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1880, Teacher Rules and Regulations

Posted on by May 20, 2014

These rules and regulations for teachers were included in the school register for 1880:

1. Any person employed to teach a public school in this district is expected to be in his or her schoolroom at least fifteen minutes before the time for the morning session to begin, and at least five minutes before the time for the afternoon session.

2. If no janitor be employed to take care of the school-room, it shall be the duty of the teacher to see that the fire, if any, is in a safe condition, that the windows are properly closed, and the outside door locked at the close of each day. Continue reading →

Duncan, Russell 1904-1991, Teacher

Posted on by March 2, 2014

Russell Duncan 1904-1991
Russell Duncan 1904-1991
Russell Duncan 1904-1991
Russell Duncan 1904-1991
Russell Duncan 1904-1991

Jessie Russell (Gardner) Duncan, dedicated teacher for over five decades, was born on May 18, 1904 in Lexington, Tennessee, the late-in-life daughter and sixth child of Henry and Jessie Gardner. By the time the 1910 federal census was taken, the Gardner family had moved to Marion and was living at 514 W. Maplewood Street in a home which they owned with a mortgage.

Her 55 year old father, Henry, was working as a laborer at a railroad tie plant, which was likely the American Creosote Company on the south side of Marion on Rt. 37 where Short Brothers is now located. Continue reading →

Patterson, Evelyn M. 1920-2008

Posted on by February 1, 2014

Evelyn M. Patterson 1920-2008
Evelyn M. Patterson 1920-2008
Evelyn M. Patterson 1920-2008

Evelyn M. Patterson, a teacher for 53 years, 43 of which were in Marion, was born October 10, 1920, in Keokuk, Iowa, the only child of Thomas Chester Patterson and Bessie A. McCoy.

Her family was located in the 1930 census living in Hannibal, Missouri. They were renting a home at 1319 Mark Twain Avenue for $30 per month. Evelyn’s parents were both college educated and in this census, her mother, Bessie 36, was teaching at a business college. Her father, Thomas 39, was a drug salesman.  Evelyn was nine years old. Continue reading →

Dunaway, Mabel 1885-1963

Posted on by April 22, 2014

Miss Mabel Dunaway, a Marion school teacher for 44 years, was born on April 26, 1885, at Marion. She was the daughter of Thomas Dunaway and Emma Benson. Mabel grew up and lived her entire life in the family home at 306 S. Market Street. Her father, Thomas, was a prominent Marion merchant and her grandfather, Samuel Dunaway, was a pioneer merchant and businessman, responsible for the first railroad spur into Marion in 1872. Continue reading →