(Band/Music/School/Professors)
This page updated February 8, 2013
In the early days, teaching was one of the few occupations that a woman could have that was acceptable.
A woman teacher must also be unmarried. Many women taught school for a few terms prior to her marriage.
Men were also, of course, teachers. The schooling process was very important to our ancestors.
They knew for their children to get anywhere in the world, they needed an education.
In many communities, there were more people working as teachers then in any other profession.
Education for these teachers most often was in taking certain courses to prepare them to teach.
There were really no formal college courses to take until later on.
Many of the students didn't speak english during the early days of our county.
Books were scarce as was the money to buy them.
Many children shared books or learned from writings on the blackboard of the teacher.
Although for some, education caused a financial burden on the families, it was still a much valued item for the parents.
They desired their children to be better then themselves..many times the parents were later taught by the children as they learned.
Schooling was most often only to a 4th grade level in the beginning--later it went on to the 8th grade level.
Few students went on to high school as there was a cost of $100.00 to be paid to the trustee in order
to obtain the certificate to attend high school.
When weighed against the lack of money and the use of another person on the farm,
it is easy to see why many homes chose to not send a student on to further education.
Below you will find a variety of the teachers that taught in the counties. Where possible I will denote just what school they taught in.
Some of the listed were professors at Depauw University; those will also be noted.
Where no notation is found, assume these to be elementary school teachers with no specialty classifications.
Owen County
Albert ACORD
Elisabeth ADAMS
Jo AHORN
Mary E. AHORN
Lincoln ALLEE Maggie ALLEN
R.J. ALLY-Teacher & Principal-Spencer Joy ANDERSON
Jacob ARTHUR
Bessie ASHER
Earl ASHER--Gosport
Goldie ASHER
William H. ATKINS
Warren BEAMER
Henry I. CASIDA
M. D. CHILLSON
Martha C. CHORD
Eve CHRIAMAN
Oscar CHRIAMAN
Jno. F. CHRISTY
Lizzie E. COFFEY
Sarah. B. COFFEY
Susan S. COFFEY
Nathan COLLINS
Eva J. CONNELLY
Millard CRAW
Martha DAY
Dunlap DEAN
Alma DINIOUS--Music Teacher
Franklin DRAKE
Estes DUNKIN
Frances DUNKIN
Frank DUNKIN
Hobart DUNKIN
Isa (Sinclair) DUNKIN
Rena DUNKIN
Vella (Johnson) DUNKIN
E. C. EVANS
James S. EVANS
Pearl EVANS
Sarah (Goss) FARR
I. H. FOWLER
Daniel GANTZ
Josiah GASHORN
Armstrong GASTON
David K. GOSS
Laura GOSS
Clinton GREENE
Freida (Dyer) GREENE
Adam A. GROPE
John H. GROPE
Mary GUDGEON
Clara E. HAHN
William HALTOM
Issac HAMMOND
Bert HANCOCK
Ella HART
Charles HARTSOCK
Albert M. HAUSER
James E. HETSER
Sarah HETSER
Ella HOWE
Celia W. HUNT
Effie C. JOHNSON
Frank JONES
Loran E. KAY
Frank KEISER
Adeline KNOX
James KNOX
Jane KNOX
Annie J. LANHAM
Clement L. LEE
John S. LINGLE
Samuel LILLY
Israel LLOYD
John LOCKHART--Lopossa School
Robert C. MAGILL
James A. MANESS
Adam MARKLEY
Bernice MARTIN-Teacher-Spencer Oliver P. McAULEY
Pearl McCULLOUGH
Jeptha D. MEEK- Morgan twp. 1857-1861 William MELICH
Peter MELICK
Harvey MILLER
Alice Warren MILLIGAN
L. MOON
Maude MUGG
Mettie Q. MULLINIX
Nathan C. NICHOLS
Warren NORRIS-(Spencer & Coal City)
William NORRIS
F. R. NUGENT
Thomas PENROD
Ruby (Shuler) POTTORFF
Jeremiah PRITCHETT
Samuel RALSTON
James A. RAPER
Walter REITER
John ROBERTSON
Oliver P. ROBINSON--Carp & Spencer
Florence ROPER
William SANDY
Frank H. SCOTT
W. H. SECREST
Henry SHAKE
A. E. H. SIMON
Graden SINCLAIR
Nannie A. SINCLAIR
Strange SINCLAIR
Hettie SMITH--Music Teacher
Presley SMITH
Frank SPANGLER
John N. SPANGLER
William W. SPANGLER
Robt. SPEAR
Edgar E. STEEL
Elmer STIRLING
Christian STRAUP
Almey J. SWARTZ--Music Teacher
John TABOR
George W. THOMPSON
Ransom TOLLIVER
Hattie (McCarty) TRUAX
Annice VAUGHN-Morgan Twp Jewell VAUGHN
Johno S. WATTS
Minnie WHITE
Willard WHITE
Edna WIGAL
William W. WILEY
Blanche WILLIAMS-Freedom
Henry M. WILLIAMS
J. WILLIAMS
John H. WILLIAM
W. S. WILLIAMS
Zilliam WILLIAMS
Frank WISE
Eva WISE
George W. WORK
Morgan County
William D. BAIN
Joel A. BAKER
Christie BEALY
Julia L. BENNETT
Miralda BISHOP
David BOTHWELL
John BRICKERT
Frank BURKHART
G. G. BURNS
George BUSH
John CALDWELL
Spencer P. CARPENTER
Isacc CARROLL
Elizabeth CARVER
Hattie CLARK
John R. COPELAND
Hattie COX
Agnes CUMMING--music teacher
Hellen DEAKINS
Marion DOUGLAS
Wesley DRAKE
Ella DUCKWORTH
Sailor E. DUNCAN
Alonzo FERGUSON
Flora FERGUSON
Henry C. FOXWORTHY
F. A. GENTRY
Milton GILLESPIE--music teacher
Thomas B. GREGORY
Lucetta GRIFFITTS
Annie HADLEY
Frank S. HALTOM
Alexander HARDWICK
Maggie B. HARRAH
Elias E. HENLEY
James H. HENRY
Alma KENNEDY
Mary E. KENNEDY
John LAFARY
Nannie LITTEN
Agnes LONG--music teacher
G. W. LUDLOW
G. W. MACY
R. V. MARSHALL
Matt MATTHEWS
Prudence MAXWELL
Albert MC CRACKEN
Lucinda MCCRACKEN
Stephen MCCRACKEN
Lucy MC PHLRIDGE
Grant S. MONICAL
Phil. E. MYRICK
Henry S. PETERSON
Telestina PHELPS
Emma PRATHER
Caleb A. PRICHARD
Mariah SCHOFIELD--music teacher
Mary SCHOFIELD
Hannah SLAUGHTER
Sarah SLAUGHTER
Mattie E. SLIPP
Marrietta SMITH
Presley SMITH
Sally SMITH --music teacher
William H. SMITH
Jessa R. STARKEY
Hiriam STETZALL
Lincoln STETZALL
Basil L. STEVENS-- Long School 1935
John A STIPP
Hattie SWEET
Jennie SWEET
Mary E. TACKITT
Lilly TAYLOR--music teacher
Lydia A. TAYLOR
Ella R. TELFORD
Lulu TELFORD
Ada W. THORNBURGH
Ida TUCKER
Corda VOILS
Bluford C. WATSON
Grace WHITTED
Valentine T. WILEY
Jonath D. WILLIAMS --Professor
Susan WILSON
Putnam County
William R. ALLEE
Benjamin F. ALLEN
Lucy ALLEN
Marilda ALLEN--Music Teacher
Mary J. ALLEN
Lizzie AMES
Alma APPLEGATE
Ellen ATCHISON
Nannie ATCHISON
Thomas J. BASSETT --Professor Of Latin And Greek Asbury University
Ettie BEAL
Addison BECHLEHYMER
D. D. BECK
Florence BECK
Ida M. BLACK
William S. BLATCHLEY
Sarah E. BONOR
Lydia A. BRANEMAN--music teacher
Mary BRISCOE
Orson H. BROOKE
William H. BROWN
James C. BURRESS
Clay B. CARVER
Joseph CASE
Presley B. COLLIVER
Maggie CONER
Bettie CROW
Elizabeth CROW
Ella DARNALL
Jesse J. DARNALL
Wm. R. DAUSON
Frank DAVIS
John B. DE MOTTE--Instructor Math. Asbury University
Elam M. DENNY
Lillie DINWIDDIE
Joseph T. DOBELL
Alexas T. DONNOHUE-- Music Teacher
Blanch DONNOHUE-- Music Teacher
Josephine DONNOHUE
Madge DONNOHUE -- Elocution Teacher
Jonathen E. DORSETT
Julia DRULEY-- Music Teacher
R. S. DRURLEY
S. A. DRURLEY
Martha B. DRYDEN--music teacher
Elex. DUNNINGTON
John E. EARP--Prof. Modern Languages Asbury University
Ella C. ELLIS
Flora ELLIS
Minnie ELLIS
Emma FARRABEE
Clore FARROW-- Music Teacher
Mary A. FISHER
M. T. FLANERY
William J. FLOYD
William F. GARDNER
G. M. GLASSCO
Milroy GORDON
Jennie GRADY
Maggie GRADY
Aaron J. HALL
Rebecca HANNA
James HARCOURT
George HENRIX
Lizzie N. HOUGH-- Music Teacher
Minnie HOYT
Nellie HOYT
Clara A. HURST
James H. JOBE
Girtie JOHNSON
Emma M. JONES
Mary E. JONES
Jennie KELLEY
Mary KELLEY
Kate KEOGH
Mary KEOGH
Allic KNIGHT
Edward LANE
Tabitha E. LANE
Anne LANGDON
Iro W. LONG --music teacher
Ellen MALONY--writing teacher
Belle MANSFIELD
John M. MANSFIELD --Prof. Of Nat. Science Asbury University
Ada MARKLAND--music teacher
Alexander MARTIN--President Indiana Asbury University
James V. MARTIN
Alice J. MASTERSOM
Julia MATHERS
Clara MATSON
Carlton McDANIEL--music teacher
Lydia McELROY
Emma McKEE
Mary W. McKEE
Mary F. McLANE
Kate C. MERRIL-- Music Teacher
Delilah MILLER
James MILLIGAN
Minnie F. MILLS
Jennie MOORE
Biddie MUNGAVIN
Annie MURPHY--music teacher
Jacob H. NICHOLS
Agnes G. NICHOLSON--Music Teacher
Anna O'BRIANT
James 0' BRIEN
Sarah PARRITT
Nannie PATTON
Emely W. PEAKS
Foster PICKETT
W. E. PIERSON
Jennie E. PRIEST
Ella RAGAN -- Music Teacher
Sarah REAM
Alice RENICK
John C. RIDPATH--Author And Professor History Asbury Univ
Martha J. RIDPATH
Blanch RIGGS
Minnie May (Bartley) RIGHTSELL
Julia E. ROBINSON
L. L. ROGERS --Professor Of Language
Albert ROSS
Mary C. SANDY
William H. SCOTT
Susannah Q. SECHMAN
Bettie A. SHANON
Sophia A. SHOPTAUGH
Francis SKELTON
Leonidas E. SMEDLEY
Benjaman SMITH --Penmanship
Ida SPRINGER
Mary A. STALEY
Laura E. STEART
Rebecca A. STEPHENS
Emma (Herbert) STIGLER
George STOCKWELL
Emma SUMMERS
Eliza J. THOMPSON
H. W. TINGLEY
Joseph TINGLEY--College Professor
Sarah J. TORR
Matta A. VARNER
Jennetta C. WALLS
Ransom H. WALLS
Louan WARD -- Music Teacher
Kate WEBB
R. T. WEBB
Samul WEBB
Carrie WEIK -- Music Teacher
Sallie D. WELCH
Belle WERNEKE
Philander WILEY--Professor Of Greek
Julia WILLIAMS
Rose Bell WILLIAMS
S. J. WOLFORD
Enos A. WOOD
Adala WRIGHT
Elizebeth A. YOUNG--music teacher
