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Mr. Thomas Pearce was the first County Inspector appointed. He entered upon his duties the 1st of July 1871. and was sole inspector in the county until 1904, when a division of the county was made and he was appointed for No. 1 Division and Mr. F. W. Sheppard for No. 2 Divison. Mr. Pearce died in 1915 after forty-four years of distinguished service. He had been principal of Central School, Kitchener for eleven years. The Little Log School House of the Waterloo Pioneers, This was Waterloo's first Educational Institution, Established 1620. Thomas Pearce Principal of Central School, Kitchener for Eleven Years, and Inspector of Public Schools of Waterloo County from 1871 to 1915. F. W. SHEPPARD Mr. F. W. Sheppard was appointed in 1904 for the southern of No. 2. division of Waterloo County. On the death of Mr. Pearce he succeeded, him in the No. 1 or north part of the county and Mr. Norman was appointed in the No. 2 divison. F. W. Sheppard Public School Inspector -for North Waterloo