Derivation of the name Mentor

Name/Title

Derivation of the name "Mentor"

Entry/Object ID

2001.878.3

Scope and Content

Mrs. C.M. Hawley, daughter of Eleazer Burridge said that her father purchased his farm from Hiram Mentor and that a piece of a grindstone with words Hiram Mentor is lying under the sod on the Hawley lot in Mentor Cemetery. The second explanation is Mentor grew out of classical predilections of the surveyors. since Mentor has been call Mentor since at least 1819. Physical Characteristics: Paper

Collection

Mentor, OH - History

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mentor, OH-History

Archive Details

Creator

Mary E. Collacott

Archive Size/Extent

Paper

Restrictions

Access: Paper

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1940's (?) Early Create Date: 1940 Date(s): 1940's (?) Date(s) Assembled: 1940's (?) Associated Material: unk Copies: unk Finding Aids: None Level of Description: Item Location of Originals: LCHS

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Related Units of Description: several

General Notes

Note

Status: OK