E. H. Staley died at the Odd Fellows Home in Greensburg, and was buried at the side of his wife in the Dayton cemetery, Sunday.
Mr. Staley, in his span of 90 years, saw wonderful strides in the development of this county and the city of Frankfort. He came to the county seat to take charge of the schools, some six or seven years before the first railroad to enter the city was built. At that time Frankfort's school occupied a building in the southwest part of the city, and the building was rather an unpretentious one as compared with the Mulberry school building of today. Mr. Staley was a great teacher and young people from all over the county took the opportunity to enter his school to prepare themselves for teaching. In the early seventies Mr. Staley quit teaching and bought the weekly Crescent.
After the Vandalia road was built the city grew with it. The county was strongly democratic, and, of course, the Crescent did all the legal printing and at a big price. In due course of time Mr. Staley established the Daily Crescent. He became a rich man. He built what was at the time about the finest residnce in Frankfort. He built a large two-story office building on the north side of the square and he owned a fine 160-acre farm in Owen township. Finally he sold his paper to Eli Brown and retired, though he never lost his interest in the publishing business. Even when he was well past eighty he contributed regularly to the columns of one of the city's papers.
In his old age Mr. Staley lost his prosperity, and in his last years he lived as a ward of the great order of which he was a member.
When Mr. Staley was in his prime many individuals thought him the brainiest man in Clinton county. He was not only a writer of ability, but an excellent public speaker, also.
Mr. Staley was a relative of the Staleys of this part of the State.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 16, 1920
Mr. Staley, in his span of 90 years, saw wonderful strides in the development of this county and the city of Frankfort. He came to the county seat to take charge of the schools, some six or seven years before the first railroad to enter the city was built. At that time Frankfort's school occupied a building in the southwest part of the city, and the building was rather an unpretentious one as compared with the Mulberry school building of today. Mr. Staley was a great teacher and young people from all over the county took the opportunity to enter his school to prepare themselves for teaching. In the early seventies Mr. Staley quit teaching and bought the weekly Crescent.
After the Vandalia road was built the city grew with it. The county was strongly democratic, and, of course, the Crescent did all the legal printing and at a big price. In due course of time Mr. Staley established the Daily Crescent. He became a rich man. He built what was at the time about the finest residnce in Frankfort. He built a large two-story office building on the north side of the square and he owned a fine 160-acre farm in Owen township. Finally he sold his paper to Eli Brown and retired, though he never lost his interest in the publishing business. Even when he was well past eighty he contributed regularly to the columns of one of the city's papers.
In his old age Mr. Staley lost his prosperity, and in his last years he lived as a ward of the great order of which he was a member.
When Mr. Staley was in his prime many individuals thought him the brainiest man in Clinton county. He was not only a writer of ability, but an excellent public speaker, also.
Mr. Staley was a relative of the Staleys of this part of the State.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 16, 1920
E. H. Staley died at the Odd Fellows Home in Greensburg, and was buried at the side of his wife in the Dayton cemetery, Sunday.
Mr. Staley, in his span of 90 years, saw wonderful strides in the development of this county and the city of Frankfort. He came to the county seat to take charge of the schools, some six or seven years before the first railroad to enter the city was built. At that time Frankfort's school occupied a building in the southwest part of the city, and the building was rather an unpretentious one as compared with the Mulberry school building of today. Mr. Staley was a great teacher and young people from all over the county took the opportunity to enter his school to prepare themselves for teaching. In the early seventies Mr. Staley quit teaching and bought the weekly Crescent.
After the Vandalia road was built the city grew with it. The county was strongly democratic, and, of course, the Crescent did all the legal printing and at a big price. In due course of time Mr. Staley established the Daily Crescent. He became a rich man. He built what was at the time about the finest residnce in Frankfort. He built a large two-story office building on the north side of the square and he owned a fine 160-acre farm in Owen township. Finally he sold his paper to Eli Brown and retired, though he never lost his interest in the publishing business. Even when he was well past eighty he contributed regularly to the columns of one of the city's papers.
In his old age Mr. Staley lost his prosperity, and in his last years he lived as a ward of the great order of which he was a member.
When Mr. Staley was in his prime many individuals thought him the brainiest man in Clinton county. He was not only a writer of ability, but an excellent public speaker, also.
Mr. Staley was a relative of the Staleys of this part of the State.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 16, 1920
Mr. Staley, in his span of 90 years, saw wonderful strides in the development of this county and the city of Frankfort. He came to the county seat to take charge of the schools, some six or seven years before the first railroad to enter the city was built. At that time Frankfort's school occupied a building in the southwest part of the city, and the building was rather an unpretentious one as compared with the Mulberry school building of today. Mr. Staley was a great teacher and young people from all over the county took the opportunity to enter his school to prepare themselves for teaching. In the early seventies Mr. Staley quit teaching and bought the weekly Crescent.
After the Vandalia road was built the city grew with it. The county was strongly democratic, and, of course, the Crescent did all the legal printing and at a big price. In due course of time Mr. Staley established the Daily Crescent. He became a rich man. He built what was at the time about the finest residnce in Frankfort. He built a large two-story office building on the north side of the square and he owned a fine 160-acre farm in Owen township. Finally he sold his paper to Eli Brown and retired, though he never lost his interest in the publishing business. Even when he was well past eighty he contributed regularly to the columns of one of the city's papers.
In his old age Mr. Staley lost his prosperity, and in his last years he lived as a ward of the great order of which he was a member.
When Mr. Staley was in his prime many individuals thought him the brainiest man in Clinton county. He was not only a writer of ability, but an excellent public speaker, also.
Mr. Staley was a relative of the Staleys of this part of the State.
-- The Mulberry Reporter, July 16, 1920
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