Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

1910 - Allen District Schools and Some Pioneer Teachers in Them

Article from Jan 29, 1910 The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) 1910, Teachers, Schools, Pioneers, Log cabin

1910 - Allen District Schools and Some Pioneer Teachers in Them The Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Saturday, January 29, 1910, Page 19

1. One-Room School Records, 1858-1958 at Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. Compiled by Deborah Eidson, November 2009. Amended, Jan. 2020, with data with from eighth-grade graduate lists from Fort Wayne newspapers, 1890-1925. Record Description: The Allen County, Indiana One-Room School Records dated 1858-1958 were collected and compiled during the period of 2006-2009 by Deborah Eidson of Monroeville, Indiana. These records were transcribed "as is" from school directories, teachers' attendance records, 8th grade graduation programs, souvenir booklets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and trustees' ledgers.
2. Allen County Common Schools Commencement, 1930 at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
3. Search Allen County Schools titles, mostly 1920s-1950s directories on Internet Archive
4. Search Allen County Teachers Institute on Internet Archive
5. Allen County, Indiana school directory Publication date 1897 on Internet Archive

1. One room school houses in Allen County Author: David L. Drury, 1967
2. Deborah Eidson School Collection an online collection links are above from the books below at The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana
3. Book Hoagland High School, 1928-1968 : a rememberance [sic], Oct. 8, 1988 , "History of education in Indiana, Madison and Marion township," compiled by William Uffelman, 1988.
4. Northwest Allen County schools, Eel River, Perry and Lake townships : northwest Allen County growth, 1900-2000 Author: Windmiller, Brett, 2004

Students and teachers reunion who attended this log cabin school house in 1850-1860. The schoolhouse is located 1 1/2...

Posted by Indiana News 1 on Thursday, May 14, 2015

Thursday, May 14, 2015 post by Indiana News 1 on Facebook:

Photo of an 1850s log cabin school house on the corner of Wallen and Fritz Roads was posted May 14, 2015 by the original Great Memories and History of Fort Wayne, Indiana page on Facebook.

Students and teachers reunion who attended this log cabin school house in 1850-1860. The schoolhouse is located 1 1/2 miles from Wallen on the corner of Wallen Rd and Fritz Rd. . The picture was taken in around 1900 but was part of a newspaper article in 1910. Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel article: Allen County District Schools and Some Pioneer Teachers. Article included picture of former students of "A Pioneer School House of Allen County, built in 1839". Joseph D. Griswold is last row; third from right. His brother, R. Ashley Griswold is in back row; second from left. Rebecca Ann Opliger-Ervin in in front row; second from left............Upper Row ( left to right.............John Sunderland, R. Ashley Griswold, Luther C. Pratt, Joseph Sunderland, Joseph D. Griswold, August Racine, Samuel Karriger.......Lower Row ( left to right ).....Mrs. John Schuler ( Martha Zern ), Mrs. Rebecca Ervin ( Rebecca Ann Opliger ) Mrs. David Petit ( Lena A Racine ), Mrs. Christian F. Hostman (Cecilia M. Racine), Frederick Racine, Celia Racine, Mrs. Sophia Boschet, Mrs. John Cook ( Mary Malinda Moore ), Mrs. Ann E. Maring ( Ann Elizabeth Griswold Petit Maring ) Ida Racine.

Black and white version of this same sepia tone photo is titled: Washington Township Log School in the Allen County Public Library Digital Collections at the Allen County Public Library.