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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Delanie Alcorn-Jones (© 2000 Delanie Alcorn-Jones) *********************************************************************** ** UNION TOWNSHIP GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS & PUPILS ** The following information obtained from the book "Bits and Pieces About Rural Grade Schools of Gibson County, Indiana" (Published in 1985 by Alpha Lambda Chapter, Alpha Epsilon State, and The Delta Kappa Gamma Society). No copyright stated. Surnames without a first name were listed as families (i.e. Mays family). Surnames followed by a name in parentheses indicate the head of household (i.e. John Gaebel family). THE SCHOOLS ----------- FOSTER SCHOOL - Located on Highway 41. FROHBIETER SCHOOL - Located in the NW corner of County Roads 825 S. and 550 E. HOPKINS SCHOOL - Located N of Fort Branch near the Walnut Hill Cemetery, County Roads 125 W. and 650 S. MEUSER SCHOOL - Located about 1 1/2 miles N of Nauvoo in the NE corner of County Roads 175 E. and 500 S. NAUVOO (RICHEY) SCHOOL - Located about 4 miles NE of Fort Broanch on the S side of County Road 175E -- at County Road 600 S. SHERIDAN SCHOOL - Located on teh road E of Bethlehem Church, where County Road 225 W. makes a "T" with County Road 525 N. SIDES SCHOOL - Located about 2 or 3 miles SW of Fort Branch, S of the present Gibson Southern High School and about 1/2 mile S of Coal Mine Road -- in the "T" formed by County Roads 850 S. and 225 W. SMITH SCHOOL - Located W of Blythe Chapel on teh first "T" road from the N. On the NW corner of the intersection, facing W. SOLLMAN SCHOOL - Located 5 miles E of Fort Branch on Highway 168 on the N side of the road at the "T" formed by County Road 425 E and Highway 168. STRICKLAND (STRAWN) SCHOOL - Located 1 1/2 miles E of Port Gibson -- near County Roads 450 E. and 550 S. WALLIS GROVE SCHOOL - Located 4 miles SE of Fort Branch on County Roads 220 E. and 800 S. on the W side. WEED SCHOOL - Located at County Road 225 W. Anderson Cicily Nauvoo School Teacher Anderson Meuser School Pupil Anderson, Bessie Meuser School Pupil Anderson, Cicily Meuser School Teacher Anderson, Cicily Wallis Grove School Teacher Anderson, Mary Meuser School Pupil Askren Sheridan School Pupil Askren, Ray Sheridan School Pupil Berger, Ida Sollman School Pupil Berger, John G. Sollman School Teacher Berger, Olga Sollman School Pupil Berger, Walter Strickland School Pupil Berry Maggie Strickland School Pupil Berry Wayne Strickland School Pupil Block, August Sollman School Pupil Block, Ben Strickland School Pupil Block, Edward Strickland School Pupil Block, Henry Strickland School Pupil Block, Ida Strickland School Pupil Block, Olga Sollman School Pupil Block, Sophia Strickland School Pupil Block, Wilma Strickland School Pupil Blum Foster School Pupil Boren, J. Sherman Smith School Teacher Boren, Wilbur Strickland School Teacher Bosell, Ollie Meuser School Teacher Boswell, Beatrice Strickland School Pupil Boswell, Jefferson Strickland School Pupil Boswell, Ollie Strickland School Teacher Boswell, Olly F. Sollman School Teacher Brenton, Myrtle Wallis Grove School Teacher Briles Sheridan School Pupil Brokaw Meuser School Pupil Brokaw, Claude Meuser School Pupil Brokaw, Lloyd Meuser School Pupil Brokaw, Lora Meuser School Pupil Brokaw, Rosemary Meuser School Pupil Brown, Mary C. Douglas Sides School Pupil Bryant, Leona Wallis Grove School Teacher Buesking, Louse Nauvoo School Pupil Burns, George Sollman School Pupil Burns, Marie Sollman School Pupil Burton, Lottie Sheridan School Pupil Byers Sides School Pupil Cambell, Ruby Meuser School Pupil Camp Foster School Pupil Camp, Cyrus Meuser School Pupil Carter Sides School Pupil Caskey, Harold Wallis Grove School Pupil Cleveland Nauvoo School Pupil Cleveland Sides School Pupil Cleveland, Pearl Nauvoo School Pupil Cleveland, Rosetta Nauvoo School Pupil Compton, Leslie Strickland School Pupil Compton, Mabel Strickland School Pupil Conrad Meuser School Pupil Crandall, Miss Meuser School Teacher Dassell, Dewey Strickland School Teacher DeFur Sides School Pupil Deimel, Christina Strickland School Pupil Deimel, Katie Strickland School Pupil Deiss, Barbara Strickland School Pupil Deiss, Olivia Strickland School Pupil DePriest, John Strickland School Teacher Devin, Leila Sides School Teacher Dill, Arthur "Sally" Sheridan School Teacher Dill, Madge Wallis Grove School Teacher Divers, Mildred Foster School Teacher Dorsey, C. L. Wallis Grove School Teacher Douglas Sides School Pupil Douglas, Blanche Wallis Grove School Pupil Duncan, Josh Meuser School Teacher Elpers Sides School Pupil elpers, Conrad Strickland School Teacher Engleman Nauvoo School Pupil Finch, Amy Strickland School Pupil Ford, Winston Meuser School Teacher French Foster School Pupil French Meuser School Pupil French, Bill Meuser School Pupil French, Darwin Meuser School Pupil French, Doyle Meuser School Pupil French, Edith Sollman School Teacher French, Marjorie Meuser School Pupil French, Rose M. Hopkins School Teacher Freudenbert, Leonard Sollman School Teacher Freund (John) Meuser School Pupil Freund, Adolph Meuser School Pupil Freund, Adolph Nauvoo School Pupil Freund, Hulda Meuser School Pupil Frohbieter Frohbieter School Pupil Ganz, Owen Wallis Grove School Pupil Gardiner Nauvoo School Pupil Garrison Sides School Pupil Garrison, Clara Meuser School Teacher Gieselman (George) Sollman School Pupil Gieselman Nauvoo School Pupil Graper (Henry) Sollman School Pupil Graper, Bud Strickland School Pupil Graper, Emma Strickland School Pupil Graper, Frieda Strickland School Pupil Graper, George Strickland School Pupil Graper, Herman Strickland School Teacher Graper, Inez Strickland School Pupil Graper, John Strickland School Pupil Graper, Louise Strickland School Pupil Graper, Olive Romershausen Strickland School Pupil Graper, Walter Strickland School Pupil Graper, William Strickland School Pupil Greene Foster School Pupil Grimm Frohbieter School Pupil Hale Wallis Grove School Pupil Hall Foster School Pupil Hassel, George F. Wallis Grove School Teacher Hasselbrinck Meuser School Pupil Hasselbrinck, Leo Meuser School Pupil Hasselbrinck, Leo Nauvoo School Pupil Hollis, Hobart Sheridan School Teacher Ireland Frohbieter School Pupil Jenkins Wallis Grove School Pupil Jenkins, Emma Meuser School Teacher Jenkins, Grace Wallis Grove School Teacher Johnson Sides School Pupil Johnson, Lilly Turner Foster School Teacher Jones, Pearl Smith School Teacher Jones, Susan Strickland School Teacher Jones, Susan Wallis Grove School Teacher Keeker (Louis) Sollman School Pupil Keeker, Fred Sollman School Pupil Keeker, Fred Wallis Grove School Pupil Keeker, Levi Wallis Grove School Pupil Keeker, Paul Sollman School Pupil Kell, Nellie Meuser School Teacher Kendle, Ola Sheridan School Pupil? Kiefer, Carrie Nauvoo School ?? (named as source) Kiesel, Anthony Strickland School Pupil Kiesel, John Strickland School Pupil Kiesel, Nettie Strickland School Pupil Kiesel, Rosa Strickland School Pupil King, Iona Nauvoo School Pupil King, Louis Nauvoo School Pupil Klusmeier, Kar Strickland School Pupil Klusmeier, Tom Nauvoo School Pupil Knoles, Ovella Sheridan School Pupil Knowles (Matt) Sheridan School Pupil Knowles, Forman Sheridan School Teacher Kohlmeier, Ruth Strickland School Teacher Kruse (August) Sollman School Pupil Kruse (Chris) Sollman School Pupil Kruse (Frank) Sollman School Pupil Kruse (John) Sollman School Pupil Kruse (Louis) Sollman School Pupil Kruse, Alma Sollman School Pupil Kruse, Charles Strickland School Pupil Kruse, Clarence Sollman School Pupil Kruse, Helen Strickland School Pupil Kruse, Irene Sollman School Pupil Kruse, Wilbert Sollman School Pupil Kruse, Wilfred Sollman School Pupil Kuester, Earl Nauvoo School Pupil Kuester, Elmer Nauvoo School Pupil Kuester, Raymond Nauvoo School Pupil Kuester, Viola Nauvoo School Pupil Lanphar, Oscar Foster School Teacher Linxweiler, Elterillo Hopkins School Teacher Lowe Sheridan School Pupil Lowe, Jessie Sollman School Teacher Lowe, Jessie Strickland School Teacher Lowe, Zola Strickland School Teacher Lupfer, Carl Sollman School Pupil Lupfer, Julius Sollman School Pupil Lynhc, Hazel Martin Meuser School Pupil? Maikranz Nauvoo School Pupil Malone, Helen Marie Nauvoo School ?? (named as source) Malone, Ruth Sollman School Teacher Mangrum Sheridan School Pupil Marlette, Lucia Sollman School Teacher martin Meuser School Pupil Martin, Edit Meuser School Pupil Martin, Ira Strickland School Pupil Martin, Ora Meuser School Pupil Martin, Ora Nauvoo School Pupil Martin, Ruth Meuser School Pupil McCarty (Elmer) Wallis Grove School Pupil McCarty Sides School Pupil McCarty, George Sides School Teacher McCarty, Tom Sheridan School Teacher McClaine, Margaret Foster School Teacher McCrea, Ruth Strickland School Teacher McCrea, Ruth Wallis Grove School Teacher McDonald, L. W. Nauvoo School Teacher McIntyre, Emma Hopkins School Teacher McIntyre, Emma Nauvoo School Teacher McIntyre, Emma Sheridan School Teacher McIntyre, Emma Smith School Teacher McIntyre, Herschel Wallis Grove School Pupil McIntyre, Jess Wallis Grove School Pupil McIntyre, Ruth Wallis Grove School Pupil Meuser Meuser School Pupil Meuser, Marguerite Meuser School Pupil Meuser, Ronald Meuser School Pupil Meyer (Alois) Sollman School Pupil Meyer Strickland School Pupil Meyer, Elsie Wallis Grove School Pupil Meyer, George Wallis Grove School Pupil Meyer, John Wallis Grove School Pupil Meyer, Raymond Wallis Grove School Pupil Michel, Bennie Sollman School Pupil Michel, Engelbert Sollman School Pupil Michel, Gerhard Sollman School Pupil Michel, Henry Sollman School Pupil Michel, Walter Sollman School Pupil Miller (Jake) Sollman School Pupil Miller, Alice Sollman School Pupil Miller, Daniel Sollman School Pupil Miller, Mabel Wallis Grove School Pupil Miller, Roscoe Meuser School Teacher Miller, Roscoe Sollman School Teacher Miller, Willis Wallis Grove School Pupil Nenneker, Amelia Strickland School Pupil Neubling, Walter Nauvoo School Pupil Neubling, Walter Wallis Grove School Pupil Niekamp, G. A. Nauvoo School Teacher Niekamp, G. A. Hopkins School Teacher Niekamp, G. A. Sollman School Teacher Oberleas, Edith Clark Sides School Teacher Obert (Anton, Jr.) Sollman School Pupil Obert, Clemens H. Sollman School Pupil Obert, Elnora Sollman School Pupil Oestreicher (George) Sollman School Pupil Olds (Guy) Meuser School Pupil Onstadt, Grace Strickland School Teacher Patterson Sheridan School Pupil Phmphrey, Zenas Sheridan School Pupil Pumphrey Sheridan School Pupil Rahn, Lydia Sollman School Pupil Redman, Nellie Meuser School Teacher Reed Nauvoo School Pupil Reed, C. A. Sollman School Teacher Reel, Rosa Strickland School Pupil Rhinefort, Adrian Sollman School Pupil Rhinefort, George Nauvoo School Teacher Rhinefort, George Strickland School Pupil Rhinefort, George Strickland School Teacher Rhinefort, Henry Strickland School Pupil Rhinefort, Lillian Strickland School Pupil Riddle, Dale Stewart Foster School Pupil Romershausen, Benjamin Strickland School Pupil Romershausen, John Strickland School Pupil Romershausen, Lillian Strickland School Pupil Scales Wallis Grove School Pupil Scales, Carl Wallis Grove School Pupil Scales, Earl Wallis Grove School Pupil Scales, Lester Wallis Grove School Pupil Scales, Pearl Wallis Grove School Pupil Scales, Ruby Wallis Grove School Pupil Schmits (Joe) Sollman School Pupil Schoultz Sheridan School Pupil Scott, Elizabeth Foster School Teacher Scott, Pauline Stewart Sheridan School Pupil Seidels Nauvoo School Pupil Sellers, Bertha Wallis Grove School Pupil Sellers, Frank Wallis Grove School Pupil Shanner, Thelma Wallis Grove School Teacher Sides Sides School Pupil Sims, Timothy Nauvoo School Teacher Sims, Timothy Sollman School Teacher Skelton, Emory Sheridan School Pupil Sokeland, Claude Sollman School Pupil Sokeland, Dora Sollman School Pupil Sokeland, Woodrow Sollman School Pupil Sollman (Ben) Wallis Grove School Pupil Sollman (George D.) Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Alma Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Anna Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Elizabeth Sollman School Pupil Sollman, George W. Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Hulda Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Marie Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Selma Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Veneda Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Viola Sollman School Pupil Sollman, Water Sollman School Pupil Stevens, Icel Meuser School Pupil Stevens, Simon Meuser School Pupil Stevenson Meuser School Pupil Stewart Foster School Pupil Stiefel (Albert) Sollman School Pupil Stiefel Frohbieter School Pupil Stiefel, Elnora Sollman School Pupil Stiefel, Vivian Sollman School Pupil Strawn, George Strickland School Pupil Strawn, James Strickland School Pupil Strawn, Leo Strickland School Pupil Strawn, Oscar Strickland School Pupil Strawn, Ray Strickland School Pupil Strickland, George Strickland School Teacher Strickland, Ruby Nauvoo School Teacher Strohm (Charles) Sollman School Pupil Stunkel, Clarence Strickland School Pupil Stunkel, John F. Frohbieter School Pupil Thompson, Ruth Wallis Grove School Pupil Toops, Elizabeth Williams Sheridan School Pupil Trible, Mr. Meuser School Teacher Turner, Jesse Sides School Teacher Wade, Agnes Meuser School Teacher Wade, Agnes Nauvoo School Teacher Wade, Agnes Wallis Grove School Teacher Wade, Jessie Nauvoo School Teacher Wagner, Jula Strickland School Pupil Walker Wallis Grove School Pupil Wallace, Grace Nauvoo School Teacher Wallis (Charles) Sheridan School Pupil Wallis, Elizabeth Sheridan School Pupil Wallis, Marge Sheridan School Pupil Wallis, Mose Sheridan School Pupil Walters, Fannie Nauvoo School Pupil Walters, Olive Nauvoo School Teacher Warren, Bud Wallis Grove School Pupil Warren, Ruth Wallis Grove School Pupil Watkins Sheridan School Pupil Watkins, Euphemia Strickland School Pupil Watkins, Leroy Strickland School Pupil Watkins, Octavia Strickland School Pupil Watkins, Paul Wallis Grove School Pupil Watkins, Ruth Wallis Grove School Pupil Watkins, Tommy Strickland School Pupil Watkins, Vernie Wallis Grove School Pupil Webb, Gladys Smith School Teacher Weber Strickland School Pupil Wehmer (George) Meuser School Pupil Wehmer (John) Meuser School Pupil Wehmer, Carrie Strickland School Pupil Wehmer, Dora Strickland School Pupil Wehmer, Ella Strickland School Pupil Wehmer, Elmer Strickland School Pupil Wehmer, William Strickland School Pupil White, Golda Wallis Grove School Teacher Wichman Strickland School Pupil Wilbers, Clara Wallis Grove School Pupil Wilbers, Frank Wallis Grove School Pupil Wilhite (Jess) Wallis Grove School Pupil Wilhite (Jim) Wallis Grove School Pupil Wilhite, Carl Meuser School Pupil Wilhite, Elsie Meuser School Pupil Williams (Tom) Sheridan School Pupil Williams, Alfred Sheridan School Teacher Williams, Asa L. Sheridan School Teacher Williams, Charles Sheridan School Pupil Williams, Herman Meuser School Teacher Williams, Herman Nauvoo School Teacher Williams, Sam Sheridan School Pupil Williamson, Arthur Sides School Teacher Wirth Nauvoo School Pupil Wirth, C. W. Wallis Grove School Teacher Wirth, Faye Nauvoo School Teacher Witten, Edna Strickland School Teacher Wittman Nauvoo School Pupil Woods Meuser School Pupil Woods Nauvoo School Pupil Woods Sides School Pupil Woods, Benson Nauvoo School Pupil Woods, Jessie Wade Meuser School Teacher Woods, Jessie Nauvoo School ?? (named as source) Woods, Lenora Meuser School Pupil Woods, Lina Nauvoo School ?? (named as source) Woods, Orval Meuser School Pupil Wright, Isaac Wallis Grove School Teacher Yates, Estella Smith School Teacher Yates, Stella Nauvoo School Teacher Yeager Wallis Grove School Pupil Yeager, J. A. Sides School Teacher (later an atty)