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James Hannibal Turner, one of the first settlers of the Gist Settlement, seen here around the age of 90.
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Victoria Chinn Robinson, near the age of 90.She became the oldest resident of the settlement after James Hannibal Turner passed away in 1928.
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This was a home in the Gist Settlement.
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Thomas and Martha Mitchell Slater. The Thomas couple formerly lived in another Gist related settlement near Macon, Ohio. (c. 1920s).
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Home of James Hannibal Turner, one of the first residents of the Gist Settlement (c. 1920s).
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In the front of this image is the schoolhouse built by the settlement’s trustees, behind it is the church built by early community members.
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Facing North from the southern border of the Gist Settlement.
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The Gist Settlement actually appears on this 1887 atlas. It is marked as “Darktown.”
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Once the largest house in the settlement, this home was destroyed by a fire in 1927.
GALLERY: The Gist Settlement
