Educator and author of the famed McGuffey Eclectic Readers for grade schools, was born five miles SW of here, Sept. 23, 1800. First published in 1836, the Readers sold 122 million copies during the next 85 years and were used in some 35 states. Their stories, essays, and poems taught moral lessons as well as reading skills.

Marker is at the intersection of Route 40 (U.S. 40) and McGuffey Drive, on the right when traveling east on Route 40.

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