse Bone and attended the reunion of the Scientific Class of '83, of which she was a member."
WILL Surname Index	photo needed	Katherine Will; Lebanon, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 34 Bachelor of Arts Fifty Fifth Commencement Of Lebanon University
WILLHOUSE Surname Index		F. W. Willhouse, Troy, Miami Co., Ohio "F. W. Willhouse, Troy, Miami Co., Ohio" written on back of photo contributed 20 March 2004 from the Photo Album obtained by Lisa & Don Howell at the Elizabeth (Fisher) Adams Estate Sale Warren County Historical Society has two cards in their file. One list a W. F. Willhouse, Shelby, Ohio, 1881; 1894-95 The other lists a T. W. Willhouse, Ohio, 1894-1895
WILLIAMS Surname Index	photo needed	C. L. Williams. Received his education in the district schools; at the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio; in summer normal schools. See Biographical Sketch from p. 39 of the Book of Perry County.
	photo needed	C W. Williams; Lebanon, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
	photo needed	Mary Margaret (Smith) Williams (1859-1935) From her 1935 obituary in Adair County (KY) News, Wednesday, August 28, 1935, "He education was acquired at the Waynesville High School, Warren County, Ohio; at the Teachers' Training School of Holbrook's Normal University and Butler College, near Indianapolis. After finishing her education she taught for a number of years."
	photo needed	Nellie Williams; Lebanon, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WILSON Surname Index	photo needed	Cora (Wilson) Stewart was educated at Morehead Normal School, National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio, and the University of Kentucky. See Biographical Sketch at the Kentucky Virtual Library.
	photo needed	Mae Wilson; Anstin, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
	photo needed	Walter Clement Wilson. Biography and papers at East Tennessee State University Web site
WINANS Surname Index	photo needed	Ben Winans; Terre Haute, Ind Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WINFIELD Surname Index	photo needed	Edna Winfield; Morrow, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WINKLER Surname Index	photo needed	Bernice Winkler; Maceo, Ky Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WITHERS Surname Index	photo needed	John W. Withers, Ben Lomond, W. Va, BS 1890 Thirty-Fifth Annual Commencement. contributed by Bill Ehrenstrom 19 Jan 2009
WOLFE Surname Index	photo needed	U. F. Wolfe, McGregor, Ia, BS 1890 Thirty-Fifth Annual Commencement. contributed by Bill Ehrenstrom 19 Jan 2009
WOMACK Surname Index	photo needed	Mollie Womack (or Mollie Worrack?) Harriet Hamilton Autograph Book 1887-1887
WORKMAN Surname Index	photo needed	B E. Workman; Hillsboro, Ohio Bulletin of Lebanon University 1910-1911, page 40 Undergraduate student
WORLEY Surname Index	photo needed	Dellos M. Worley (22 Feb 1891 - 21 Jan 1966) Jack Worley writes on 7 Feb 2008 "Dellos Worley attended Lebanon Normal University around 1910. I know that he taught school in South Lebanon and then became principal in Milford before opening an Allis Chalmers Tractor business which he ran until his death."
	photo needed	Eleanor Belle (Worley) Long (1858-1921) from obituary in unnamed paper dated 10 Feb 1921, "She received her early education in the district schools and later attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, where she led her classes in mathematics, being exceptionally proficient in that branch. For two years she engaged in teaching. In January 1887 she was married to Henry Long and moved to Nebraska."
WRIGHT Surname Index	photo needed	David Sands Wright. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1871 and a Master of Arts degree in 1873 Biography and photo at University of Northern Iowa Web site
	photo needed	Joseph Monroe Wright graduated in 1872. Biography
	photo needed	Lot Wright (1839-1900) from page 792 of Beers 1882 History of Warren County: "In 1860, he came to Lebanon and entered the Southwestern Normal School, which he attended, teaching at intervals in the district schools of Southwestern Ohio, until the summer of 1862." and "Capt. Wright was united in marriage with Louisa Jury, a native of Ohio, whom he met while attending the normal school. Both the Captain and wife are graduates of this school" "Turtlecreek Twp. Participants In The Civil War 1861-1865" article by Dallas Bogan say both Lot Wright and his wife (Louisa Jury) graduated from the Normal School in Lebanon. From obituary in the 1 Mar 1900 Franklin Chronicle, " He was educated in the public schools at Alliance, O., and in the institution which is now known as the National Normal University at Lebanon, O., and taught school for some time" and "In September, 1865, Captain Wright returned to his studies in the Normal School at Lebanon, O., and has made his home in Lebanon ever since. "Captain Lot Wright was married July 17, 1867, to Miss Louisa Jury, a most excellent and highly educated lady, whose acquaintance he had made while borth were students at the Normal, from which they both were graduated."
	photo needed	Thomas Melville Wright graduated in 1871. Biography
WRIGHTSMAN Surname Index	photo needed	John B. Wrightsman, Bridgwater, Va, BS 1890 Thirty-Fifth Annual Commencement. contributed by Bill Ehrenstrom 19 Jan 2009

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