Certified Teachers 1895-1897,  Henderson County Texas

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East Texas Family Records Vol. 13 No. 1, Spring 1989
 HENDERSON COUNTY - “Certified Teachers, 1895 - 1897”
By; Estelle Corder, LaRue, Texas
         
             There is a wealth of information in each county in the old school records.
         Our school records in Henderson County are stored in the county clerk’s office.
         I have sent you a copy of what I found on my aunts and uncles and George Dixon,
         (my grandfather) a trustee in 1896—1879.  My family came into the county in 1892.
         Families that have lived in a county since the 50’s and 60’s can find so much
         information.

              As a note of interest on the teaching certificate, Ambrose Dixon taught
         school and after having five children decided to become a medical doctor.  He
         did by going to school one term and teaching one term.  His family lived with my
         grandparents one year and then his wife’s parents the next year.  If he made
         enough money the family would live with him in Texarkana while he went to school.
         
             The year Uncle Ambrose taught school at Clear Creek, he whipped all of the
         boys the first day. The boys had a habit of running the teacher off within a
         week or two. BUT, they had never had a Dixon.  After that day, he had control
         of his class and taught his term.  Later, a first cousin of mine was going to
         •teach at Clear Creek and she lasted about ten days.
         
         AMBROSE DIXON, Cat Fish, p. o., age 22, no experience in Texas — 2nd grade
         certificate of diploma — issued August 17, 1899 for four years
         VICTORIA DIXON, age 20, — 2nd grade certificate — issued June 22, 1897
         AMBROSE DIXON, Malakoff, Texas, male, age 23, born in Ill. - 2nd grade
         State — issued October 1, 1895
         A. DIXON, Malakoff, Texas, age 24, 2 years experience, 1st grade certificate—
         issued August 22, 1896
         DRUSILLA DIXON, New York Post Office, age 19, no experience, 1st grade certif-
         icate for two years, issued August 21, 1897.
          AMBROSE DIXON, Cat Fish, Post Office, age 20, 2nd grade, issued September 21,
         1895
          VICTORIA DIXON, Cat Fish Post Office, age 20, 2nd grade, September 21, 1895
         A. DIXON, Malakoff, Texas, age 24, 2 years experience, 1st grade, issued August
         22, 1896
         DRUSILLA DIXON, New York Post Office, age 19, issued August 21, 1897 (same as
         above)
         LUTHER DIXON, Malakoff, Texas, age 24, born in Ill. — 2nd grade county, issued
         Feb. 16, 1903.
         AMBROSE DIXON, Payne Spring, age 29, 6 years experience, county 2nd grade, issued
         June 21, 1904
             
	TEACHERS IN HENDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS    
         Campbell Chapel, 1896—97—— Victoria Dixon, teacher, 20 students $30.00
         Clear Creek                                   — 1896—97—— A. Dixon, 40 pupils — $40.00
         Cummins — Drusilla Dixon (Trustees same as Carroll Spring   1896—97
         Elm Springs                   — Ambrose Dixon, teacher, $45.00   1896—97
         Pine Forest           — Victoria Dixon, teacher, salary $40.00   1896—97
         Clear Creek                     — Luther Dixon, (1901—1902)
         Myrtle Spring — George Dixon — trustee                      1896—97