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Surnames: HUYETTE, GRAY, DE ARMITT, DEARMITT, DINIUS, RICE, BRINER, FRANCE, RAYMOND,
FETTERS
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Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903. pp. 370-372.
PROF. ARTHUR R. HUYETTE.
A gentleman of ripe scholarship and marked executive ability, whose life is being
consecrated to the cause of humanity, in one of the most exacting of professions, it is
eminently proper in this connection to revert briefly to the life career of Prof. A. R.
Huyette, the efficient and popular principal of the Keystone high school. Prof. Huyette
has become one of the leading educators in the county of Wells and in addition to his work
here his labors have won him wide publicity in other parts of the state where his talents
as a teacher have been exercised. As the name indicates the Huyette family is of French
origin, the subject on the maternal side inheriting the blood of a long line of Irish
ancestry also. Joseph R. Huyette, the Professor's father, was born in Pennsylvania
July 24, 1838, and when a young man was married, in that state, to Miss Louisa Gray, whose
birth occurred on the 19th day of January, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Huyette remained in their
native commonwealth until !
the fall of 1861, when they disposed of their interests there and moved to Huntington
county, Indiana, settling in the township of Huntington where they lived the ensuing two
years. At the expiration of that time they changed their abode to Clear Creek township, in
the same county, and still live there, Mr. Huyette following the pursuit of agriculture as
a vocation. Joseph R. and Louisa Huyette are the parents of six children, whose names are
as follows: Anna, wife of James B. De Armitt, ex-superintendent of the Huntington county
schools; Juniata, the wife of E. E. Dinius, a farmer of Huntington county, is a graduate
of the State Normal School at Terre Haute and for a number of years prior to her marriage
was considered one of the successful teachers of the Huntington city schools; Fanny, the
third of the family, married William F. Rice and still resides in the county of
Huntington, her husband being a prosperous farmer of Union township; Arthur R., of this
review, is the f!
ourth in order of succession, and after him comes Jessie A., who achie
ved considerable distinction as a teacher, having taught for some years in the district
schools and now holds an important position in the city schools of Huntington; she was
graduated from the Huntington high school and prepared herself for her chosen calling in
the State Normal School at Terre Haute; Walter G., the youngest of the children, lives at
home and assists his father in cultivating the farm.
Prof. Arthur R. Huyette is a native of Huntington county, Indiana, and dates his birth
from the 3rd day of November, 1871. When old enough he became a pupil of the district
school not far from his home and after completing the prescribed course, entered the Clear
Creek township high school. His was essentially a studious nature and he early decided
that there was open before him a field of great usefulness in the teacher's
profession. Accordingly he began preparing himself for his chosen work by a thorough
course of intellectual and professional training. Leaving the township high school, he
attended the spring term of the State Normal and the following winter (1890-91) taught
successfully in his own native county. He divided his time between teaching of winter
seasons and attending the spring terms of the State Normal until 1893, when he entered
that institution with the object in view of continuing his studies, uninterrupted, until
completing the full course. He was grad!
uated two years later with an honorable record and in the fall and winter of 1895-6
taught a term in Huntington city schools, being elected the following year principal of
the graded schools of Bristol, Indiana. After filling that position two years Professor
Huyette had charge of literature and mathematics in the Huntington Business and Normal
University, but in a short time resigned the place to accept the principalship of the
Keystone high school, entering upon his duties in the latter capacity in the fall of 1898.
He has held his present position for five years, during which time the school under his
charge has made rapid advancement, ranking with the most efficient high schools of
northern Indiana in its course of study and thoroughness of instruction. As a teacher
Prof. Huyette has few equals in the county of Wells and his name is widely and favorably
known in educational circles throughout the northern part of the state. He is a fine
scholar, a polished gentleman and!
possesses the necessary traits of character to insure success in the
noble calling to which he proposes to consecrate his life and energies. A close and
critical student, he keeps close touch with the trend of modern educational thought and
his laudable ambition has ever been to make himself an efficient teacher and stand in the
front rank of his profession. To this end he maintains a lively interest in his studies,
which he prosecutes in addition to his regular duties in the school room, being at this
time a senior in the work of the Indiana University, from which institution his degree
will soon be forthcoming.
Prof. Huyette was married on the 9th of August, 1900, to Miss Anna S., daughter of Hiram
and Rebecca (Briner) France, of Huntington. Mrs. Huyette is one of the three children born
to these parents, she and her sister Emma being twins. They were both graduated at the
same time from the Huntington high school, after which they engaged in teaching first in
the country and later in the city of Huntington. Subsequently Emma became the wife of
Charles Raymond, of Huntington county; Anna continued educational work until her marriage
at the date referred to above, spending the last five years while thus engaged in the
schools of East Chicago; meantime she had graduated from the Indiana State Normal at Terre
Haute and achieved distinction as a scholar as well as a large measure of success as a
teacher. Nettie, the third sister, also a well educated lady, is now the wife of Sherman
Fetters, a railroad man living in Andrews, Indiana. The mother of Mrs. Huyette died when
her eldest daug!
hters were about nine years of age. The father lives at Huntington. Prof. and Mrs.
Huyette's marriage has been blessed with one child, a son by the name of Kenneth H.,
whose birth occurred on the 25th of November, 1901. The subject and wife are active
members of the United Brethren church and socially they move in the best society circles
of the community where they live.
Politically Prof. Huyette is a zealous supporter of the Democratic party and speaks with
no uncertain meaning when maintaining the soundness of his principles. He cast his first
presidential ballot when Grover Cleveland was elected for the second time, and from that
time to the present has taken a prominent part in local and general politics in the
different places of his residence. He holds fraternal relations with Bristol Lodge No.
369, Knights of Pythias, and it has been his aim to make his life correspond to the
beautiful and sublime principles which this excellent order inculcates. Prof. Huyette is
regarded as one of the leading men of Keystone and his career professionally and as a
citizen has gained him the confidence and high esteem of the public. He has hosts of warm
personal friends and is making more every year by the urbanity of his kindly nature, while
his advancement in his profession has won for him an honorable name among the leading
educators in this section!
of the state.
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