Paulding County OhArchives Photo Group.....Class Photo - Cunningham (Pratt) School Abt. 1897 Abt. 1897
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Ralph Cokonougher rcokon@hotmail.com June 22, 2008, 8:39 pm

Source:             Old Family Photo.
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This photo was taken at the Cunningham (Pratt) School circa 1897.  The 
Cunningham school was located in Paulding County, Ohio, and was located three 
miles north of Grover Hill in the extreme northwest corner of section 12.  It 
served the area known as Latty Township Sub-district No. 1.  The teacher in 
this photo was J. Harry Billingsley, who taught at the school from 1896 to 
1901.  My grandfather, John Henry Cokonougher, is the tallest boy in the back 
row, fourth from the left.  His brother, Charles S. Cokonougher, is second 
from the left in the back row.  John and Charlie, their siblings, and their 
parents, Zachariah and Mary Cokonougher, lived and worked in Paulding County 
for a few years around the turn of the century before they returned to Ross 
County, Ohio.  The family made their living in Paulding County by working as 
farm laborers and working on ditch digging crews to drain the Great Black 
Swamp.  I don't know the identities of the other students in the photo.

Additional Comments:
For more information on the Cunningham School, see page 232 of HISTORY OF 
GROVER HILL (LATTY AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP OF PAULDING COUNTY, OHIO) by 
Laurence R. Hipp.  Grover Hill, Ohio:  Laurence R. Hipp, 1971.

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