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From History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882)
NICHOLAS KABEL, teacher, Winchester. This prominent teacher is a native of Randolph County, and was born May 1, 1867. He is a son of Philip and Mary Kabel, of White River Township. He spent his boyhood always on his father's farm, after which he attended the high school of Winchester, this county, and Coshocton, Ohio. He began teaching in 1876, and by energy and close application has won the confidence of the people. He adopts the late.'t and most approved normal method.s as far as can bo done in an ungraded school. His school is orderly, and his work systematic.
As printed in History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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