SANDY BRANCH SCHOOL
(also known as Oklahoma)
Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois
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Teachers from SANDY BRANCH SCHOOL – District #36 (Foster twp.)
(also known as Oklahoma School)
(1903-04) Laura Neal ($30)
(1910-11) Miss Grace Hocker
(1911-12) Miss Gracie Tate
(1912-13)
(1913-14) Miss Gracie Tate
(1915-16) Edwin Walker
Jan. 17, 1918: Sandy Branch School, located in Foster twp., was destroyed by fire last Friday. The high winds made the fire impossible to fight. The fire supposedly started in the belfry tower from sparks from the flue, and it was discovered about 5 p.m., an hour after school closed. This building was one of the best country school houses in the county having being built just a few years ago, and last year was remodeled at a cost of $250 to conform to the new state law. It was insured for $370.
possibly (ca 1919) Grace (Bassett) Conant
(1918-19) Mildred Arnold
(1920-21) Martha A. Morgan
(1921-22) Eva See
(1922-23) Eva See
(1923-24) Florence Arnold
(1926-27) Hazel Gaston
(1928-29) Lillian Gaston
(1930-31) Treva Goostree
(1931-32) Gilbert Doolen
(1932-33) Rada Garrett (later Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford)
(1933-34) Gilbert Doolen
(1934-35) W.L. Green
(1935-36) Rada Caldwell (later Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford)
(1936-37) Lois M. Winegarner
(1937-38) Evelyn Killie
(1938-39) Mildred L. Logan
(1939-40) Mildred L. Logan
(1940-41) Pearl M. Britt
(1941-42) Pearl M. Britt
(1942-43) Ruth Marie Litton
(1943-44) Marie Litton
(1945-46) Phyllis Middleton
(1946-47) No school
(1947-48) No School
C-5 Consolidated district was formed in Fall of 1949 for Foster township.: Students from North Fork, Arnold Chapel, Jones, Sandy Branch, and Green Ridge communities. Students were sent to the Green Ridge School house.
Sept. 21, 1950: Swift School: North Fork and Sandy Branch school houses were sold last Saturday morning. Russell Headley purchased both of them.
(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, Marion County Directories of School Teachers, and information from those who had attended school there.)
Sandy Branch School (also known as Oklahoma School) – District 36
Section 32; Foster twp., Marion Co., IL
The school is now used as a shed on the Phil & Shelly (Garrett) Phillips farm, formerly the Milburn & Gayle (Bassett) Jones farm on Sandy Branch Road, west of the cemetery.
Teachers:
Evelyn Killie Maggie Pearson
Laura Neil Maude Bayliss
Alvin Chandler Mabel Doolen
Fanny Killie Grace Tate
Esta (Garrett) Robb – 1913 Martha Walker
Edwin Walker William Green
Anna (Eagan) Curry was the teacher when the building burned during the 1916-17 school year.
Mildred (Arnold) Walton Grace (Bassett) Conant
Gladys (Martin) Jones Anna Belle Green
Martha Morgan Helen Maxey Sipes
Eva (See) Stevenson Florence (Arnold) Johnson
Hazel (Gaston) Maxey Frances (Boyd) Etherton
Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey William Green
Lillian (Gaston) Curry Treva Goostree (3 terms)
Margaret Winegarner Gilbert Doolen (2 terms)
Rada (Garrett) Caldwell (2) Mildred Logan
Pearl Britt Marie (Litton) Conant
Alfleta (Williams) Arnold
Phyllis Middleton was the last teacher at Sandy Branch. It closed in the spring of 1946. Monna M. “Polly” (Conant) Frakes was the last student. She would have been the only pupil her 8th grade year, 1946-47, so they closed and she went to Kinmundy.
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Year |
Names of Trustees for Foster twp.; Town 4, Range 2 #36 |
Names of Directors for Sandy Branch / Oklahoma School |
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1915-1916 |
M. Lee, G.W. Frizzell, and David Headley Twp. Treasurer: A.I. Eagan |
R.H. Feather, Wm. Pruett, Claude Garrett |
|
1918-1919 |
David Headley - President; M. Lee – Clerk; G.W. Frizzell; A.I. Headley - Treasurer |
H.R. Feather, W.W. Pruett, W.H. Harvey |
|
1920-1921 |
C.W. Lowe – President; G.W. Frizzell – Clerk; M. Lee; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
Wm. Harvey, Selby Garrett, Mac Robb |
|
1922-1923 |
C.W. Lowe – President; M. Lee – Clerk; T.M. Jones; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
W.F. Harvey, Lucian Green, Bert Garrett |
|
1923-1924 |
C.W. Lowe – President; M. Lee – Clerk; T.M. Jones; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
Claude Garrett, Bert Garrett, Lucien Green |
|
1926-1927 |
Joseph Hathaway - President; Osborne Lucas – Clerk; A.D. Nichols; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
Claude Garrett, T.P. Williams, Selby Garrett |
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1928-1929 |
Joseph Hathaway – President; T.M. Jones; W.H. Jones; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
S.B. Garrett, T.P. Williams, C.B. Garrett |
|
1930-1931 |
Joseph Hathaway – President; T.M. Jones; W.S. Jones; A.I. Hathaway – Treasurer |
T.P. Williams, S.B. Garrett, Geo. Headley |
|
1931-1932 |
Joseph Hathaway, T.M. Jones, W.H. Jones, A.I. Eagan |
Claude Garrett, T.P. Williams, George Headley |
|
1932-1933 |
T.M. Jones, O.T. Walton, T.T. Haynes, A.I. Eagan - Treasurer |
Claude Garrett, T.P. Williams, George Headley |
|
1933-1934 |
T.M. Jones, O.T. Walton, T.T. Haynes; A.I. Eagan - Treasurer |
Claude Garrett, Albert Parker, George Headley |
|
1934-1935 |
O.T. Walton, T.M. Jones, T.T. Haynes, A.I. Eagan – Treasurer |
Claude Garrett, Albert Parker, George Headley |
|
1935-1936 |
O.T. Walton – President; T.T. Haynes, T.M. Jones |
George Headley – President; Claude Garrett - Clerk; Albert Parker |
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1936-1937 |
O.T. Walton – President; T.M. Jones; C.A. Walton – Township Treasurer |
George Headley – President; Claud Garrett – Clerk; Dick Brown |
|
1937-1938 |
Tom Jones – President; S.C. Green; Tom Donoho |
Frank Green – President; Richard Brown – Clerk; George Headley |
|
1938-1939 |
Tom Donoho – President; Tom Jones, Tack Green |
Frank Green – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; Richard Brown |
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1939-1940 |
Tom Donoho – President; S.C. Green; Abbie Cox; C.A. Walton – Twp. Treasurer |
O.M. Conant – President; Frank Green – Clerk; Albert Parker |
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1940-1941 |
Tom Donoho – President; Abbie Cox; S.C. Green; C.A. Walton – Twp. Treas. |
Albert Parker – President; Richard Brown – Clerk; O.M. Conant |
|
1941-1942 |
James McNicol – President; Tom Donoho; Abbie Cox |
Albert Parker – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; Richard Brown |
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1942-1943 |
Jim McNicol – President; Abbie Cox; John Chance – Twp. Treas. |
O.M. Conant – President; G.W. Conant – Clerk; Richard Brown |
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1943-1944 |
Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox; John Chance – Twp. Treas. |
G.W. Conant – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; Frank Green |
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1944-1945 |
Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox; John Chance – Twp. Treas. |
Frank Green – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; G.W. Conant |
|
1945-1946 |
Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol; John Chance – Twp. Treas. |
G.W. Conant – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; Frank Green |
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1946-1947 |
Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; W.C. Lowe; John Chance – Twp. Treasurer |
G.W. Conant – President; Frank Green – Clerk; Albert Parker |
|
1947-1948 |
Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol; John Chance – Twp. Treasurer |
G.W. Conant – President; Marvin Conant – Clerk; Albert Parker |
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1948-1949 |
Ed Doudera – President; Jim McNicol; Willie Lowe; John Chance - Treasurer |
G.W. Conant – President; O.M. Conant – Clerk; Albert Parker |
(The above information was gathered from Marion County Directories of School Teachers.)
Sandy Branch School; Foster Twp., Marion Co., IL; Laura Neal - teacher – Nov. 23, 1903
Back row: Marguerite Lang, Mamie (Mercer) Arthur, Laura Neal – teacher, Jenoy (Slater) Green, Louie (Williams) Stipp, Laura (Gregory) See,
Will Green
Middle row: Gail (Williams) Warren, Ethel (Mercer) Hill, Elma (Conant) Harvey, Verdie (Reynolds) Wikenhauser, Carrie (Williams) Stephens,
Bertha (Green) Malinsky, _____ Worley, Jim Slater, Willie Reynolds, Forrest Green, Oscar Slater, Rubin Sills
Front row: Elgie (Pruett) Helm, Dolly Rainey, Flossie (Williams) Cole, Florence (Williams) Wright, Rachel (Parker) Davis,
Bertha (Reynolds) Link, Velma Conant, Mae Green, Nellie (Conant) Robb, Elvin Conant, Ruth (______) Maxwell,
Myrtle (Green) Lansford, Albert Parker, Edson Eagan, Harley Hicks________, Oscar Lang.
Sandy Branch School; Foster twp., Marion Co., IL ; Gracie Tate, teacher - June 1912
Sandy Branch School; Foster township, Marion Co., IL; Gracie Tate, teacher; Sept. 4, 1913
Back row: Grace Tate - teacher, Lottie (Williams) Cole, Mae Green, Nellie (Conant) Robb, John Elvin "Peck" Conant,
Grace (Feather) Green, Myrtle (Green) Lansford
Middle row: Basil Foster, Lucian Green, Earl Feather, Ira Marvin Odell "Bish" Conant, Yada Fern (Williams) Sullens,
Anna Belle Green, Ralph Feather, Relza Williams
Front row: Arthur Parker, George William "Bill" Conant, Marie (Feather) Ford, Eva (Williams) Black, Loyd Pruett, Harold Foster,
Holding slate: Chloris Stipp and Clyde Ballance
