This is a transcription of Shelby Township school records, pages 211 - 228. The original document is held at the Kramer Museum, Betty Copeland, Secretary.
Page 211 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 1 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Nelson Beebe | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 2 George Stevenson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 3 William B. Niles | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 4 Edward P. Niles | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 5 Charles Woolley | | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 6 Daniel P Demaree | 2 | | 5 | 12 | | 7 James H. Demaree | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 8 James Smock | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 9 William Herren | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 10 Thomas McCreary | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | | 11 Eliza Whitham | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 12 Michael Cooper | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 13 William H Fuget | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 14 Thomas Voris | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 15 Joseph Buchanan | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 16 Charles Lanham | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | | 17 Alpha Foster | 3 | | 5 | 12 | | 18 Christopher Beebe | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | | 19 Daniel Miller | 1 | | 5 | 12 | | 20 Cynthia McCollough | | 1 | 5 | 12 | | | 36 | 32 | | | Total 68 A.G. Niles Enumerator Levi Lewis for school purposes Oct 5 Qualified Charles Woolley Director of School No 1 elected on the 1st Sat. in Oct. Nov 14th Employed Albert G. Niles to teach the School in house No 1 at $1.75 per day to commence Nov. 16th 1868 Blank Page 212 Page 213 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 2 | Males | Females | Town 5 | Range 11 | | 1 Jonathan Kinnett | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 2 John H Means | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 3 Levi C Peters | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Lewis Connor | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 5 George W. Mermoud | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | | 6 Charles Black | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 6 John B Peak from Ripley town | 1 | 2 | | | | 8 Matilda Means | 2 | | 5 | 11 | | 9 John Risk Sen. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 10 E. J. Vestile | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 11 Joseph R. Jarvis | 3 | | 5 | 11 | | 12 Davidson Baker | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 John G. Risk | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 14 Martha Hayes | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 15 Mary M. Brooks | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 16 James Thornton | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 17 Elizabeth Vestile | | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 18 Emeline Risk | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 19 Isaac Connor | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 20 Do.John W. Gordon | 3 | | 5 | 11 | | 21 William Moodie | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | | 31 | 29 | | | Total 60 Oct 21st Appointed and qualified John H Means Director of School No. 2. Dec 6th Employed Charles N. Lanham as Teach of School No 2 at $1.75 per day to commence Dec. 6th 1868 Page 214 Enumeration for 1868 | School No 3 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 William H Benefiel | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 2 William Means | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 3 Dilliard C. Whitham | 2 | | 5 | 11 | | 4 John R. Bair | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 5 Enoch Buchanan | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | | 6 John McLaughlin | 3 | | 5 | 11 | | 7 George W. Whitham | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 8 Russell Linn | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 9 James Means | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 10 John W. Gordon | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 11 Hiram Hillis | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Elizabeth Higbee | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 13 Jorden Johnson | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | | 18 | 17 | | | Total 35 Oct 13th Qualified John W. Gordon Director of School No. 3 Elected on the 1st Sat. in October Nov 14th Employed David Spencer to Teach the above School at $ 1.75 per day to commence Nov. 16th 1868 Page 215 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 4 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 William H. Buchanan | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 2 Joseph H. Ryker | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 3 James W. May | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Henry O’Neal | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 5 John Benefiel | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 6 Samuel McLeland | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 7 Andrew Carmine | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 8 William Gordon | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 9 John T. Lemen | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 10 John Jeffries | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 11 William H. Flint | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Taylor Wright | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 Sarah Weatherford | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 14 Sytha M. Barber | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | | 24 | 15 | | | Total 39 George S. May. enumerater for School purposes Transferred Z. McLaughlin from School No. 5 to Ripley, Co. for School purposes Oct 13th Qualified Joseph H. Ryker Director School No. 4 elected on the 1st Sat in October Nov 14th Employed Thomas Foster to teach the above School at $1.75 per day to commence Nov. 16th 1868 Page 216Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 5 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Thomas J. Wise | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 2 William Beebe | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 3 Peter Green | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Thomas S. Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 5 James H. Smith | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 6 William T. Johnson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 7 Rachel Beebe | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 8 Timothy Beebe | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 9 Mary Herin | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 10 James R. Lewis | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 11 Thomas Dunn | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Ryker Robbins | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 John H. Smitha | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 14 Andrew Woodfill | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | | 20 | 22 | | | Total 42 Sept 8th Employed Mary E. Christie to Teach School No. 5 at $1.75 per day. School to commence Sept. 14th 1868 Oct 13th Qualified William Beebe Director School No. 5 reelected on the 1st Sat in Oct. 1869 Jan 22nd Miss Ettie Christie filed report of the School taught by her & recved payment for teaching said School 92 days amting to $161.00 Page 217 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 6 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Robert P. Copeland | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 2 Thomas Poston | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 3 Martin H. Daily | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Lucy A. Ellis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 5 S. W. Copeland | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 6 William Barkis | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 7 James Gordon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 8 Robt. Stevenson Sen. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 9 Hugh G. Manford | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 10 John W Robbins | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 11 Lafayette Marquis | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | | 17 | 16 | | | Total 31 Oct 7th Qualified Thomas Poston Director of School No. 6 reelected on the 1st Sat. in Oct. Oct. 7th Employed Mary J. Daily to teach School No. 6 at $1.65 per day. School to commence Oct 12th 1868 1869 Mar 18th Feb 27th Miss M. J. Daily filed report of the school taught by her recvd $151.80 for teaching said School 92 days. Note: Mar 18th above was lined through. Page 218 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 7 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Peter V. Ryker | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 2 William W. McCarty | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 3 J. M. Salyers | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 4 Daniel H. Demaree | 2 | | 5 | 11 | | 5 Aaron W. Robbins | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 6 Benjamin C Kennedy | | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 7 Joseph Lockard | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 8 Solomon B. Lockard | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 9 Edward Milligan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 10 Emerson Crawford | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 11 Joel C. Bishop | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Mary Bishop | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 William McCoy | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 14 James McCoy | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 15 Jennet Lewis | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 16 John H. Matthews | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 17 Sarah J. Marquis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 18 Isabella F. McCoy | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 19 F. M. Gordon | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 20 Eliza Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 21 Seth Campbell | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 22 William F Rabourn | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 23 Frederick Armand | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 24 Stephen Herring | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 25 Alexander Johnson | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 26 Samuel H. Risk | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 27 Benjamin Wadsworth | 4 | | 5 | 11 | | 28 Zadoc Powell | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 29 Jesse Lott | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | | 38 | 32 | | | Page219 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 7 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | | | | 5 | 11 | | | | | 5 | 11 | Oct 7th Qualified Benjamin C. Kennedy Director of School No 7 reelected on the 1st Sat. in October. Nov 14th Employed Edward Brazelton to teach School No. 7 at $1.65 per day to commence Nov. 16th 1868 Dec 22nd Edward Brazelton made report of the School taught by him, & recvd payment for 29 days services as Teacher, amting $47.85 License revoked by P. R. Vernon County Examine 1869 Feb 8th This day employed Francis M. Moore to teach School No. 7. at $1.75 per day to commence Feb 10th 1869 . for a term of 63 days Page 220 Enumeration for 1868 | School N. 8 Names of Parents or Guardians | M | F | Town | Range | | 1 Levi Thornton | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 2 John Warfield | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 3 G. T. Warfield | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Henry Land | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 5 James M. Storm | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 6 John Gans | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 7 James C. B Benefiel | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 8 Rude D. Gordon | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 9 James McCarty | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 10 James Land | 4 | | 5 | 11 | | 11 William Lee | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Francis Smith | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 Davis Peak | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | | 21 | 19 | | | Total 40 Oct 13th Appointed and qualified G. T. Warfield Director of School No. 8 Nov 7th Employed Harriet L. Niles to teach above School at $1.75 per day to commence Nov. 9th 1868 Page 221 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 9 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 George Harper | 1 | | | 12 | | 2 John Vanosdol | 4 | 1 | | 11 | | 3 Levi Christie | | 1 | | 12 | | 4 Elijah Matthews | 1 | 1 | | 12 | | 5 George H Fry | 7 | 1 | | 12 | | 6 William Spencer | 2 | 3 | | 12 | | 7 David Stewart | 3 | 2 | | 12 | | 8 Thomas Ellis | 2 | | | 12 | | 9 Stephen Ellis | | 1 | | 12 | | 10 William Dalgleish | 4 | 3 | | 12 | | 11 William Baker | 1 | | | 12 | | 12 Lucinda Hayes | 3 | 1 | | 12 | | 13 Mary Reed | 1 | 3 | | 12 | | 14 Fanny Spencer | 1 | 1 | | 12 | | 15 James R. Skeen | | 1 | | 12 | | 16 Ann McGregor | 1 | | | 12 | | 17 David Lamb | 2 | 1 | | 11 | | | 33 | 20 | | | Total 52 Oct. 19th Appointed and qualified William Spencer Director School No 9. Oct Employed John Graham to teach the above School at $1.65 per day to commence Nov. 9th 1868 Mar 18th J. J. Graham Teacher of School No 9 filed report and recvd payment for 92 days Service amounting to $151.80. Page 222 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 10 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Samuel Scott | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 2 John Glen | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 3 Robert Jameson | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 4 Christopher Whitton | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 5 Robert Culbertson | | 3 | 5 | 12 | | 6 David Culbertson | 1 | | 5 | 12 | | 7 John Griffin | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | | 9 Nathan Matthews | | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 10 Matthew Ralston | 1 | | 5 | 12 | | 11 John Shaw | 1 | | 5 | 12 | | 12 Jas. S. Whitton | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 13 Robert Glen | 1 | | 5 | 12 | | 14 Alexander Corrans | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 15 John Francis Sen | | 1 | 5 | 12 | | 16 Jas. F. Tait | | 1 | 5 | 12 | | | 14 | 17 | | | Total 31 Oct 3rd Employed Josephine Shadday to teach School No. 10 at $1.70 per day. School to commence Oct. Oct 13th Qualified Matthew Ralston Director of the School. Elected on the 1st Sat in October. 1869 Feb 20th Josie D Shadday filed report of the school taught by her & recvd payment for teaching said School 92 days amting to $156.40 Page 223 Enumeration for 1868 | Scnool No 11 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 Napoleon Etherton | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 2 William Fergeson | 2 | | 5 | 11 | | 3 James Smith | 3 | | 5 | 11 | | 4 John B. Short | 3 | | 5 | 11 | | 5 John Jackson | | | 5 | 11 | | 6 Henry Jackson | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 7 Samuel Jackson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 8 William Rodgers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 9 Moses Rodgers | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 10 Henry Boner | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 11 Wesley Boner | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 12 Henry Lonis | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 13 John H. Stewart | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 14 Lewis Stewart | | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 15 William H. McCreal | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 16 William Matthews Sen | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | | 17 William Matthews Jun. | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 18 William Watson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 19 Abram Radcliffe | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | | 26 | 20 | | | Total 46 Oct 5th Qualified William Matthews Director of School No 11. elected on the 1st Sat. in Oct. Oct 16th Employed David H. Boyle to teach the above School at $1.50 per day. School commenced Oct. 12th 1868 1869 Feb 20th D. H. Boyle filed report of the School taught by him & recvd payment for 92 days service as such teacher amting to $130.00 Page 224 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 12 Names of Parents or Guardians | M | F | Town | Range | | 1 William J. Ryker | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | | 2 David H. Hall | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 3 John B. Fergeson | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | | 4 Christian Hall | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 5 Joseph Hall | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 6 Abner H. Lee | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | | 7 Killis A. R. Lee | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | | 8 Mary J. Lee | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 9 George Short | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 10 John Huartson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 11 Squire Phillips | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | | 12 George W. Hagan | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 13 Harrison Fergeson | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 14 George Fegeson | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 15 Henry Phillips | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 16 James W. Horton | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 17 Peter Brew | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 18 John True | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 19 David Fergeson | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | | 20 John Meek | 1 | | 5 | 11 | | 21 George Younker | | 1 | 5 | 11 | | | 36 | 36 | | | Total 72 Oct 15th Qualified Joseph Hall Director of School No. 12 reelected on the 1st Sat. in Oct. Nov 12th Employed Thomas McCoy as teacher of the above School at $1.75 per day to commence Nov 16th 1868 Blank Page 225 Page 226 Enumeration for 1868 | School No. 13 Names of Parents or Guardians | Males | Females | Town | Range | | 1 James Fergeson | 3 | 4 | | | | 2 Hugh J. Lee | 6 | 1 | | | | 3 John F Ireland | 1 | 1 | | | | 4 James W. Phillips | 1 | 1 | | | | 5 Nathaniel Lee | 1 | 3 | | | | 6 Francis P. Phillips | 1 | 3 | | | | 7 Jane Lee | 1 | | | | | 8 F. M. Benefiel | | 1 | | | | 9 William Land | 1 | 1 | | | | 10 Isaac Altizer | 1 | 1 | | | | 11 Nancy Land | | 2 | | | | 12 Martin Geimon | 3 | 2 | | | | 13 Nicholas Linenweber | 2 | 1 | | | | 14 John C. Keller | 1 | 1 | | | | 15 Matthias Thenis | 1 | 2 | | | | 16 Frank Mottel | | 1 | | | | 17 William Hanke | 1 | | | | | 18 Matthew Smith | 1 | 1 | | | | 19 Jacob Gabbard | | 1 | | | | | 25 | 24 | | | Total 49 Oct. 13th Qualified James Fergeson Director of the above School reelected on the 1st Sat. in Oct. Nov 9th Employed Thomas C. Kidd to teach School No. 13 at $1.75 per day. To commence Nov 10th 1868 Page 227 Recapitulation | School No. | Town | Range | Male | Female | Total | | School No. 1 No. of Children in | 5N | 12E | 36 | 32 | 68 | | School No. 2 No. of Children in | 5N | llE | 31 | 28 | 59 | | School No. 2 No. of Children in | 5N | 12E | | 1 | 1 | | School No. 3 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 18 | 17 | 35 | | School No. 4 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 24 | 15 | 39 | | School No. 5 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 20 | 22 | 42 | | School No. 6 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 17 | 16 | 33 | | School No. 7 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 38 | 32 | 70 | | School No. 8 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 21 | 19 | 40 | | School No. 9 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 6 | 2 | 8 | | School No. 9 No. of Children in | 5N | 12E | 27 | 18 | 45 | | School No. 10 No. of Children in | 5N | 12E | 10 | 16 | 26 | | School No. 10 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 4 | 1 | 5 | | School No. 11 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 23 | 18 | 41 | | School No. 11 No. of Children in | 5N | 12E | 3 | 2 | 5 | | School No. 12 No. of Children in | 5n | 11E | 36 | 36 | 72 | | School No. 13 No. of Children in | 5N | 11E | 25 | 24 | 49 | | Total | | | 339 | 299 | 638 | | Total number in Range 11 | | | 263 | 230 | 493 | | Total number in Range 12 | | | 76 | 69 | 145 | | Total | | | 339 | 299 | 638 | Completed this 29th day of August 1868. 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