Person:John Talbot (20)

John Littler Talbot was born on 20 October 1800 either in Cincinnati or Winchester, Virginia. He died on 16 October 1881 in Cincinnati. John was a Quaker and the family of John and Phoebe appear in the Quaker meeting records of Cincinnati. John was held in high regard by the Conkling family. He was an executor of the 1842 will of his brother-in-law, David Conkling who referred to him as “my friend, John Talbot”. A nephew was named John Talbot Conkling in his honor and after the death of his brother-in-law, Pierson Conkling, John became keeper of the family records. As guardian of his brother in law David Conkling’s younger children he filed a civil suit. An 1877 Hamilton County Ohio deed refers to the civil case of John L. Talbot and wife et al. vs. John Hawkins, Eveline R. Conklin et al. regarding the subdivision of David Conklin’s estate. John attended night school while working as a carpenter apprentice. He studied arithmetic, trigonometry, surveying, and navigation. In 1822 he built his own classroom furniture and opened a school of his own. In 1823 he helped to form a society for the elevation of teaching to a profession. In 1828, John was one of the founders of the Ohio Mechanics Institute, and shortly after, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Natural Sciences. He is said to have written several school books and some books for the Society of Friends. He was the author of “The Western Practical Arithmetic". The 1880 census shows him living in Hamilton County with his nephew, John Talbot Conklin.

Family were members of Cincinati Monthly Meeting (Quakers). Ford History of Cincinnati says that John attended night school while working as a carpenter apprentice. He studied arithmetic, trigonometry, surveying, and navigation. In 1822 he built his own classroom furniture and opened a school of his own. In 1823 he helped to form a society for the elevation of teaching to a profession. In 1828, John was one of the founders of the Ohio Mechanics Institute, and shortly after, the Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Natural Sciences. He is said to have written several school books and some books for the Society of Friends. He was the author of “The Western Practical Arithmetic". The 1880 census shows him living in Hamilton County with his nephew, John Talbot Conklin.