ALLEN COUNTY, KY - SCHOOLS MULBERRY HILL & MIDDLEFORK Submitted by Sandi Gorin June 06, 2001 MULBERRY HILL & MIDDLE FORK Mulberry Hill was in the Halfway community. Rev. BONNER preached here and shortly thereafter a church and school was organized in 1864. Early school trustees included W H JOHNSON, J V BELLER, J W WATKINS, Y R PRUITT, W D SPENCER, W H HENDRICKS, W E OLIVER, WOOD PRUITT & B S AYERS (1896-1899). J Y JONES was an early teacher. It merged with Halfway School. A class photo of 1907shows Joe LONES teacher and the following students: Curtis BELLER, Chester AYERS, Laymon COOKSEY, Della CORNWELL THACKER, Alince COOKSEY KITCHENS, Classie PRUITT FREEMAN, Chloe PRUITT SPENCER, Maple SPENCER SPEARS a COOKSEY, Lois PRUITT SHERRELL, Alva HENDRICKS ADEN, Carl JOHNSON, Vernis COOKSEY, Emmel AYERS, Lurel AYERS, Lolton JUSTICE, Albert SPENCER, Harrison OLIVER, Frank SPENCER, Felmer COOKSEY MOODY, Angie OLIVER SMITH, Zelma SPENCER CONNER, Lillie CORNWELL OLIVER, Alva Eddy WHEAT, Hattie JUSTICE JOHNSON, Isaac Farmer COOKSEY, Brad OLIVER and Eldon HENDRICKS. New Middle Fork School was in the Clare community in western Allen Co on the Perrytown Road. Trustees 1896-1905 included: J W WADE, J R RIPPY, J L GIBSON, L P JCKSON, J R MAYHEW, G H NEWMAN, Claire WADE, W V LEWIS & J B WADE. Some teachers included: Minnie HILL, Ruth HARRIS, Adolphus STAMPS, Eva MAYHEW, Josei HANCOCK, Mrs G R SMITH, Mae NEWMAN, Alvin MOORE, Anna BROWN, Mrs W B CHANEY Jr, Annie GILLENWATER, Prudie POWELL HARRELL, Will GAINES and Burnette JOHNSON GILLENWATER. An undated class photo shows teacher Pearl HARGIS and students: Willie TRAVIS, Gerald LEE, Venus TRAVIS, Paul ALLEN, Leo CREASEY, Earl JONES, Beacham CLINE, Odessa ONEAL,Vera Alice POPE, Mary ESTELL TRAVELSTEAD, Unavee ONEAL, Irene TAYLOR, Rebecca WADE, Catherine DODSON, Gladys McELROY,Lola May TRAVELSTEAD, Myrtle SHAW, Lucille WADE, Oleta DODSON, Raymond TRAVELSTEAD and Bassil HILL. ********************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. **********************