History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 103

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110

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District Number 55, the Stickney school, was organized in 1869. Daniel Cossairt, Eli Hoskins and James F. Morris were the first school officers. The first term of school was taught by William B. Campbell. Instruction was given in a log building which stood about eighty rods north of the present location. The other teachers were Bettie Clark, John Donohue, M. A. Stick- ney, Annie Stickney, Martin Greeley, Ella Hanscom, G. W. Bemus, Cordelia Spauld- ing, Mary Greeley, James H. Bonham, Net- tie Noyes, Charles W. Hoyt, Eunice Good- speed, Lizzie F. Greeley, A. R. Adkins, Mary J. Jackmann, Anna McCarthy, Cora Borthwick, Nellie E. Dayton, Mattie Mason, Carrie Heywood, Addie Cossairt, Jennie Cossairt, Lulu Sturgis, W. M. Whitney, Ad- die King, Jessie Abbot, W. F. Meagher, Eliza Bullivant, W. A. Wade, Hattie Pap- penfus, George F. Zimmermann, Laura Kiernan, Constance E. Winings, Anna Proesch, Bernice Cline, M. Jennie Lyons, Blanche Lyons, Josephine Ross, Vera Bramhall, Charlotte Ferdinantsen and Olive M. Williams.

District Number 80, the village school of Kimball, was organized in 1869. The schoolhouse first stood half a mile north of the present village limits, on the Bel- knap farm. After the building of the Soo railroad the village of Kimball was founded, but the school continued outside the corporate limits. The people living in the town finally outnumbered those in the country and a special election was called for the selection of a new school site. The supporters of the village were in the majority and they carried the elec-

tion. However, the rural patrons were de termined not to surrender the schoolhouse, and put up a strenuous fight for its pos- session. Finally, one night a crowd of Kimballites sallied out and placing the schoolhouse on skids dragged it into town. This action was merely taken to determine a question of right, for the little building was never used for school purposes after that. A four-room structure was built, which served the district till 1911, when it was destroyed by fire. Immediately fol- lowing this catastrophe a fine modern building was erected. Some of the prin- cipals of the Kimball school were Ada Snow, Miss A. C. Tyler, D. W. Spaulding, Walter F. Salisbury, Cecilia Kimball, F. W. Magnusson, J. B. Vincent, Harry L. Moodey, Charles V. Bond, Hanphyn T. Carlson, Arthur Fitch and F. W. Marshik. The assistant teachers were Parthena Mc- Kain, Libby Mullen, Blanche Kimball, Elva J. Mead, Clara Shoemaker, Jessie Milton, Clara French, Clara Hertig, Pearl Richard- son, Mavis Converse, Fanny Salitermann, Verna Caylor, Cornelia Swenson, Macie French, Mabel Hamilton, Lillie Claesson, Bessie Mollison, Verna Kochendorfer, Pearl Linn, Anna Thorpe.

Immediately upon the change of school sites, as related above, the people living in the country petitioned the county com- missioners for a new district, and the prayer was granted December 17, 1889. The new organization was given the num- ber 147, although it was more familiarly known as the Wade district. Some of the teachers employed in this school were Pearl Z. Linn, Minnie C. Schultz, Anna Streed, Amelia Von Levern, Catherine O'Donnell, Verna Caylor, Nannie M. An- derson and Minnie Poepke. There is truth in the saying that old loves never cool. For over twenty years this schoolhouse stood at the very gates of Kimball, ac- commodating a small enrollment while many pupils passed its doors to attend the graded school in the village. In 1911 Han- phyn T. Carlson, who was then principal of the Kimball school, began a movement toward consolidation, and so firmly did the seed take root that on May 12, 1913, an almost unanimous vote was cast in fa- vor of consolidation.

District Number 90, the Ethen school, was organized in 1872. The first school

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officers were Peter Ethen, P. J. Nies and Mathias Pent. John Moos, now residing in Seattle, Washington, was the first teacher, twenty pupils attending. The teachers later employed were Frank EI- lenbecker, Peter Meyer, Peter Schomer, Hubert Hansen, August Doerner, Jacob Bold, Nicholas Wenner, Peter Nohner, Henry Reiter, Michael S. Weyrens, John B. Glass, John Jacobs, John M. Goetz, Nicho- las Schmit, Nicholas J. Krier, Peter P. Weber, Albert A. Eich, William Schulte, John B. Maus, Mae Bliss, Joseph Koschiol, Andrew W. Bauer, Barbara Tschumperlin, Margaret Raykowski, Margaret Keil, John Walz and William Mechtenberg.

District Number 99, known as the Becker Settlement school, was organized in 1888. Frank Greenwald was the first clerk, Ger- hard Stelten, treasurer, and George W. Humes, director. Kate Courtney, now Mrs. Michael Quinn of Litchfield, was the first teacher. School was first taught in St. Anne's Catholic church, a log structure which stood about fifteen rods west of the present building, and may still be seen about a mile northwest of the schoolhouse, although services have not been held in it for a number of years. The attendance in this school has always been large. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Beckers had eighteen chil- dren, and others also had large families. At no time was the school term voted less than eight months. The teachers employed after Miss Courtney were Eunice Duffy, Mary Campbell, Mary J. D. Kennedy, Anna McCarthy, Edward M. Gans, John M. Goetz, John T. Mies, Blanche Kimball, A. C. Sei- fert, Peter Nohner, Joseph Kruchten, M. Krier, Edward F. Kiernan, Mrs. William May, Mrs. A. Anderson, Ignatius Lemm, James Backes, T. F. Kiernan and Rose M. Courtney.

District Number 150, the school at Marty or Pearl Lake, was organized in 1890. The first directors were Thomas Neubeck, Henry Steichen and Joseph Scheeler. John Jacobs, now living at Richmond, was the first teacher. School was first taught in a frame building situated one and one-quar- ter miles south of the present site. Other teachers employed were J. N. Weber, M. J. Molitor, M. C. Loesch, Ignatius Fuchs, Math Louis, Anna Marschall, John Weber, Joseph Walz, Edward Arnold and Kath- erine Knipple.

North Fork Township .- The first school in the township of North Fork was taught in 1868 by Edward Meagher in a very primitive structure situated on the south- east quarter of the southwest quarter of section 14. Embrick Knudson, Ole O. Heieie and Ole Hafthorn were the first school officers. The original area of the district comprised twenty-two sections, which gradually diminished as new dis- tricts were formed later on. The other teachers employed in this district were Katherine Meagher, Samuel Meagher, Ole O. Heieie, Emma Reynolds, Christine Ja- cobson, Ole E. Vig, J. B. Locke, Jennie Johnson, Maggie McCarty, Gustav Levor- son, James Sanders, E. E. Iverson, Marie Hafthorn, Mamie Brown, Agnes Mitchell, Carrie Ross, Mable Skimland, Martha Tor- culson, Julia Riley, Theodore Hokenstad, Paul Mitchell, Annie Johnson, Katherine Macfarlane, Alice McGenty. The school in this district is known locally as the Kit- telson school, though its official designa- tion is District Number 66.

District Number 67 was organized Sep- tember 8, 1869, the district embracing nine sections. The first schoolhouse stood half a, mile east of the present location. It was replaced by a more modern structure in 1892, which was moved to the present site in 1906. The teachers employed in this district, were Katie Riley, Lily Lahr, Mag- gie Nugent, Julia Nelson, Maggie Hawkins, George Farraby, Mary Miller, E. E. Iver- son, Anna Allen, Nora Peterson, Mary Rooney, Maggie Meagher, Gertrude Mit- chell, Katie Martin, Margaret Wilson, Martha Rooney, Beatrice Daugherty, Mary Morgan, Agnes Hanahan, Phoebe Smith, Mavis Convers, Nina Bohne, Mabelle Brown, Inga Herbrandson, Mamie Gan- non.

District Number 83, known locally as the Baalson school, was organized in 1870. The first school officers were S. E. Dolehus, Ellen Baalson and Ole Herbrandson. Anna K. Kyllo, later Mrs. Olavus Torguson, was the first teacher, eighteen pupils attend- ing. Nels K. Strande, clerk of the district, has prepared an exhaustive report from which it appears that, for the first three years, the district boasted no schoolhouse. The first year school was taught in the home of Ellen Baalson, while the house of Ole Naprud was used the two years fol-

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lowing. In 1873 a log shanty, fourteen feet long and twelve feet wide, was erected on the northeast corner of section 30. The salary paid the first teacher was $12 per month, while her successor received $20. For a number of years $28 and $30 per month was the usual salary. Narve Erick- son, a farmer forty-five years of age, at- tended school part of the time during the first term, together with his two daugh- ters, Barbro and Runnog .. The teachers following Miss Kyllo were S. E. Meagher, Edward Meagher, Katherine Meagher, Ole O. Heieie, Ole E. Vig, Gustav Levorson, E. E. Iverson, Edward Braaten, Maria Haf- ton, Nora Peterson, Agnes Michels, Inge- borg Herbrandson, Lydia Gjermundson, Hulda Gjermundson, Mina Hjeldness, Theodore Hokenstad, Menora Steen, Gunda Johnson.

District Number 109 was organized in 1878 with Andrew N. Moen, Kittle Halvor- son and Andrew Erickson as school of- ficers. Thomas Kjeldahl was the first teacher. The names of only a few of the teachers employed in this district can be learned. These are Robert Rogers, Marie Huselid, Sidie Littig, Huldah Germundson, Julia Swenson, Marie H. Walker, Mrs. Roy Smith, Martha Torculson, Christine Heieie, Clara Larson, Agnes Adams.

District Number 145, the Brooten vil- lage school, was organized in 1890 .. May Johnson was the first teacher, and for eight years one teacher did the work alone. The school house was a one-room structure, occupying the present site of the Farmers' creamery. After 1898 there came a gradual healthy growth, and since that year it has been necessary to steadily in- crease the force of teachers. The dis- trict became independent in 1910. New buildings have been erected and nine teachers are employed at present. Agri- cultural and home economics departments are being maintained in connection. The Brooten school is classed among the largest graded schools in the state. Miss Johnson, the first teacher, was followed by Gustav Levorson, James Sanders and Dun- can Mckenzie, who had no assistants. Later principals were B. E. Cooley, H. C. Hendershott, J. W. Fay, Fred Graff, R. J. McClintock and George Bakalyar. The as- sistants were Mary M. Brown, Edith Kemp, Lillian Thorson, Mary Carr, Lil-

lian Schwartz, Mrs. S. A. Vesledahl, Carrie Ross, Mabel Skimland, Dagne Johnson, Anna Price, Rose McNallan, Delia Sim- mers, Mary E. Wahl, Ella Glen, Marie Hooverson, Clara Barker, Grace F. Sayers, Genevieve Love, Olive V. Chelgren, Mayme Caspari, Ruth L. Tyler, Ethel McBain, Marian Johnston, Anna Eickhoff, Alice Cal- lahan, Lillian Kemkes, F. T. Rees, Harriet Wheeler and Estella Reiner.

District Number 191, known as the Luk- kason school, was organized in 1901. The first school officers were Gustav Levorson, Mathew Sanders and Ole O. Lee. Grace Wamsley, now Mrs. William Martin of Sedan, was the first teacher. In the ab- sence of a proper building school was taught in a barn belonging to Christ Luk- kason. During the first term forty-three pupils attended, a number which has been considerably decreased since then. The teachers employed in this district were Maggie Sanders, Martha Torkulson, Ru- dolph Hokenstad, Theodore Hokenstad, Lydia Germundson, Mamie Gannon, Afra Myron, Alma Larson, Katherine Macfar- lane, Mae Gannon, Ida Spieker and Anna Corneliuson.

Oak Township. District Number 23, the school at New Munich, was the first or- ganized in the township of Oak. It came into being in 1857, with William Bohmer, Henry Marthaler and Gerhard Terhaar school officers. The district originally em- braced thirty-nine sections in the town- ships of Oak and Grove. The first school- house used was a log structure which occu- pied the present site. Joseph Duerr was the first teacher. He was followed by Miss C. Zimmer, Math Gans, Joseph Heimer, Henry Broker, Bernhard Mohrmann and Stephen Mondschein. Following Mr. Mond- schein, Sisters of the Order of St. Bene- dict took charge of the school and have continued in the work to the present day. Among the pupils who attended this school were the Rev. Herman Bergmann, now prior of St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, the Rev. Thomas Borgerding, the Rev. Henry Borgerding, the Rev. George Wilkes, the Rt. Rev. M. Hiltner, H. J Haskamp, Christ Borgerding, John Boh- mer and Herman Rose, all of whom have attained prominence. The old log school- house gave way to a frame structure in 1868, which in turn was replaced by a

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two-room brick building in 1886, to which an addition was built in 1902. A number of state fair prizes were awarded pupils of this school in 1913 and 1914, among others, the first prize for a stocking darn executed by Mary Raeker.

District Number 102, the Freeport school, was organized in 1874. At that time the number of settlers was so small that the originators of the petition had great difficulty in securing the required number of signers. The first building used was a log structure which occupied the present site. This was soon replaced, by a larger frame schoolhouse, to which an addition was built in 1890, providing room for two teachers. The first teacher was Bernard Borgerding, now the Rev. Henry Borgerding, O. S. B., chaplain at St. Bene- dict's Academy, St. Joseph. He was fol- lowed by Henry Benolken, Mr. Moersch, John Steichen, Joseph Hilt, Louis Wieber, Joseph Heinen and Gotthard Harren. The first assistant teacher was John A. Maus, who was followed by Paul Ahles, J. C. Diekmann, Nicholas Steil, Joseph P. Benol- ken, Jacob L. Hohmann, N. P. Phlepsen, Michael Theisen, John Stock, Sebastian G. De Gross, Theresa Bauer, Susan Bauer, Olivia Bechtold, Mathilda Huf, Celia Ham- merl and Mary Buttweiler. In 1913 Sis- ters of the Order of St. Benedict took charge of the lower rooms.

Without doubt the most widely known of the Stearns county teachers was Gott- hard Harren, who was principal of the Freeport school for over twenty-four years. Mr. Harren was born in St. Wendel (Lux- emburg), Stearns county, in 1860, his par- ents being among the first settlers of that section. He attended the common schools for as many months each year as his parents could spare him, and later entered the normal school at St. Cloud, where he fitted himself for the profession which was to become his life work. He taught in several of the rural schools of the county, and in 1890 went to Freeport as the first principal of the then two-room village school. He completed twenty-four years of school work in the village and had en- tered upon his twenty-fifth when he was suddenly taken ill and died on the evening of Thursday, November 26th (Thanksgiv- ing), 1914. The esteem in which this teacher was held may best be learned from

an account of his funeral which appeared in the St. Cloud Times.

"Perhaps the most largely attended and impressive funeral services over the re- mains of a layman ever witnessed in Stearns county, were held at Freeport Tuesday morning when the remains of the late Gotthard Harren were laid to rest. Fully two thousand people from all parts of the county were in attendance, includ- ing among them twelve priests and a large number of teachers.

"At 9:30 the school children, with draped banners, escorted the priests and acolytes from the church to the Harren home, whence, after a short prayer, the remains were taken to the church, the Catholic Men's Society of Freeport immediately preceding the casket. The following teach- ers acted as pall-bearers: Louis Wieber, who will succeed Mr. Harren at Freeport; John A. Maus of Watkins; C. A. Boerger, principal of the school at St. Anthony; W. F. Kuehnl of St. Rosa; J. C. Diek- mann, principal of the school at St. Mar- tin; and Henry W. Lembeck of Spring Hill. An honorary escort of fourteen men walked in double ranks beside the casket. These were: County Superintendent of Schools W. A. Boerger, County Attorney Paul Ahles, Sheriff B. E. Schoener, Judge of Probate J. B. Himsl, Representative- elect Henry Stoetzel, John Stock of St. Joseph, A. H. Kessler and Edward Ort- mann, principal and assistant of the Meire Grove school; John Wocken, principal of the Cold Spring school; Michael Lutgen of District Number 81; Frank Herzog, principal of the Rockville school; Her- mann Ricker of District Number 183, and N. K. Weber of District Number 125.

"At the church a solemn requiem mass was sung, with the Very Rev. Hermann, O. S. B., prior of St. John's Abbey, as celebrant, Rev. Kilian, O. S. B., president of St. John's University, as deacon and Rev. F. Wiechmann, a former pupil of the deceased as sub-deacon. Rev. Henry Leuthner of Marty and Rev. Meinrad, O. S. B., of Freeport acted as masters of ceremonies. Present in the sanctuary were the Rev. Anton Artz of Sauk Centre; the Rev. Meinulph, O. S. B., of St. Martin; the Rev. Maurus, O. S. B., of Cold Spring; the Rev. Lucas, O. S. B., of New Munich; the Rev. Alto, O. S. B., of St. Cloud; the

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Rev. Henry, O. S. B., of St. Joseph, and the Rev. Joseph Buscher of Mayhew Lake. The Rev. Anton Artz delivered a masterful sermon in which he briefly reviewed the life of the deceased, dwelling upon the excellent character of the man."

District Number 33, known as the Fried- rich school, was organized in 1878. The first school officers were Hermann Bock- hold, Peter Friederichs and Joseph Hoppe. Dina Bergmann, now Mrs. John Hoeschen of Los Angeles, California, was the first teacher, twenty-seven pupils attending. For the first term no school building had been provided, so instruction was given in the kitchen of Joseph Hoppe's home. The teachers following Miss Bergmann were Barney Borgerding, Henry Benolken, John Wocken, Frank Brinkmann, Conrad Mar- schall, Joseph Kramps, Henry Benolken, Anna Christen, J. B. Himsl, James Dufner, John Schwinghammer, Joseph Lommel, Mary Jackale, Joseph Gumper, Henry Briol, Rosalie Weisser, Rose Strobel and Mathilda Wimmer.

District Number 117, the Rieland school, was organized in 1881. Hubert Rieland, J. T. Hoppe and Peter Caspers were the first school officers. The first teacher was John Steichen. He was followed by Casper Kramps, Peter Gans, John Glass, Frank Rieland, Henry Reiter, Jacob L. Hohmann, Frank Rieland, Paul Ahles, John Nieren- garten, Anton Rieland, Albert A. Eich, John A. Kraus, P. A. Sand, Jacob Jacobs, Nicholas Schmitz, Theodore Schulte, and Martin J. Schmitt.

Paynesville Township. The first school in the township of Paynesville was taught within the present village limits, but since the history of the Independent districts has been assigned to others it need not be dwelt on at any greater length here. The first rural school was taught in Dis- trict Number 43, known as the Zion school and situated about half way between Roscoe and Paynesville. The district was organized in 1863. The first school officers were John Baitinger, Michael Schultz and John Boylan. Mary Blakely was the first teacher. The first building was a log struc- ture occupying the present site. Other teachers employed were R. D. Abbott, Charles W. Ferree, M. U. Ivers, F. B. Hoar, Maud Whitney, H. A. Bretzke, Clara Kuhn, Gottfried Voss, Gustave Koepp, Minnie

Hedlund, Marie Heuslin, Hazel Seavey, Cora Klampe, Celia Knebel, Gladys Lat- terell and Lydia Groenig. The Reverend Messrs. Baitinger, Schoenleben, Helmer, Freitag, Gedorsch and Hertzberg attended this school in their boyhood.

District Number 52, better known as the Blakely and the Koronis school, was or- ganized March 30, 1867. D. S. Twitchell was elected director, Jacob Staples, treas- urer, and Hugh Blakely, clerk. Three months of school was voted for the first year, and was taught by Mrs. Alzina Blakely at her home. The clerk calls it "sitting room, dining room, kitchen and school room all in one." The wages were $16 per month. In 1868 the district bought a log building of Robert Blakely, which stood in the township of Roseville, in Kandiyohi (then Monongalia) county, for the sum of $80, which was used as a schoolhouse for about twelve years. In 1878 it was decided at the annual meeting to build a schoolhouse on the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of Section 30 in the township of Paynesville in Stearns county. The old building was traded off to Charles Pemble for the new site, comprising one-half acre of land. A schoolhouse, 18x24, was erected the fol- lowing year, to which an addition was built in 1896. The building is fully equipped with maps, globes, charts, black- boards, library, drinking fountain, clock, heating and ventilating plant and new fur- niture. The free text book system is used. The following persons attended the school in 1867: Ellen, Nancy, Crawford, Frank, Jestina, Moses and Caroline Blakely; E. H. and F. W. Lester; Emily and Fred Twitchell; A. W. Flanders, Elizabeth Wil- son, Ellen and Viola Brown, Anna, Dennis, Paul and Henry Kelley and Frank Wire. The teachers employed in the school were Mrs. Alzina Blakely, Ellen L. Siver, Mary and Ellen Blakely, John W. Darby, Albert E. Bugbie, Ellen B. Clark, Ellen Lester, Ida A .. Blaisdell, Eliza Blakely, Hattie Christholm, Grace Lester, Etta Geer, Maggie Mckinley, Emma Caswell, Grace Kelley, N. Rogers, M. E. Brown, Susan G. Benton, Lazar Hoar, Lee Barber, Hattie Siver, Ida Brown, Victoria Gale, Adelphia Pemble, Mable Phipps, Anna Stein, J. F. Christholm, Josephine Appelgren, Ida L. Libby, B. Holgerson, R. W. Hoskins, J. W.

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Nox, Alma Hind, Josephine Sanborn, Eva Pemble, Cora Moorman, Dora Ryff, Evan- geline Gazin and Bertha Pemble.

District Number 162 was organized in 1892. George Conrad, C. D. Hudson and Frank Brown were the school officers. Ida Brown, now living at Sunnyside, Wash- ington, was the first teacher. School was taught in the present building, fourteen pupils attending. Other teachers employed were Dolly Young, Cora Sheldon, Delpha Pemble, Carrie McGowan, John Chisholm, Willis Knox, Gustav Koepp, Grace Haines, Victoria Gale, Ella Paasche, Cora Klampe, Phoebe LeMunyan, Martha Moede and Josephine Appelgren.

District Number 171, known as the Northtown school, was organized in 1894. The first school board was composed of William Manz, S. P. Roach and I. Swan- son. Mary Walberg, now living at Kim- ball, was the first teacher. School was first taught in a building on the south side of the river, but later it was moved to Northtown. Other

teachers employed were Gustav Koepp, L. R. Abbot, Edith Sheldon, Elbertine Davis, Eva Norris, Frank Weber, G. O. Voss, Susan Roach, R. S. Weber, May Fearon, Nellie Whalen, Adel Holquist, Ella Paasche, Victoria Gale, Eva Pemble and Ethel Kachel.

Raymond Township. The first school in the township of Raymond was taught by Mrs. Eliza Richardson in the summer of 1867, in an unoccupied dwelling house be- longing to P. Smith. This was in what is known as Lyman Prairie, in which Dis- trict Number 57 had been organized a few months before. How long this old build- ing was used is not known. All records belonging to the district have been de- stroyed and no old settlers remain. Other teachers employed in this district were Ed McIntyre, Eva Grimes, Laura McIntyre, Maggie Hawkins, Anna Kraft, Katherine George, Blanche Frazier, Mary Hawkins, Charlotte Swift, Augusta Nelson, Myrtle Hendry, Hazelle Zinn and Verona Maloney.

District Number 58, known as the Eben- steiner school, was organized in 1867, only a few months after District Number 57 in Lyman Prairie. Unfortunately nothing at all is known of the early history of this district. All that remains is an old school- house in a pasture half a mile north of the present school site. This is a frame

building with a log foundation in which school was taught in the early days, but whether it was the scene of the very first instructions or not is not known. The building was rudely furnished and it is said that the children were obliged to bring their chairs with them. Since none of the homes boasted a larger number of chairs than were actually needed, the chil- dren had to carry them to and from school morning and evening, thereby providing an interesting sight. The names of only a few of the teachers employed could be learned and these are of more recent years. About twenty years ago the site was changed to the present location and a frame school- house erected. This was afterwards de- stroyed by fire and with it all the records. A new building was provided, and the old structure in the pasture, after serving for a time as a dwelling house and later as a granary, gradually fell into disuse and ruin. The teachers whose names could be learned were Margaret Meagher, Julia Egan, Grace Doherty, Ella W. Jones, Elea- nora Maehren, Louise F. Young, Leona M. Lovell, Bertha Winkler, and Mary Mit- chell.

District Number 70, the Padua school, was organized in 1871. The first school officers were John Darcy, Patrick Killeen and Hugh Rooney. Catherine Rooney, now living in Alaska, was the first teacher. School was first taught in a log building which stood something over a mile east of the present site. Thirty-nine children at- tended. Other teachers in this school were Patrick Grimes, Hugh McFarlane, Samuel E. Meagher, John Rooney, Thomas Killeen, Paris Bruce, William Martin, Maggie Gibbon, Katherine Meagher, Archie Hickock, Julia Gannon, Mary Riley, Emily Rassier, Agnes Kinsella, Jacob Zimmer, Gertrude Mitchell, Anna Macfarlane, Mary Trzewik, Mae E. Doyle, Mrs. Nellie Marx, John F. Schwinghammer, Alma Kaufmann, Mary L. Zapp, Mabel Bean, Olive Williams, and Ellen J. Callahan.

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History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 103

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843- Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper Number of Pages: 1110

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110