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The common branches were generally taught and frequently teachers were found of unusual educational qualifications and in such instances some of the higher branches of education were taught.
The first schools were in log school houses. One of the early cabins used for school purposes was located on the Clear Fork near the Major Neal farm; another was just west of the old Pettis farm, and another between the residences of Anthony Owsley and Isaac McDonald. The door of this last was so low the older pupils had to stoop to enter.
Early Teachers .- Among the pioneer school teachers of Jefferson township were Dabney Pettis, a Virginian; Thab Butler, who also came from Virginia : Edward C. Curren, from Kentucky; Samuel Lowe, from Kentucky, who afterward became clerk of the state Legislature; Mrs. Nancy Bryant, a widow; Ep. M. Smith, from Kentucky, who was con- sidered one of the best teachers in the locality ; William Winfrey, from Tennessee; Joe Goodwin, Green Reese, William Fewel and a Mr. Nutter.
Early Stores and Postoffices .- Harrodsburg. according to the old United States Census, had a population of twenty-five, with postoffice, two or three stores and blacksmith shop. It was on the Warrensburg- Warsaw road.
Eldorado, a small place not now appearing on the map, was a trad- ing point in the early days and Robert Irwin kept a general store there immediately after the war. Later he was succeeded by Robert Harris in the business and Dr. George Harris was engaged in the practice of medicine there.
Burtville, Henrietta and Owsley were early settlements, where there are still stores. Henrietta was made a postoffice in 1879. W. P. Green- lee was the first postmaster.
Bowen is a village on the Rock Island railroad located in Jefferson township near the line of Henry county. It was platted April 3. 1905, on land owned by W. A. Garrett and his wife, Alice Garrett, when what is now the Rock Island railroad was being constructed. When the coal mines were operating it was a very busy town. A store and a number of houses, many vacant, are still there.
Sutherland is a station on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad, with a store and other houses.
Justices .- The justices of the peace of Jefferson township, as far back as the records go, with the dates of their election, are: 1836. Josiah
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B. Bullock, Andrew Clark; 1842, Aiglon Price, Fabius M. Butler; 1844, Alfred B. Shepherd, Randolph Hazelwood, Toliver W. Gresham, Charles Wingfield; 1846, Thomas J. Davis, Seth Stephens, Owen Cooper : 1850, William S. Snelling, Samuel Himes, William Jennings; 1852, Benjamin B. Caldwell. Daniel Allen, Randolph Hazelwood; 1856, Randolph Hazel- wood, Robert Embesson; 1860, O. Cheatham, G. W. Wheatley; 1878, John Richardson, C. T. Caldwell; 1880, J. Street; 1882, J. N. Richard- son, W. Y. Cross : 1890. David Cooper, Franklin Moseley ; 1896, Thomas Johnson, J. W. Russell; 1898, J. W. Russell. Fielding Glass; 1900. M. C. Draper : 1902. M. C. Draper, George F. Moseley ; 1906, T. M. Case, George F. Moseley; 1910, T. M. Case, George F. Moseley ; 1914, T. M. Case, George F. Moseley.
County Officers .- The following are the officers who have been elected from the township since 1882, with the dates of their election:
1882-D. L. Sutherland (Democrat), county judge.
1884-86-Sidney Jarvis (Democrat), county judge. 1890-94-1914-John M. Caldwell (Democrat), county clerk.
1894-James A. Wingfield ( Democrat), county judge.
1904-06-M. C. Draper (Democrat ), collector.
1904-06-H. H. Hudson (Democrat ), sheriff.
1916-T. L. Kimzey (Democrat ), county judge.
1916-James O. Sutherland (Democrat), representative.
Population .- The population of Jefferson township, by United States Census, was:
-1850-
-1860-
White. Colored. Total.
White. Colored. Total.
794 209 1,003
1,324
364 1,588
1880
1890
1900
1910
1,403
1,270
1,242
1,296
Personal Property and Products .- Agriculture and personal prop- erty statistics for Jefferson township as given by Missouri State Reports for 1877, and Johnson county assessors' lists for 1896 and 1916. are :
1877
1877
1896 1916
Wheat, bushels
41,900
Horses
775
937
900
Corn, bushels
283,905
Mules
356
398 259
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Barley, bushels
300
Cattle
1,977
1,762
2,251
Oats, bushels
6,310
Sheep
1,129
360
130
Rye, bushels
150
Hogs
2,521
2,042
1,235
Tobacco, pounds
17,480
Asses
none
10
19
Wool, pounds
2,943
Hay, tons
1,475
Molasses, gallons
3,108
Wine, gallons
7
1879
1916
Notes and money
$16,985
$ 27,800
Other personalty
15,100
21,355
All personalty
99,390
142,215
County road improvements made by the township, since this sys- tem was established in 1911, were up to January 1, 1918, twenty-two in number and aggregated $1.157.50 furnished by citizens of the township, and $1,100 by the county. In amount of this work Jefferson township ranks ninth among the townships of the county.
Organizations .- The following is a complete list of all organizations of every kind in Jefferson township. Full details of each organization are in separate chapters on the different organizations.
Churches-Baptist. High Point; Methodist. New Hope.
Fraternal Organizations .- Modern Woodmen. Sutherland; Modern Woodmen, Owsley.
1917 War Organizations-Red Cross, Sutherland Branch.
Total number of organizations in township is five.
CHAPTER XIV .- MADISON TOWNSHIP.
DESCRIPTION, ORGANIZATION, NAMING-GEOGRAPHY AND SOIL-EARLY SETTLE- MENTS-EARLY CHURCHES -EARLY SCHOOLS -JUSTICES -COUNTY OFFI- CERS-POPULATION-PERSONAL PROPERTY AND PRODUCTS-COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS-ORGANIZATIONS.
Madison township was one of the first four townships organized in the county and at that time consisted of nearly one-fourth of the area of the county, situated in the southwestern part. It was organized May 4, 1835. It was named for President James Madison.
Geography and Soil .- Area, 42 square miles, or 26,880 acres. Geo- graphically, Madison township is a smooth body of good upland (Sum- mit silt loam, or "black limestone" soil), gradually sloping northward to Blackwater creek (south fork), which runs east across its north side. About one mile south of Holden and running east and west, is a divide between the tributaries of Blackwater on the north and Big creek on the south. Adjoining Blackwater and its tributaries in the north part of the township is the ordinary bottom soil, flanked by an irregular strip about one-quarter mile wide of Boone silt loam, or "sandy" soil, while along the small branches of Blackwater in the south part of the township are irregular strips of about the same width of Bates silt loam. dark, gray-brown soil.
In detail, these soils are:
Summit silt loam, upland, composes about 65 per cent. of the town- ship. This lies all over the township except in the north part.
Boone silt loam, upland, of sandstone origin, 12 per cent. This lies chiefly in the north, adjoining the Backwater bottom soil.
Bates silt loam, upland, dark, gray-brown soil: 10 per cent. This lies chiefly along the upper branches of Blackwater east. west and north of Holden.
Crawford silt loam, upland. "red limestone" soil, 5 per cent. This lies in three patches of about two square miles in area in the northeast.
Osage silt loam, the ordinary bottom soil, 8 per cent. This lies along Blackwater and its tributaries in the north. There is practically none of it along the small branches, east, west or south of Holden.
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Of the foregoing, the Summit silt loam and Crawford silt loam are ranked among the best three common upland soils in the county. with the Bates silt loam next.
For further soil details, see chapter on Agriculture and Soils.
Early Settlements .- The early settlers came from the east and pene- trated the new and unsettled country, generally, from the Missouri river on the north, and few. if any, located south of the Blackwater prior to 1830. The Ferguson family were about the first to cross Blackwater and settle in what is now Madison township. Most of the early settlers lived north of the present site of Holden and a few located west of that point. They lived near the two branches of Pin Oak. Among the early settlers were: Samuel and Aaron Ferguson. James Bradley, William Davidson, Squire A. B. Hamilton. P. H. Ray, Archy Ray, and their father, High Ray, Moses Tapscott, August Demasters, Squire J. G. Doyle, Matthew Cummings, William Cummings, Sanford Cummings, Joseph Mason, John Windsor, Reuben Fox, John Utt, Thomas Tap- scott, G. Hays, Joseph Christian, Jacob Sams, Jacob Beck, Charles S. Ferguson, Martin Ferguson, Pleasant R. Ferguson, Joseph Matthews, William Burden. Sr., and Jr., Eldridge Burden. George Conley, John Miller, William Miller, James Thompson, George Medlock. G. Cunning- ham, Barrett Duff, Squire Thompson, Williamson, G. K. Roberts and Doctor Roberts.
Up to 1868 Madison township retained all its original territory, which contained practically all of the present township of Kingsville and Rose Hill and a portion of Chilhowee. Early elections were held at the oldest settlement in the southwest part of the county in 1858. The following names appear on the poll books for the election held that year. Many are misspelled, but many will be recognized and their descendants are still living where their fathers did: James L. Chinn, Elijah Chinn, J. W. Smith. J. J. Armstrong. S. J. Reed, Peyton D. Huff, C. C. Wheeler, H. S. Barksdale, James H. McCarty, F. Hocketts, J. N. Mills, William M. Bruce, Ambrose England, H. H. Hale, Samuel Reed, James L. Wilson, D. W. Skaggs, B. F. Fisher, William Townsend. John V. McCarty. Squire Asburg, W. T. Roberts, William J. Townsend, William F. Long, William M. Harris, William C. Sharp. R. L. Jackson, Michael Baker, L. Jones, H. Isley, Philip Isley, Christy Gates. W. E. Temple- ton, John W. Ham, J. G. Hutson, Andrew Hinkle, Cary Elliott, Peter Campbell. Martin Burly. L. P. Lisk, James M. Moore, W. W. Ham, G.
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W. Stranger, John Hinkle, G. H. Barnett, B. Wooldridge, W. A. Camp- bell, Thomas Moore, S. A. Duncan, G. W. L. Bradley, J. S. Gilkey, William M. Tutt, R. S. Wooldridge, Edward Welch, I. L. Dye, James E. Summons, A. A. Doak, John M. Lurby, Joel P. Lowing, William Owsley, John A. Townsend, William Smith, D. B. Reavis, E. Doman, B. F. Lewis, R. L. England, R. L. Elder, Davis Owsley, E. Welch, Thomas Hinkle, John Howard, Andrew Worth, A. C. Umstadt, A. H. Boggs, Noah Crual, James Bones, P. H. Duncan, R. M. Anderson, W. F. Car- penter, Sidney Scott, B. F. Cross, James Hinkle. William Hutson, Will- iam Harlow, David Bradshaw, G. W. Vowill, James Fox. William H. Fruners, A. G. Fulton, J. F. R. Turner, R. H. Atkins. Samuel P. Rimsy. John H. Bailey, John B. Bailey, W. P. Day, B. S. Durrett. J. B. Pember- ton, W. A. Givens, J. W, West, L. C. Camden, William Welch, Henry Stumpff, Matthew Cummins, E. T. Peyton, William Wiseman, John F. West, James D. Smith, George M. Strange, William G. King, Miles Bradshaw, W. L. Suart, Morris Hodges, R. L. Skillman, T. N. Car- penter, G. H. Duncan, B. F. Umstadt, William Allen, John Umstadt, James G. Atkins, Adam Thomas, William Cummins, C. P. Smith, Josiah Holden, Martin Orr, S. W. Pemberton, J. A. Turner, John Hughes, D. M. Holden, Sanford Vineen, James Alexander, Brinkley Hornsby. John H. Priestly, G. A. Flowon, John A. Doak, George S. Hammon, Dennis Dunham, N. T. Doak, Jessie Coats, John Taggart, Alfred White, J. Cocke, J. C. Parsons, G. J. Farrensworth, W. D. Turner, Sanford Cum- mins, Porter Magor, J. B. Anderson; James Savage, Martin P. Foster, William P. Foster, William Hill, M. W. Fulton, John S. Graves, Benja- min Cross, D. S. W. Boston, J. G. Cocke. R. S. Gilliland, F. R. Jackson, John Enirson, G. B. Summons, C. H. Harris, A. G. Beard, M. P. Fisher. James Furgeson, W. J. Climont, William Hodges. John Orr. H. H. Dobyns, W. S. Wood, John C. Gilbert, F. M. Scott, J. S. B. Strange. WV. P. Carrington, A. M. Potts, Samuel Smith, A. O. Faumhill, S. V. Turner, William H. Reese, James Corkran, J. C. Rogers, W. H. Ander- son, Samuel Craig, Thomas Durrall, Thomas J. Jones, Isaac Jacobs, John W. Barsdale, George W. Gloyd, John Baker, John W. Tackitt, Daniel Gloyd, S. L. Smith, James A. Wilson, Cyrus Plouman, B. E. Mc Vey, William Adams, Thomas A. Jennings, William P. Hulse, A. H. Stout, William T. Kennedy, William Burden, S. A. Scott, W. C. Dun- can, William H. Camden, Selborn Naylor, David Davenport, Nathaniel
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Baker, A. J. Fulton, S. N. Copsland, William Payne, R. Z. R. Wall, William S. Hughes.
At this election John Baker and John H. Bailey were clerks. The judges were Deunis Dunham, Alfred White, N. T. Doak, and the justice of the peace was Watson W. Ham.
Few of the early pioneers of Madison township are left to tell the story of the trials and hardships of the settlement and development of this section of the county. Squire John A. Doak, now residing in Hol- den, is one of the survivors of the early pioneers, and though he is eighty- three years old, he is still vigorous in mind and body and remembers well the early conditions seventy-five years ago. He came here with his parents from Lafayette county when he was eight years old, in 1842, and settled six miles south of where Holden now stands, on Bear creek. They were one of the first families to settle in that locality. The city of Holden was then not even dreamed of. Lexington, forty- five miles distant, was the nearest trading point. There were no roads and travelers followed the trails which ran straight across the country, following the most accessible routes regardless of section lines. The trip to Lexington, which the settlers were required to make about twice each year, required about four days to complete. The settlements were all located along the streams. The timber which grew along the creeks afforded both fuel and building materials, as well as natural shelter. There were no luxuries, but much comfort and the standards of democ- racy and hospitality were high.
Early Churches .- The earliest church in the township was Rock Spring Cumberland Presbyterian church, which is still in existence. Ac- cording to the old History of Johnson County, it was organized May 21. 1835, by Rev. R. D. Morrow. According to a very complete history of the church by Miss May Windsor, taken chiefly from the records, it was organized May 1, 1837, as the New Hope congregation, and in 1843 the name was changed to Rock Spring. It was the common place of worship for this neighborhood for many years before the Civil War. For full history, see article by Miss Windsor in the chapter on the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Round Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized May 16, 1879 by Rev. S. P. Cobb. They worshipped in the Round Grove school house. The charter members were: J. D. Ellisten, Silas
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Elliston, V. K. Shepherd, J. P. Lowrey, F. Lowrey, D. P. Woodruff, O. W. Strange, V. Strange, C. L. Woolfolk, P. R. Ferguson, J. V. Tapscott, M. A. Tapscott, Sr., M. A. Tapscott. Jr., F. L. Tapscott.
Other early churches were in Holden town, and their early history is given under that of the town.
Early Schools .- One of the early schools was Round Grove. It was established before the Civil War. Three generations of one family have attended this school, and of the last, one is now its teacher. Catherine Hayes, daughter of Mr. Hayes and Mary Ann (Cockrell) Hayes, was taught there by Thomas Murray. Her daughter, Ada, wife of John F. Baker, the stockman of Holden, went there, first to John Morrin, and Mrs. Baker's daughter, Catherine Baker, attended the same school under Charles Gauss and is now its teacher. The first building was of logs and located a mile west of the present location. It was moved after the Civil War. For other school information, see chapter on education.
Justices .- The following are the justices of the peace of the town- ship as far back as the county court records show, with dates of their election : 1842, Leroy Duncan; 1844, Leroy Duncan, Peter Campbell, John Newton, John Umstadt ; 1852, Dennis Dunham, Watson W. Ham, Peter Campbell, William Deshager; 1856, Watson W. Ham, William Deshager, Andrew A. Johnson, Martin C. Randleman; 1860, Silas Hulett, Watson W. Ham, F. C. Howerdin; 1864, Brinkley Hornsby ; 1870, F. L. Hobson, B. A. Craine; 1878, R. M. Burriss, W. C. Smith; 1880, G. F. Carpenter; 1882, P. D. Brooks, G. F. Carpenter; 1886. J. H. Hawes, Joseph Potter, W. W. Gaunt; 1894, W. W. Gaunt, J. H. Hawes, J. W. C. Hulse; 1898, W. W. Gaunt, J. H. Hawes, J. W. Green- wood; 1902, W. W. Gaunt, John Skerlock, J. W. Greenwood; 1904. E. B. White, J. W. Greenwood; 1906, E. B. White. O. G. Boisseau; 1910, W. H. Zion, J. W. Greenwood, E. B. White; 1914, W. H. George. J. W. Greenwood, George S. Young.
County Officers .- The following are the county officers who have been elected from the township since 1882, with the dates of their election :
1882-G. W. Patton (Democrat), recorder.
1886-88-W. M. Hamilton (Democrat), assessor.
1890-Robert McLin (Democrat ), representative.
1890-92-Andrew S. Campbell (Democrat), assessor.
1890-L. F. Murray (Democrat ), coroner.
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1894-Frank B. Fulkerson (Republican), prosecuting attorney.
1894-W. S. Dunham (Republican), sheriff.
1896-98-R. N. Horn (Democrat), coroner.
1898-R. H. Tatlow (Democrat ), county judge.
1898-1900-George S. Young ( Democrat ), representative.
1904-06-P. L. Ferguson (Democrat ), treasurer.
1908-1910-W. L. Chaney (Democrat ), prosecuting attorney.
1912-Emory Thompson (Democrat ), coroner.
1916-S. A. Murray (Democrat), coroner.
Population .- The population of Madison township, by United States Census, was :
-1850-
-1860-
-1870-
White. Col. Total.
White. Col. Total.
White. Col. Total.
673 34 707
1,492 164 1,658
3,176 153 3,329
1880
1890
1900
1910
3,012
3,348
3,049
2,793
Personal Property and Products .- Agriculture and personal prop- erty statistics for Madison township, as given by Johnson county assessor's lists for 1896 and 1916, are:
1881
1896
1916
Horses
719
902
814
Mules
191
219
337
Cattle
2,539
1,849
1,420
Sheep
849
498
40
Hogs
2,833
2,056
1,604
Asses
2
1
13
Notes and money
$115,110
$299,840
Bank stock
111,650
93,205
Other personalty
73,963
80,155
All personalty.
262,930
567,410
County Road Improvements .- County road improvements made by Madison township since this system was established in 1911 were, up to January, 1916, eleven in number, and aggregated $677 furnished by the citizens of the township, and $640 by the county.
Organizations .- The following is a complete list of all organizations of every kind in Madison township. Full details of each organization are in this book in separate chapters on the different organizations.
Churches-Baptist, Holden: Catholic, Holden; Christian, Holden;
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Cumberland Presbyterian, Rock Spring; Latter Day Saints, Holden; Methodist, Holden; Presbyterian, Holden; Methodist, Negro; African Methodist, Negro.
Fraternal Organizations-Eastern Star, Knights of Pythias, Macca- bees, Masons, 266 Haggai chapter; Modern Woodmen, Odd Fellows; Rebekahs, Royal Neighbors, Woodmen of the World.
1917 War Organizations-Red Cross, Holden Branch ; Home Guards. Business Organizations-Bank of Holden, Farmers and Commercial Bank, First National Bank, Citizens Telephone Company, Home Tele- phone Company.
Miscellaneous-Civic Society. Woman's Christian Temperance Un- ion, D. A. R., Benevolent Association, Shakespeare Club.
Total number of organizations in township is thirty.
CHAPTER XV .- HOLDEN.
LOCATION AND NAMING-FIRST BUILDINGS-ORGANIZATION-FIRST SCHOOLS- FIRST POSTOFFICE - EARLY CEMETERY - EARLY CHURCHES - BANKS - HOLDEN TODAY-MAYORS-COUNCILMEN-ATTORNEYS - CLERKS - MAR- SHALS-TREASURERS-STREET COMMISSIONERS-POLICE JUDGES-ASSESS- ORS-COLLECTORS.
Location .- Holden is on the Missouri Pacific and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroads fifty miles from Kansas City.
Holden was built in anticipation of the Pacific railroad. Up to 1857, the present site of Holden was a wild, unbroken prairie, much still owned by the government. During that year the Pacific railroad had reached Jefferson City from the east and the preliminary survey had been made through this section. Isaac Jacobs thought the present site of Holden would be a favorable location for a town on the new railroad line. He accordingly purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from the original patentee. Sometime after this purchase he associated with him Sanford Cummings and they laid off and platted the original town of Holden. The town was laid out in lots 72 by 144 feet in dimensions and offered for sale at fifty dollars each. A plat of the town was recorded April 27, 1858, by Isaac Jacobs.
Mr. Jacobs was enterprising and pushed the new town vigorously, and had a public sale of the lots. It was said that each lot was sold with a condition that no spirituous liquors should be made or sold upon the premises except for medicinal purposes, upon violation of which the lot was to be forfeited to the trustees of the town, by them sold and the proceeds applied to the support of the schools. Mr. Jacobs also agreed to expend in the building up and improvement of the town all proceeds derived from the sale of lots. Over thirty lots were sold in one day at public auction for prices ranging from twenty-five to eighty dollars.
Holden was named in honor of Maj. N. B. Holden, who was promi- nent in the early-day affairs of Johnson county. He was a member of the Legislature and a prominent factor in bringing the Pacific rail- road through Johnson county, and was identified with the early-day growth and development of Holden.
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First Buildings .- In 1858 Jacobs and Cummings erected a small building on the corner of Second and Olive streets and here opened a general store. They next built a small store building on the corner of Lexington and Market streets. About the same time Dr. C. L. Carter bought two lots on Second and Olive streets and erected the first frame residence in Holden. The following winter, Joseph T. Mason and son built a hotel, which was destroyed by fire during the war. Horatio Cox built the first blacksmith shop the same year. In the spring of 1859 the first school house was built on First and Livingston streets. This school house was also used as a church for a number of years and William Roop, of the Protestant Methodist church, preached here. In the summer of 1859, H. W. and H. H. Mize erected a building and engaged in the general mercantile business. The first Masonic hall was over this store. W. C. Painter erected a blacksmith shop here in 1860, and Doctor Bolton erected an office in 1860 and began the practice of medicine here. However, Dr. C. L. Carter was the first practicing physician. James Bradley built the first brick building in the town, which was a one-story structure, in 1860. This was burned in the early part of the Civil War.
When the Civil War broke out the town had sixteen families, a population of about one hundred. During the Civil War some of the best buildings were burned and the town made no progress. In 1865 the railroad reached Holden and this, with the return of peace, gave the town new life. Soon a number of important business houses were established here. Hubbard and Coventry established an extensive dry goods business. H. C. Bettes opened a hardware store. W. J. Lee engaged in the dry goods business and James S. Peel and W. B. Nichols also engaged in business here. I. Starkey and William Christian estab- lished a lumber yard here, which at this writing is conducted by the son, C. E. Starkey. All these businesses were established in 1866. From that time on, Holden has made substantial progress.
Organization .- The first town organization of Holden was per- fected in 1868, with the following officers: J. M. Hubbard, mayor ; George L. Wells, J. O. Parish, Abe Metzler and J. C. Richards, coun- cilmen ; Ed. Stearns, marshal: David Nation (husband of Carrie Nation). attorney, and J. W. Mack, clerk. The town was first incorporated in 1851 and the original charter was amended in 1873. Since the original town of Holden was platted several additions to the town have been officially recorded.
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First Schools .- The first school building was erected shortly after the town was founded, in 1859. In 1867, the public school system of Holden was established on a firm basis. In 1870, a brick school house was erected containing four rooms but in a few years this was found too sinall and another building, a frame one, was erected. Since that time the school accommodations have kept pace with the requirements of the city and at present Holden has a modern high school building in addition to her grade schools and one school for the colored pupils.
A complete list of the early teachers who taught in the Holden schools from 1870 to 1881 are the following: Mr. S. H. Hatch, Mrs. E. J. Dudley, Miss M. H. Reed, Miss Kellogg, John A. Young, Sallie Brooks, Sallie Hubbard, M. H. Reed, Jennie Wise, Kate Humphreys, John H. Lea, M. K. Beatty, P. R. Carroll, Bettie Lewis, Sallie Hubbard, W. A. Smith, A. L. Clothier, Carrie Gloyd, Saidie Hubbard, George W. Sindlinger, Ida C. Clothier, Mary Brown, Julia McGrew. M. E. Lewis, M. C. Halbert, E. W. Stowell, M. E. Brown, Alice B. Cline, Anna E. Sharp, E. W. Stowell, Lizzie Hanishaw, Anna S. Carroll, George B. Longan, M. Brown, R. M. Cook, Eva Hengy, Mary C. Hank, Tillie Stephens, Mary Bobbs, Lutie Umstadt, W. D. Guttery, M. E. Hop- kins, Anna P. Stark, A. C. Jones, Maggie Sparks and Clara Wise.
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