Hawkeye School No. 6

Long Creek Township, Decatur County, Iowa
 
Hawkeye School, Section 36, was built around 1873. It closed in 1915 with Naomi Bowen as the teacher.

Other teachers were Lillian Eaton in 1874; Avis Strong; Martin Boatman; India and Lottie Daily; Emma Hacker; Lulu Rumley; Ann Conwell; Doris O'Hair; Miss Yost; Mrs. Sam Metier; Mable Kelly, Letha Krouch; Madge Stedman; Kathryn Havard; Helen Stuteville and Clarice Stream.

The schoolhouse was sold to Carroll Tompkins and used as a hay barn.

~ "A Century of Memories of Van Wert, Iowa: 1880 - 1980"
 
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Hawkeye School
1890

Hawkeye School
1902

1902 Names

 

Hawkeye School
1932-33
Mabel Saddoris
1902
Charley Hacker, Everett Waters, Guy Smith, Levi Tillitson, Wilber Howell, Ralph Rumley, Helen Keller, Earl Rumley, Mable Gill, Fred Gill, Mable Waters, Byron Hacker, Hattie Hacker, Katie Tillitson, Roy Waters, John Lantz, Nellie Gill, John Hoffman, Frank Keller, Nellie Moreland
  
Original page created by Sharon Becker 2013; transcribed and reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall Oct 2019.
 
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