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Personal data John Barclay Mohler 

• He was born on October 14, 1857.
• He died on February 18, 1945, he was 87 years old.
• A child of Johannes Mohler and Susanna Mohler

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Birth: Oct. 14, 1857rroll public school system for 36 years, died at his home, 615 North Clark street, at 10:40 Sunday morning. Mr Mohler had been in failing health all fall and bedfast since December 27. His condition had been critical for about a week. Funeral services are to be at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Huffman Funeral home, where the body is resting until the time of the rites. The Rev. Robert M Peters, minister of the Methodist church, will officiate. first manual training instructor in Carroll county. In 1905, under Superintendant W.P. Johnson, he conducted a class daily. Again, during World War I, he was in charge of the manual training department. When the present high school building was erected in 1917 and 1918, Mr. Mohler was superintendent of construction. t, Carl C Magee, superintendent, handed him the keys of the book room and from that time until his retirement, Mr Mohler was in charge of the text books. Many additions were made in the teaching staff while Mr Mohler was connected with the schools. When he began work, there were only three instructors in the high school, with the superintendent filling in as a fourth. The entire north school had a force of 11 teachers. At the time of Mr Mohlers retirement in the summer of 1934 there were 27 teachers on the faculty of the school. The buildings also underwent changes. In 1905 the east addition was built to the old school. After the new high school building was completed in 1918, Mr. Mohler remained at the grade school building, which was later torn down to make way for the present building, which was erected in 1911. Upon Mr. Mohler's retirement, he was succeeded as custodian of the grade school building by his son, Walter. Otter Creek township, Linn county, Iowa, October 14, 1857. He was one of seven children of Isaac and Mary Jane Barclay Mohler. In 1869 his parents brought their family to Carroll county, settling on a farm northeast of Carroll. His father had the privilege of naming the township in which they located, and he gave the name of "Grant."d on the home farm until his marriage. He was married to Miss Augusta Kasdorf of Carroll in the Methodist parsonage here January 1, 1878, with the Rev. J.C. Eckles officiating. Jan. 1, 1945, marked their 67th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Mohler lived on a Grant township farm near the old homestead until March 1890, when they moved into their present home on North Clark street. A cabinet maker by trade, Mr. Mohler formed a partnership in this line of work with the late B. Hart, under the firm name of Hart & Mohler. This partnership continued until Mr. Mohler took employment with the public schools.sed away; three grandchildren: Cpl. John Ross, who is in England, Mrs. H.C. Kuecks and Mrs. Edward Powers, both of Butte, Mont.; four great grandchildren; and one brother, C.M. Mohler of Sac City. r: C.K. Mohler of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs. J.S. Wasmund of Spokane, Wash., and Mrs. Philip Beechel, Fannie, and Emma Mohler of Carroll. Mr. Mohler was a member of the Methodist church, which

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