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Pendleton County Common School Directory

Generously transcribed & submitted by Nancy Bray
Thanks Nan!

 

 

 

Common School Directory of Pendleton County, Kentucky

1915-1916

 

Educational Division 5
 
Educational Division 5 has seven schools, two graded and five district schools.
 
Demossville
 
Demossville school-district is in the northern part of the County.  It is composed of parts of Kenton and Pendleton.
 
The district was enlarged April 30, 1914, and made to include a part of Kenton County.  The following boundary includes the part added from Kenton County:
 
Beginning at the mouth of Caldwell Branch on the main Licking River; including that part of the Wm. Caldwell farm north of said branch; thence down said river to N. Chapman; including him; thence on down said river to the line of the lands of W. Bryan between him and the Davis heirs, including said Bryan; thence with the line between Bryan and Davis Heirs, to a point in the Pendleton and Kenton county line in the road leading to Alexandria Station; thence to John Bowan, excluding him; thence west to Grassy Creek near the John Mullins farm now owned by Wm. Boarneman, excluding him; thence up said Creek to H. Thornton, including him; thence with the Portland graded school district line to East Grassy Creek, crossing the same at John Mullin's, who owns part of Oeder farm, including him; thence in a straight line to the Butler Graded school line, excluding Mike Faloy; thence with the Butler line down Caldwell Branch to the beginning, including all property within the above boundary.
 
The census of 1914 gave 124 pupils from the following families:

H. T. Ackman
J. H. Ashcraft
Wm. Brann Sr.
Henry Belew
M. Bailey
John Brennan
O. J. Brann
Wm. Bell
Archie Britton
Nancy Blackburn
Rinehart Bobb
Peter Carter
J. L. Caldwell
W. S. Clark
Wm. Crawley
T. P. Cahill
Wm. Carroll Sr.
Martin Dwyer
A. C. Daugherty
John Elbert
Mrs. Ella Gosney
Tilden Hendricks
Jake Holmes
John Kesster
Mrs. R. A. Loomis
Kelly Lightner

 

G, M. Lumming
Wyatt Lawson
Mrs. Emma Loomis
H. R. Miller
A. L. Mullins
M. Mullins
M. M. Mullins
J. A. Mullins
Mrs. Susie Ragland
Ray Reid
Barney Roark
John K. Redmon
Andrew Straub
Benj. Schweinefuss
Wm. H. Thornton
Henry E. Thornton
Thomas Frederick
Mrs. Dora Vastine
Mrs. Annie Wilshire
John R, Welch
George E. Yelton
Frank Pfanstiel
B. F. Daniel
John Crail
George Oetsel

 

 

 
The principal of the Demossville school is Mr. Harry Cummins.  The assistant is Mrs. Liming.  The Board of directors are Wm. Belle, Chairman; Marion Mullins, Secretary; W. B. McGill, Treasurer; Thomas Ackman and Archie Britton.
 
"The Nineteenth Century was the Students age--the age of reading, but today the world is thinking in action and results."

 

 

  "He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not."

 

 

 

 

 

 
Portland Graded High School
 
This school is on the main pike leading from Demossville to Knoxville.  It has a sanitary location and beautiful scenery.  The principal is H. T. Gibson of Wilmore.  The Assistant is Miss Birdie Hannah.  The following members constitute the Board of Directors:  Frank Bullock, Pres.; J. M. Gosney, Sec'y.; Dr. Daugherty, Ward Mullins and Chas. Kelly.  The following boundary was given by a member of the Board:
 
Beginning at Mrs. Belle Knight's on the north, including her; thence west to Geo. Hanker's, including him; southwest ato Elmer Thornton, including him; southwest to Louis Daugherty including him; thence to Chas. Mangold, including him; thence East to W. W. Stith, excluding him; thence east to Tony Shoemaker, excluding him; thence northeast to Wm. Belew, including him; thence north to the beginning.
 
The census of 1914 gave 84 (34?) pupils from following families:

F. A. Bullock
T. J. Barton
Wm. Belew
Ellis Belew
Chas. Bush
Wm. Chipman
L. A. Cahill
Fannie Daugherty
Louis Daugherty
Chas. Daugherty
R. J. Dearborn
John M. Gosney
Geo. Hauker
Ed. Huffman
Chas. Kelly
A. C. Knight

 

Maggie Lucas
John Lawson
Chas. Mangold
Richard Martin
P. F. Martin
W. C. Martin
R. W. Mullins
A. McKinley
Louis Plummer
Jake Schreck
V. H. Simmon
Jesse Stith
Henry Schleuler
Ed. Stephens
A. J. Turner
Len Turner

 

 

 

 "The way to grow equal to hard tasks is to tackle hard things."

 

 

 
 
Caldwell School, Ed. 5. Sub.2.
 
The Caldwell school is located on the pike leading from Demossville to Gardnersville.  The teacher is Miss Maggie Gramer.  The trustee is Mr. J. T. Works.  The boundary, as given, is that by Supt. H. S. Orr 1901, with the changes made subsequently:
 
Beginning at James Caldwell, excluding him and M. B. Greenwell; thence to the Kenton County line and with said line to the Corner of J. Vastine's and J. S. Mullin's line; thence to J. S. Mullin's residence, excluding same; thence to the farm of Lynch Hopkins, now occupied by Enoch Dougherty; thence to a point in the road in point of Henry Thornton's residence; thence to John Spaulding; thence to Geo. Delaney's; thence to the beginning.  G. S. Spegal was transferred to this district in 1908 by Supt. Ballinger.
 
The census of 1914 gave 48 pupils from the following families:

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J. T. Works
Fannie Bailey
Pearl Spaulding
Albert E. Belew
Elzie Glacken
Stephen A. Mann
Sam Anderson
Ernest M. Mann
George Spegal

 

Richard Caldwell
Mark K. Mullins
James Traylor
Wm. Smith
Wm. C. Borneman
Alec C. Caldwell
Wm. J. Cahill
John Bowling

 

 

 

  "Preparation for great things comes by doing."

 

 

 

 

Gardnersville School, Ed. 5, Sub.3.
 
The Gardnersville school is the most north-western in the county.  The land is in an ideal country village.  The site is well chosen with ample grounds.  There are good roads leading to the school.  The teacher is Miss Grace McClain.  The trustee is Mr. F. E. Beighle.  The school attendance is large and regular.  The boundary is that of the trustee, M. F. E. Beighle.
 
Beginning at Ed. Bailey, on the west; thence south to Joseph S. Elliott, John Straub and J. C. Bowen; thence east to James E. Cornelius and John L. Caldwell; thence north to Charlie Elliott, Harry Dickerson and Fred Simpson; thence to the starting point.
 
The census of 1914 gave 59 pupils from the following families:

George Alrie
Clarinda Bowen
J. T. Beighle
J. L. Belew
Mary Caldwell
James E. Cornelius
Alfred W. Cornelius
Charlie K. Doud
J. L. Elliott
J. E. Elliott
C. C. Fletcher
Wesley Gibson
B. B. Greenwell
Wm. A. Golden
Effie G. Hightower
S. M. Hopkins

 

 
E. Kelley
Harley Lillie
Robert Middleton
Jerry Middleton
Henry Middleton
J. P. Mills
J. E. Spegal
Fred Simpson
John Straub
Annie Simpson
Eddie Straub
Henry Spillman
C. Tungate
Minnie Vessing
George M. Work
Homer Work
Arthur Yelton

 

 

"School pride is a valuable asset and the teacher who has none is carrying a heavy handicap on the road to success."

 

 

 
 
McMillan, Ed. 5. Sub. 4.
 
The McMillan school is on the public road leading from the Gardnersville pike to the Knoxville pike.  The trustee is Mr. W. L. Hutsell, who is a member of the County Board of Education.  He takes great pride and interest in his school.  Thru his interest the site has been recently enlarged and fenced.  The teacher is Miss Ethel McLaughlin, a graduate of the Butler High School.
 
The boundary is that given by the trustee:  Bounded on the north by Grassy Creek to Grant Tomlin's, including him; thence to Mike McCue excluding him; thence with the State Road. including Wes. Tomlin and Frank Bailey; thence south thru fields to forks of road Knoxville pike and Dougherty pike; thence including Lewis Belew but excluding Kidwell; thence east to Walnut Branch; thence down it to the beginning.
 
The census of 1914 gave 33 pupils from the following families:

_. F. Bailey
_. B. McMillan
____Tomlin
Mrs. Ollie Elliott
_. E. Black
Lewis Belew
Jas. H. Bowen

 

R. W. Bowen
Jas. McMillian
O. T. McMillan
W. H. H. McMillen
Jno. Straub
Seymore Straub
T, M. Wallace

 

 

"In every field of human activity the demand for more competent men and women is growing every day.
  Especially so in teaching."

 

 

 
 
Pleasant Ridge, Ed. 5. Sub. 5
 
The Pleasant Ridge school is located on the Knoxville and Demossville pike.  The teacher is Miss Belle Clifford.  The trustee is Mr. W. W. Bowen.
 
The boundary is the one given by Mr. F. N. Stephen 1914, as follows:
Beginning at Gabe Mullin's; thence west on middle prong of Grassy Creek; thence west, including the Boone place to Walnut Branch; thence south to Highlands; west ato Geo. McGrain; thence continuing same to Ed McLafferty and McOneal to Demossville and Dry Ridge pike, including Mr. Jas. Tanner and Wm. Bowen on Hog Ridge pike; Cross east prong Grassy Creek, including Jas. Mullin's place; thence south including Curtis Deathrage, and Homer Oliver; thence east, including Albert Shipp on Brann farm; thence down the Creek, including Andy Stephens and Gallagher place; thence northeast including Jas. Kelly; thence east including Clint Canady?, O. J. Ashcraft, Mrs. Deatherage, Alexander Stith to and excluding  the old Jesse Stith place (now occupied by Mrs. Jno. Spoldon) including B. Highland, Lalla Cahill and excluding Chas. Mangold to the beginning.
 
The census of 1914 gave 61 pupils from the following families:

_. M. Stephens
W. H. Sanders
Leslie Plunkett
Curtis Deatherage
Allie Slater
Bernard Hyland
_. T. McLafforty
John Donahue
Frank Stephens

 

 

 

J. T. Powers
A. H. Stephens
W. W. Bowen
Morton Oliver
B. F. Ashcraft
Cash McMillian
M. E. Bush
C. A. Kelley
Cash Piercefield
M. V. Lowery
Albert Webster
Ezra Straub
C. C. Mullins

 

 

 

 "Much depends upon who undertakes the work."

 

 

 

 

Knoxville, Ed. 5. Sub. 6.
 
Knoxville is in the western part of the County near the line.  The teacher is Mr. Harry Massey.  The trustee is Mr. C. A. Mann.  The boundary is that given by Supt. Orr, 1901.
 
Beginning at Theobald's Fork or Grassy Creek, corner to McMillian district; thence running up said Creek to the Grant County line; thence to S. F. Ashcraft's in Grant County; to Q. H. Norton's, Grant County; thence to a creek near Mrs. Norton's including her, down same creek to Amos Moorehead's, excluding him; thence to Martha Williams, excluding her property; thence to L. W. Carlisle, excluding same; thence with the line of Pleasant Ridge and McMillian districts; thence to the beginning.
 
The census of 1914 reports 53 pupils from the following families:

R. L. Bethel
James W. Bell
Wm. Courtney
Henry Dahlenberg
Etha Tomlin
Elizabeth Simpson
Seymour Elliott
W. G. Elliott
Napoleon Elliott
Richard M. Hightower
T. J. Hutchinson
John Lowe
J. W. Middleton
Wm. P. Morehead
Charles A. Mann

 

Carlis Mire
Anna Massey
Wm. H. McCarty
Frank M. Norton
Ransom Orvin
B. C. Slater
Martin V. Simmons
I. L. Tomlin
Isaac Tomlin
Clyde Vice
Jasper C. Vice
Ivan Vice
Joseph Webb
E. S. Warnoch

 

 

 

 "An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age a feeble and worn-out body."

 

 

End of Educational Division 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

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