JOHN B. PEASLEE was born September 3, 1842, at Plaistow, Rockingham Co., N. H. His father, Reuben Peaslee, was educated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1835; was a leader of his party, as a member of the State Legislature, was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1850, and, as chairman of the most important committees, drew many articles of the Constitution. Mr. Peaslee's ancestors, both maternal and paternal, were Quakers, dating as far back in this country as 1640. Mr. Peaslee's mother was Harriet Atwood Willetts, a native of New York City.
John B. Peaslee was educated in the schools of his native township, in the Atkinon and Gilmanton Academies, and at Dartmouth College, where. he was graduated in the class of 1863. Shortly after graduation, on the recommendation of Dr. Lord, president of Dartmouth College, Mr. Peaslee came to Columbus. Ohio, to assume the principalship of the North grammar school. One year later he removed to Cincinnati to accept the first assistantship in the Third District school. During the three years ho held this position Mr. Peaslee studied law, graduated at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the Bar. In 1867 he was promoted to the principalship of the Fifth District school., and in 1869 to that, of the Second Intermediate, where he remained until 1874, when he was chosen superintendent of the Cincinnati schools, a position to which he was elected twelve times. While Mr. Peaslee was superintendent he originated a any reforms, some of which have spread over the entire country, from Maine to California. His method of teaching addition and subtraction to primary grades, known as the "Peaslee method," but which he called the "tons method," has attracted wide attention among educators and has been adopted in many other places. He was one of the first, if not the first, to write on the subject of "orthoepy," and to call the attention of the public to the importance of introducing the diacritic marks into the school readers, and the first to introduce into the examination of teachers for certification the subject of orthoepy as a distinct branch of study. Mr. Peaslee was the first to introduce into the Cincinnati schools a systematic and graded course of gem-selections from English literature, which he made the basis of moral and literary training. The book containing gem-thoughts of great authors, adapted for use at home or in school, entitled, " Graded Selections for Memorizing," compiled and edited by Mr. Peaslee, has received the most flattering notices from the public press and from distinguished authors. Lt honor and memory of American authors. statesmen, soldiers, etc., Mr. Peaslee originated the celebration of authors' birthdays; planned and inaugurated the celebration of "Arbor Day," by the planting and dedicating, by public schools and others, of memorial trees, with literary and other appropriate exercises. Authors' Grove, planted by school children of Cincinnati, in beautiful Eden Park, at the organization of the American Forestry Congress in 1882, is the first grove ever planted to American authors. This beautiful custom has been adopted by thirty States of the Union, in Canada, has crossed the ocean into England, and last year even in Austria memorial trees were planted after what is called the Cincinnati plan." In this connection it should be mentioned that Mr. Peaslee prepared a pamphlet of sixty-four pages, entitled "Trees and Tree-planting, with exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," which was first published under the auspices of the Ohio Forestry Association and afterwards by the United States Government.
In 1879 the Ohio University conferred upon. Mr. Peaslee the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in recognition of his services. He was four years president of the Ohio State hoard of examiners for teachers; for nine years a trustee of the Miami University tit Oxford, Ohio; for over fourteen years director of the University of Cincinnati; is a life member of the National Educational Association, and ex-president of one of its departments; is also a member of the National Council of Education; is ex-president of the Ohio State Teachers Association; was a director for nearly twenty years of the Ohio Humane Society. Mr. Peaslee is president of the Ohio State Forestry Bureau; was one of the projectors of the American Forestry Congress; the Citizens Memorial Association of Cincinnati; the Ohio State Forestry Association; one of the incorporators of the Ohio State Archaeological Society; one of the incorporators of the National Fraternal Union, a beneficial organization, of which he is pro. sident; an incorporator and president of the Custom House Building & Loan Association of this city. Mr. Peaslee is a 32° Mason, and prelate of Hanselman Commandery. of which he is also past eminent commander. Besides his book entitled " Graded Selections for Memorizing," and his pamphlet on "Trees and Treeplanting, with Exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," heretofore referred to, Mr. Peaslee has published twelve reports of the Cincinnati Public Schools; a pamphlet on " Moral and Literary Training in Public Schools;" a pamphlet on "School Celebration of Arbor Day;" a poem entitled "Now and Then," and a hymn entitled " Converted to Jesus" Three of the above have been republished by the United States Government. He has also written many articles for educational journals.
Mr. Peaslee married, April 25, 1878, Miss Lou Wright, daughter of Hon. Joseph F. Wright, of Cincinnati, and on the occasion of his marriage was presented by his fraters of Hanselman Commandery with one of the most beautiful and elaborate Masonic jewels ever manufactured in this country. Mrs. Peaslee is one of the most popular ladies of Cincinnati. She was one of the associate commissioners of the Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati in 1888; is one of the directors of the Free Kindergarten Association, and is deeply interested in all humane and charitable work. Mr. Peaslee is at present time clerk of the courts of Hamilton county.
John B. Peaslee was educated in the schools of his native township, in the Atkinon and Gilmanton Academies, and at Dartmouth College, where. he was graduated in the class of 1863. Shortly after graduation, on the recommendation of Dr. Lord, president of Dartmouth College, Mr. Peaslee came to Columbus. Ohio, to assume the principalship of the North grammar school. One year later he removed to Cincinnati to accept the first assistantship in the Third District school. During the three years ho held this position Mr. Peaslee studied law, graduated at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the Bar. In 1867 he was promoted to the principalship of the Fifth District school., and in 1869 to that, of the Second Intermediate, where he remained until 1874, when he was chosen superintendent of the Cincinnati schools, a position to which he was elected twelve times. While Mr. Peaslee was superintendent he originated a any reforms, some of which have spread over the entire country, from Maine to California. His method of teaching addition and subtraction to primary grades, known as the "Peaslee method," but which he called the "tons method," has attracted wide attention among educators and has been adopted in many other places. He was one of the first, if not the first, to write on the subject of "orthoepy," and to call the attention of the public to the importance of introducing the diacritic marks into the school readers, and the first to introduce into the examination of teachers for certification the subject of orthoepy as a distinct branch of study. Mr. Peaslee was the first to introduce into the Cincinnati schools a systematic and graded course of gem-selections from English literature, which he made the basis of moral and literary training. The book containing gem-thoughts of great authors, adapted for use at home or in school, entitled, " Graded Selections for Memorizing," compiled and edited by Mr. Peaslee, has received the most flattering notices from the public press and from distinguished authors. Lt honor and memory of American authors. statesmen, soldiers, etc., Mr. Peaslee originated the celebration of authors' birthdays; planned and inaugurated the celebration of "Arbor Day," by the planting and dedicating, by public schools and others, of memorial trees, with literary and other appropriate exercises. Authors' Grove, planted by school children of Cincinnati, in beautiful Eden Park, at the organization of the American Forestry Congress in 1882, is the first grove ever planted to American authors. This beautiful custom has been adopted by thirty States of the Union, in Canada, has crossed the ocean into England, and last year even in Austria memorial trees were planted after what is called the Cincinnati plan." In this connection it should be mentioned that Mr. Peaslee prepared a pamphlet of sixty-four pages, entitled "Trees and Tree-planting, with exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," which was first published under the auspices of the Ohio Forestry Association and afterwards by the United States Government.
In 1879 the Ohio University conferred upon. Mr. Peaslee the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in recognition of his services. He was four years president of the Ohio State hoard of examiners for teachers; for nine years a trustee of the Miami University tit Oxford, Ohio; for over fourteen years director of the University of Cincinnati; is a life member of the National Educational Association, and ex-president of one of its departments; is also a member of the National Council of Education; is ex-president of the Ohio State Teachers Association; was a director for nearly twenty years of the Ohio Humane Society. Mr. Peaslee is president of the Ohio State Forestry Bureau; was one of the projectors of the American Forestry Congress; the Citizens Memorial Association of Cincinnati; the Ohio State Forestry Association; one of the incorporators of the Ohio State Archaeological Society; one of the incorporators of the National Fraternal Union, a beneficial organization, of which he is pro. sident; an incorporator and president of the Custom House Building & Loan Association of this city. Mr. Peaslee is a 32° Mason, and prelate of Hanselman Commandery. of which he is also past eminent commander. Besides his book entitled " Graded Selections for Memorizing," and his pamphlet on "Trees and Treeplanting, with Exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," heretofore referred to, Mr. Peaslee has published twelve reports of the Cincinnati Public Schools; a pamphlet on " Moral and Literary Training in Public Schools;" a pamphlet on "School Celebration of Arbor Day;" a poem entitled "Now and Then," and a hymn entitled " Converted to Jesus" Three of the above have been republished by the United States Government. He has also written many articles for educational journals.
Mr. Peaslee married, April 25, 1878, Miss Lou Wright, daughter of Hon. Joseph F. Wright, of Cincinnati, and on the occasion of his marriage was presented by his fraters of Hanselman Commandery with one of the most beautiful and elaborate Masonic jewels ever manufactured in this country. Mrs. Peaslee is one of the most popular ladies of Cincinnati. She was one of the associate commissioners of the Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati in 1888; is one of the directors of the Free Kindergarten Association, and is deeply interested in all humane and charitable work. Mr. Peaslee is at present time clerk of the courts of Hamilton county.
JOHN B. PEASLEE was born September 3, 1842, at Plaistow, Rockingham Co., N. H. His father, Reuben Peaslee, was educated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1835; was a leader of his party, as a member of the State Legislature, was a member of the State Constitutional Convention of 1850, and, as chairman of the most important committees, drew many articles of the Constitution. Mr. Peaslee's ancestors, both maternal and paternal, were Quakers, dating as far back in this country as 1640. Mr. Peaslee's mother was Harriet Atwood Willetts, a native of New York City.
John B. Peaslee was educated in the schools of his native township, in the Atkinon and Gilmanton Academies, and at Dartmouth College, where. he was graduated in the class of 1863. Shortly after graduation, on the recommendation of Dr. Lord, president of Dartmouth College, Mr. Peaslee came to Columbus. Ohio, to assume the principalship of the North grammar school. One year later he removed to Cincinnati to accept the first assistantship in the Third District school. During the three years ho held this position Mr. Peaslee studied law, graduated at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the Bar. In 1867 he was promoted to the principalship of the Fifth District school., and in 1869 to that, of the Second Intermediate, where he remained until 1874, when he was chosen superintendent of the Cincinnati schools, a position to which he was elected twelve times. While Mr. Peaslee was superintendent he originated a any reforms, some of which have spread over the entire country, from Maine to California. His method of teaching addition and subtraction to primary grades, known as the "Peaslee method," but which he called the "tons method," has attracted wide attention among educators and has been adopted in many other places. He was one of the first, if not the first, to write on the subject of "orthoepy," and to call the attention of the public to the importance of introducing the diacritic marks into the school readers, and the first to introduce into the examination of teachers for certification the subject of orthoepy as a distinct branch of study. Mr. Peaslee was the first to introduce into the Cincinnati schools a systematic and graded course of gem-selections from English literature, which he made the basis of moral and literary training. The book containing gem-thoughts of great authors, adapted for use at home or in school, entitled, " Graded Selections for Memorizing," compiled and edited by Mr. Peaslee, has received the most flattering notices from the public press and from distinguished authors. Lt honor and memory of American authors. statesmen, soldiers, etc., Mr. Peaslee originated the celebration of authors' birthdays; planned and inaugurated the celebration of "Arbor Day," by the planting and dedicating, by public schools and others, of memorial trees, with literary and other appropriate exercises. Authors' Grove, planted by school children of Cincinnati, in beautiful Eden Park, at the organization of the American Forestry Congress in 1882, is the first grove ever planted to American authors. This beautiful custom has been adopted by thirty States of the Union, in Canada, has crossed the ocean into England, and last year even in Austria memorial trees were planted after what is called the Cincinnati plan." In this connection it should be mentioned that Mr. Peaslee prepared a pamphlet of sixty-four pages, entitled "Trees and Tree-planting, with exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," which was first published under the auspices of the Ohio Forestry Association and afterwards by the United States Government.
In 1879 the Ohio University conferred upon. Mr. Peaslee the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in recognition of his services. He was four years president of the Ohio State hoard of examiners for teachers; for nine years a trustee of the Miami University tit Oxford, Ohio; for over fourteen years director of the University of Cincinnati; is a life member of the National Educational Association, and ex-president of one of its departments; is also a member of the National Council of Education; is ex-president of the Ohio State Teachers Association; was a director for nearly twenty years of the Ohio Humane Society. Mr. Peaslee is president of the Ohio State Forestry Bureau; was one of the projectors of the American Forestry Congress; the Citizens Memorial Association of Cincinnati; the Ohio State Forestry Association; one of the incorporators of the Ohio State Archaeological Society; one of the incorporators of the National Fraternal Union, a beneficial organization, of which he is pro. sident; an incorporator and president of the Custom House Building & Loan Association of this city. Mr. Peaslee is a 32° Mason, and prelate of Hanselman Commandery. of which he is also past eminent commander. Besides his book entitled " Graded Selections for Memorizing," and his pamphlet on "Trees and Treeplanting, with Exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," heretofore referred to, Mr. Peaslee has published twelve reports of the Cincinnati Public Schools; a pamphlet on " Moral and Literary Training in Public Schools;" a pamphlet on "School Celebration of Arbor Day;" a poem entitled "Now and Then," and a hymn entitled " Converted to Jesus" Three of the above have been republished by the United States Government. He has also written many articles for educational journals.
Mr. Peaslee married, April 25, 1878, Miss Lou Wright, daughter of Hon. Joseph F. Wright, of Cincinnati, and on the occasion of his marriage was presented by his fraters of Hanselman Commandery with one of the most beautiful and elaborate Masonic jewels ever manufactured in this country. Mrs. Peaslee is one of the most popular ladies of Cincinnati. She was one of the associate commissioners of the Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati in 1888; is one of the directors of the Free Kindergarten Association, and is deeply interested in all humane and charitable work. Mr. Peaslee is at present time clerk of the courts of Hamilton county.
John B. Peaslee was educated in the schools of his native township, in the Atkinon and Gilmanton Academies, and at Dartmouth College, where. he was graduated in the class of 1863. Shortly after graduation, on the recommendation of Dr. Lord, president of Dartmouth College, Mr. Peaslee came to Columbus. Ohio, to assume the principalship of the North grammar school. One year later he removed to Cincinnati to accept the first assistantship in the Third District school. During the three years ho held this position Mr. Peaslee studied law, graduated at the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the Bar. In 1867 he was promoted to the principalship of the Fifth District school., and in 1869 to that, of the Second Intermediate, where he remained until 1874, when he was chosen superintendent of the Cincinnati schools, a position to which he was elected twelve times. While Mr. Peaslee was superintendent he originated a any reforms, some of which have spread over the entire country, from Maine to California. His method of teaching addition and subtraction to primary grades, known as the "Peaslee method," but which he called the "tons method," has attracted wide attention among educators and has been adopted in many other places. He was one of the first, if not the first, to write on the subject of "orthoepy," and to call the attention of the public to the importance of introducing the diacritic marks into the school readers, and the first to introduce into the examination of teachers for certification the subject of orthoepy as a distinct branch of study. Mr. Peaslee was the first to introduce into the Cincinnati schools a systematic and graded course of gem-selections from English literature, which he made the basis of moral and literary training. The book containing gem-thoughts of great authors, adapted for use at home or in school, entitled, " Graded Selections for Memorizing," compiled and edited by Mr. Peaslee, has received the most flattering notices from the public press and from distinguished authors. Lt honor and memory of American authors. statesmen, soldiers, etc., Mr. Peaslee originated the celebration of authors' birthdays; planned and inaugurated the celebration of "Arbor Day," by the planting and dedicating, by public schools and others, of memorial trees, with literary and other appropriate exercises. Authors' Grove, planted by school children of Cincinnati, in beautiful Eden Park, at the organization of the American Forestry Congress in 1882, is the first grove ever planted to American authors. This beautiful custom has been adopted by thirty States of the Union, in Canada, has crossed the ocean into England, and last year even in Austria memorial trees were planted after what is called the Cincinnati plan." In this connection it should be mentioned that Mr. Peaslee prepared a pamphlet of sixty-four pages, entitled "Trees and Tree-planting, with exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," which was first published under the auspices of the Ohio Forestry Association and afterwards by the United States Government.
In 1879 the Ohio University conferred upon. Mr. Peaslee the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in recognition of his services. He was four years president of the Ohio State hoard of examiners for teachers; for nine years a trustee of the Miami University tit Oxford, Ohio; for over fourteen years director of the University of Cincinnati; is a life member of the National Educational Association, and ex-president of one of its departments; is also a member of the National Council of Education; is ex-president of the Ohio State Teachers Association; was a director for nearly twenty years of the Ohio Humane Society. Mr. Peaslee is president of the Ohio State Forestry Bureau; was one of the projectors of the American Forestry Congress; the Citizens Memorial Association of Cincinnati; the Ohio State Forestry Association; one of the incorporators of the Ohio State Archaeological Society; one of the incorporators of the National Fraternal Union, a beneficial organization, of which he is pro. sident; an incorporator and president of the Custom House Building & Loan Association of this city. Mr. Peaslee is a 32° Mason, and prelate of Hanselman Commandery. of which he is also past eminent commander. Besides his book entitled " Graded Selections for Memorizing," and his pamphlet on "Trees and Treeplanting, with Exercises for the Celebration of Arbor Day," heretofore referred to, Mr. Peaslee has published twelve reports of the Cincinnati Public Schools; a pamphlet on " Moral and Literary Training in Public Schools;" a pamphlet on "School Celebration of Arbor Day;" a poem entitled "Now and Then," and a hymn entitled " Converted to Jesus" Three of the above have been republished by the United States Government. He has also written many articles for educational journals.
Mr. Peaslee married, April 25, 1878, Miss Lou Wright, daughter of Hon. Joseph F. Wright, of Cincinnati, and on the occasion of his marriage was presented by his fraters of Hanselman Commandery with one of the most beautiful and elaborate Masonic jewels ever manufactured in this country. Mrs. Peaslee is one of the most popular ladies of Cincinnati. She was one of the associate commissioners of the Centennial Exposition in Cincinnati in 1888; is one of the directors of the Free Kindergarten Association, and is deeply interested in all humane and charitable work. Mr. Peaslee is at present time clerk of the courts of Hamilton county.
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