Caldwell County MO Archives History .....THE LITTLE BROWN SCHOOL HOUSE IN HAMILTON 
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THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN HAMILTON UP TO 1865
	Narrator:  George Richardson, 78

     Mr. Richardson did not go to these schools, but his older sisters did.  
The first school in Hamilton was taught at the home of A.G. Davis in the late 
50s by Miss Mary Gartland; pupils were the Davis children and a few others in 
town.  The next year, the school was moved to an old log house which Mr. Davis 
had hauled in town.  It had been the office of the Green stage coach line and 
stood on the present Mrs. Carrie Thornton premises.  There about 15 children 
went to Miss Gartland, the Davis children, the Buster children, etc.  The 
parents all helped pay her a small salary.  It ran there long enough for Joe 
Davis, born 1857, to attend there.  Henry Gee is said to have run a private 
school there at this time.  Those children whose parents did not wish to pay 
for schooling, went out to the Dodge school (Independence) which was some 
nearer town than now.
     The first public or free school in Hamilton was taught by Mrs. Elizabeth 
Morton Lenderson, sister of John and "Cap" Morton, and aunt of Mrs. Maud 
Harlow of Hamilton.  This school was on the second floor of an old building on 
north Main, a little north of the present site of North side of the Lumber 
Yard.  The first floor was the hardware store of John Morton.  Mr. Lenderson 
had taught at Mirabile during the war, and had previously taught up in Daviess 
county, being one of the earliest teachers in that county.  One of her pupils 
was the father of Mayor W.W. Buster of Hamilton.
     After her school, came the schools conducted by the town with Professor 
Helm and Professor Hill, which have been described by others.
     Interview  1934.


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