My grandparents farmed near Okeana, but both went to college for several years in the early 1890s. They went to Otterbein College in Westerville OH. During that time period, there were also colleges in Cincinnati and of course Miami U. For your aunt to have been a school principal, I'd think she would have gone to college somewhere. You had posted some info on the Hynes family on this page near the bottom: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/sur-a499.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/sur-a499.htm) back in 1999 from another email address, but nothing about her schooling. Nancy Sween In a message dated 5/23/2006 1:34:37 PM Central Daylight Time, unicorn1945@sbcglobal.net writes: I'm wondering if someone on the List may know something about the "what" and "where" of post high school education necessary to be a teacher in the Hamilton City School District. My aunt, Nelle Hynes of Overpeck, graduated from Hamilton High School in 1895/6 and had a career as an elementary teacher and principal in the city school district. Thank you. Kathleen Dewey