"Lucy was twelve years old when her parents moved to Pierpont, Ohio. The first school in Pierpont was in the southeast corner of the property once known as the Sam Brown farm, and to many as the graveyard farm. The school was first opened about 1813. Lucy was the first teacher. Oil paper was used in place of glass for the windows. Clothing of the dozen boys and girls was tanned deer skin." - Sketches of Pierpont History 1805-1945.

"By 1813, a log school was built with Miss Lucy Huntley as the first teacher. It stood directly east of the Sam Brown Cemetery on the northeast corner of Middle and Hall Roads." - from Where have All the Schoolhouses Gone - Early School History of Pierpont Township

This log cabin had a puncheon floor, which is made from logs finished flat on one side. The windows were made of oiled-paper before they had glass. Clothing of the dozen children was tanned deer skin. Usually school houses were built on land that was not good for farming. Most desks and benches consisted of planks. Early schools had a fireplace, later on they had a wood stove. Nearby outside was a cleared area for the school yard.

In the August 31, 1915, Jefferson Gazette, there is an article about the school. “Miss Lucy Huntley was the first teacher. One of the writers of the time describes the schoolboys equipment as consisting of a New Testament, Webster spelling book and American preceptor; a few sheets of foolscap paper and some ink made from bark of the soft maple and copperas.”

Foolscap paper was a traditional size of paper of 13 x 8, used in England and Europe before the international standard was adopted. Copperas was added to the soft maple bark and a black chemical reaction created the ink.

Water came from a well, or nearby creek. Also, handy was a bucket with a dipper for drinking.

It is not known what became of Lucy Huntley and where she is buried. She is entered here because here parents are buried here.