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kathrynpeters1  (View posts) Posted: 7 May 2009 9:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Reelhorn
Looking for information on the history of the Reelhorn School in Cleveland Twp., Whitley Co., Indiana. When was it founded? By whom? For whom was it named? Is it still in operation? Is it a public or private school?

My ggg-grandfather Jesse Reelhorn and his wife Rebecca Bishop Reelhorn and Jesse's brother Daniel went west from Ohio in the late 1840s. They settled in what became Cleveland Twp., Whitley Co., Indiana. My gg-grandfather George Walter Reelhorn was born there in 1853.

I wondered, since the name Reelhorn is so unusual-- apparently a direct literal translation from the German "Haspelhorn" by Jesse's and Daniel's father in a misguided attempt to Americanize-- whether the Reelhorn School was named after one of my family members. (And if so, why. Jesse died in the Civil Warwasas it because he was a war hero? Did he, his wife/widow, or brother donate land or money to build the school? Did Daniel or his wife become a local teacher of some repute or the first principal of the school?)

Hopefully someone who knows the school or has access to a written history can enlighten me! Thanks in advance!

Re: Reelhorn School

sharplongancestors  (View posts) Posted: 8 May 2009 2:08AM GMT
Classification: Query
I suggest two avenues for you, 1 being the Whitley County Historical Society, which has a lot of stuff already on-line but will have more in house. 2 Contact the library in South Whitley, they have a lot of info there as well.
I have a 1862 plat map of Cleveland Township, I see Daniel Reelhorn with 80 acres in Section 34. Closest school houses are on B. Cullen (sec 33) place about a 1/4 mile away and one on the same road about 1 3/4 miles away on John Sickafoose land (sec 35), he was the postmaster for the So. Cleveland P.O., I know some of the Sickafoose were school teachers, but I don't know where. e-mail me and I'll send the map in pdf. sharplongancestors@yahoo.com

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