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         POSSUM TROT SCHOOL

             Omega Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

 

 

 

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Teachers from POSSUM TROT SCHOOL – District  #85 (Omega twp.)

 

(1894)        Mrs. Minnie Siple

 

(1903-04)    Martha J. Potter ($30)

(1904)         Nora Meyers

 

(1915-16)   Mrs. Grace Tate Holman

 

(1918-19)   Ula Middleton

 

(1920-21)   Ben Millican

(1921-22)

(1922-23)   Earl Vandeveer

(1923-24)   No school

(1924-25)

(1925-26)

(1926-27)   Mrs. Ula M. Beard

(1927-28)

(1928-29)   Sylvian Beard

(1929-30)

(1930-31)   none listed

(1931-32)   Mrs. Archie Beard

(1932-33)   Ben Millican

(1933-34)   Ben Millican

(1934-35)   Merle Walkington

(1935-36)   Loren Middleton

(1936-37)   Loren V. Middleton

(1937-38)   Mrs. Ula M. Beard

(1938-39)   Mabel Foster

(1939-40)   Opal Luttrell

(1940-41)   Opal Luttrell

(1941-42)   No school

(1942-43)  No school

 

(1948-49) Students attended Brown School at the Omega twp. Consolidated-3 district

 

(The above information was gathered from Marion County School Directories, and the One Room School Memorial in Salem, IL )

                         


 

 

Year

Names of Trustees (Town 3, Range 4)

Names of Directors at Possum Trot School (#85)

1915-1916

W.A. Kniseley, T.J. Middleton, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Twp. Treas.

Wm. Beard, Arthur Daniels, E.C. Goodwin

1918-1919

W.A. Knisely – President; W.E. Stevenson – Clerk;

T.J. Middleton; B.E. Siple – Treas.

Amos Platt, Wm. M. Beard, Arthur Daniels

1920-1921

N.B. Potter – President; T.J. Middleton – Clerk;

W.A. Kniseley; B.E. Siple – Treas.

F.E. Cheeley, J.W. Warren, Claude Fear

1922-1923

C.F. Hadden – President; S.J. Mulvaney – Clerk;

N.B. Potter;  B.E. Siple – Treas.

Guy Hanks, J.W. Warren, Wayne Schooley

1923-1924

N.B. Potter – President; S.J. Mulvaney – Clerk;

C.W. Hadden; B.E. Siple – Treas.

Wayne Schooley, Archie Beard, Wm. M. Beard

1926-1927

C.W. Hadden – President; Chas. See – Clerk;

L.V. Middleton; B.E. Siple – Treas.

W.E. Schooley, Archie Beard, Wm. Beard

1928-1929

Chas. See – President; L.V. Middleton; W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Treasurer

W.E. Schooley, Archie Beard, Wm. M. Beard

1930-1931

W.E. Stevenson – President; John Baker, Ray Schooley;

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

W.E. Schooley, Archie Beard, Wm. Beard

1931-1932

W.E. Stevenson, John Baker, Ray Schooley,

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

W.E. Schooley, Walter Jones, Archie Beard

1932-1933

W.E. Stevenson, Wm. Hadden, Ray Schooley;

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

Walter Jones, W.E. Schooley, Archie Beard

1933-1934

H.M. Long, L.A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Treas.

Archie Beard, Walter Jones, Stanley Warren

1934-1935

H.M. Long, Leslie A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Treas.

Walter Jones, Archie Beard, Stanley Warren

1935-1936

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Twp. Treas.

Walter Jones – President; Stanley Warren – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1936-1937

H.M. Long – President; W.E. Stevenson, Leslie A. Beard;

Originally H.E. Siple but changed to Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treasurer

Walter Jones – President; Archie Beard – Clerk;

Stanley Warren

1937-1938

H.M. Long – President; W.E. Stevenson; Leslie A. Beard;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Stanley Warren – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1938-1939

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; S.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

W.E. Schooley – President; Stanley Warren – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1939-1940

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; W.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Walter Jones – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1940-1941

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; W.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Archie Beard – President; Walter Jones – Clerk;

W.E. Schooley

1941-1942

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

W.E. Schooley – President; Archie Beard – Clerk;

Walter Jones

1942-1943

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Walter Jones – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1943-1944

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Archie Beard – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Walter Jones

1944-1945

Leslie A. Beard – President; Mancil E. Cantrell;

Cloyd Bradley; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Walter Jones – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1945-1946

Mancil E. Cantrell – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Elmer J. Weyhrich; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Jack Yates – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1946-1947

Mancil E. Cantrell – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Elmer J. Weyhrich; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Jack Yates – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

1947-1948

Elmer J. Weyhrich – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Wayne Whitney

Jack Yates – President; W.E. Schooley – Clerk;

Archie Beard

 

 

(The above information was gathered from the Marion County School Directories.)

 


Possum Trot School; Omega Twp; Marion Co., IL; Mrs. Minnie Siple – teacher; 1894

Back Row: Gertie Decker, Carrie Whitman, Charles Keller, Mrs. Minnie Siple – teacher, Willie Beard, Ella Alderson, Delta Green,

     Elrah Keller

Middle Row: Goldie Oglesby, Ettie Decker, Ella (Keller) Jones, Anna (Keller) Shaffer, Esna Alderson, Emma (Cox) Woodward,

    Chester Oglesby, Ethel Alderson, Sherman Beard

Front Row: Elva Alderson, Gertie Kitchen, Lizzie Kitchen, Cyrus Alderson, Jimmie Oglesby, Mira Beard, Carl Whitman, Clark Whitman,

    Clint Kitchen, Milton Smith, Earl Keller, Willie Smith

 


 

                   

Possum Trot School; Omega Twp; Marion Co., IL; Nora Meyers – teacher; 1904

Back Row: Stanley Warren, Charlie Morgan, Dora Runyon, Nora Meyers – teacher, Elva Alderson, Earl Huddlestun, Hallie Warren

Front Row: Tony Runyon, Johnny Beard, Opal Schooley, Ruby Jones, Paul Warren, Lillian Decker, ___________,

Birdie Warren, Loren Decker

               

 


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