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Born 1851, Clark Township
From The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882)
PROF. E. P. WEST, Principal of tho Martinsville Public Schools, was born in Clark Township, Clinton County, February 2, 1851. He is a son of James and Helena West. Prof. West was reared to manhood on his father’s farm in his native place. He acquired his education in the schools of Martinsville and in the Friends’ College of Wilmington, from which ho graduated with special honors from the President, Benjamin Trueblood, in Juno, 1878. He then engaged in the congenial profession of
': ti/fi teaching, and has since pursued that business in Martinsville, occupying the chair of Principal. Prof. West is considered one of the ablest and most efficient instructors that the Martinsville schools have ever had. The schools at the present time are prospering finely. Prof. West is identified with the Masonic Fraternity of Martinsville as Master. He is a member of the Clinton County Teachers’ Association, of which he was President in 1880. In April, 1881, he was elected a member of the Board of Examiners of Clinton County, and performs the duties of that office with excellent ability.
As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, cities, towns, etc.; general and local statistics; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; history of the (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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