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Cox Creek Township
Country Schools
Additional information or photos of any of the Cox Creek twp. schools is welcome. If you have something to share please contact the Clayton co. IAGenWeb coordinator. Unless otherwise indicated, the information on this page was compiled by S. Ferrall.
Cox Creek No. 1 - The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located in Section 12. A newspaper article about county schools printed in The Clayton County Register, February 18, 1954 gives the following information about this school: "...research through deed and abstract records of the county yields the [following ] information ... Cox Creek No. 1, northwest of Communia, was conveyed by John Van Staaden on July 9, 1881."
1882
The following is the report of the school taught in sub-district No. 1, Cox Creek township, for the term ending June 9th, 1882, D. Donahue, teacher:
Honor Roll:
Mary Tieden
Conrad Marxer
Max Meyer
Henry Gedtke
~Elkader Register, Fri., June 16, 1882 ~contributed by Reid R. Johnson
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Cox Creek No. 2 - The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located in the western portion of Section 20
1907
School Report of District No. 2, Cox Creek twp., for month ending January 3rd, 1908. Lillie A. Baldridge, teacher.
Number of days taught - 19
Number of pupils enrolled - 21
Average daily attendance - 15
Number cases tardiness - 6
Number neither absent nor tardy - 3
Number of library books read during the month - 10
Number of visitors - 4
Number daily recitations - 25
Those neither absent nor tardy are: Lloyd Carpenter, Walter Galer and Lee Farmer
~Register and Argus, Thursday, January 23, 1908
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Cox Creek No. 3 - aka Dohrer school. The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located on the southern border of Section 5 and northern border of Section 8. A newspaper article about county schools printed in The Clayton County Register, February 18, 1954 gives the following information about this school: "...research through deed and abstract records of the county yields the information that some of the school sites were founded before or about the time that Abe Lincoln became president. The next oldest school [after No. 5, aka Downey school, info. below], according to the deed record, is Cox Creek No. 3, in section 8. It is known as the Dohrer school and was deeded to the district on April 29, 1862, by William Cain. The deed stipulates that the ground was to be used for school purposes and also for a political and religious meeting place."
1883
Report of school in district No. 3, Cox Creek township, Clayton county, Iowa, for the month ending January 19th, 1883. Ella Molumby, teacher.
Roll of Honor:
Charley Dohrer
Henry Dohrer
Louis Klink
Bertha Klink
Louisa Klink
Louis Lemke
Lena Lemke
Louisa Kottman
Louis Kottman
Thomas Lendman
George Hyde
Alpha Hyde
John Hyde
Bertha Heiden
~Elkader Register, Fri., January 26, 1883 ~contributed by Reid R. Johnson~*~*~
Cox Creek No. 4 - aka Mederville school. The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located south of Mederville in Section 22, just north of the Section 27 border. A newspaper article about county schools printed in The Clayton County Register, February 18, 1954 gives the following information about this school: "...research through deed and abstract records of the county yields the [following ] information ... Cox Creek No. 4, the Mederville school in section 22, was deeded by Henry Meder on Sept. 7, 1874."
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Cox Creek No. 5 - aka Downey School - The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located just north of the Section 10 border, in Section 3. A newspaper article about county schools printed in The Clayton County Register, February 18, 1954 gives the following information about this school: "...research through deed and abstract records of the county yields the information that some of the school sites were founded before or about the time that Abe Lincoln became president. The land for the Downey school, south of town at the intersection of highway 13 and the Chicken Ridge road, was deeded to the school in 1859. The recital of the deed, which was dated Oct. 10, 1859, shows John Bartles conveying the ground to the Cox Creek district for use as a school site."
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Cox Creek No. 6 - The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located in the north-central portion of Section 36, just south of Section 25
1883
The following is a report of the school taught in district No. 6, Cox Creek, Clayton county, Iowa, for the term ending March 24, 1883. T. F. Liddy, teacher. Roll of Honor:
Ida Hilgerman
Maggie Hayes
John Ronig
Ella Lucy
Louis Benschneider
~Elkader Register, Fri., April 6, 1883 ~contributed by Reid R. Johnson
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Cox Creek No. 7 - The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located in Section 17
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Cox Creek No. 8 - AKA Dinan School. The 1886 Warner-Foote plat shows this school located in the northwestern portion of Section 24. Near Littleport. A newspaper article about county schools printed in The Clayton County Register, February 18, 1954 gives the following information about this school: "...research through deed and abstract records of the county yields the [following ] information ... H.L. Meyer, local abstractor ... has searched the records for the origin of [this school] lot, but has found no conveyance of any kind. Apparently when [the] school was needed back in the early days, some land owner said, "build her here." It was put there and that was that."
1882
Report of the school taught in district No. 8, Cox Creek twp., for the month ending Feb. 3d, 1882. E.J. Bauman, teacher. Number of pupils enrolled: 20. Average daily attendance: 16. Names of pupils perfect in attendance:
Lawrence Dinan
Freddie Pupka
Michael Dinan
Martha Pupka
Jane Dinan
~Elkader Register, Friday morning, Feb. 10th, 1882Misc. Teachers
Beatrice Barthel, teacher 1915
Charlotte Dinan, teacher 1927
Margaret Dinan, teacher 1929
Madonna Uriel, teacher 1933-1935
Ruth Dinan, teacher 1936
Iva Nell Kenneally, teacher 1940
~various issues of local newspapers ~teachers extracted by S. Ferrall
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