Hungate School (1900)

Subject: picture for your photo page
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 19:21:39 -0500
From: Wilson1600@aol.com

Pam,
I would like to have this picture listed with the Mercer County Photo page if you feel that it is ok...I will write down here what the kids name are in the picture....

Caption (Cropped from 1965 article) Reads:

Hungate School 1900

This picture was made 65 years ago at Hungate school (on the banks of Chaplin river in the Rose Hill area). Miss Ora Adams was the teacher. Note the bare feet and straw hats.

Front row, from left to right:
Robert Peavlet, Marcus Claunch, Willie Claunch, Winfield Taylor, Page Bailey, Virgil Cannon, Ansel Catlett, Joe Brownfield, Oscar Taylor, Fred Leonard, Charley Leonard, Albert Henry and Keller Claunch.

Standing in front row, left to right (married names of later years given):
Anna Catlett Tyler, James Shirley, Bertie Leonard Cannon, Ethel Huff Cox,Claude Darland, Earnest Cannon, Martha Claunch Click, Corda Taylor Patterson, Lily Kirkland Leonard, Josie Kirkland Hatchell, Ida Brownfield Peavler, Ora Huff Cloyd, Nannie Catlett Lewis, Taylor Lewis, Icy CLaunch Peavler,Lettie Catlett Devine, Mary A. Kirkland Moore, Seymour Claunch, and Clem Kirkland.

Standing on steps from left:
Andrew Leonard,Minnie Kirkland Logue, Miss Ora Adams (teacher who afterwards was superintendent of Mercer county schools for 16 years,1906-1922) a Miss Cox visiting the school, Maude Claunch Cummins, Paul Leonard, Ophelia Darland, Lee Shirley, Phil Huff(a visitor), Ovie Lester Kern, Alex Kirkland, Ocie Bailey Hood, Judas Darland (one of the 3 trustees of the school), Nannie Waters Dean, Effie Shirley Foster, Joe Leonard, Clarence Shirley, and Jimmie Drury.

I hope this meets all your standards for the web. If not please let me know and I will try and correct it so you can put it on the web. I was related to several people in the picture. Thanks

as always lcwl (Linda Carole Wilson Long from ILLINOIS)
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