Contributed by Teresa Douglass, Genealogy Specialist
Corydon Grade School students are pictured in front of their school ca. 1897. The frame, two-story school building was located on the northeast corner of Mulberry and Walnut Streets and served Corydon students until 1915.
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Corydon Grade School, ca. 1897
Several individuals in this photograph have been identified. For those for whom the name given is not a certainty, the name is followed by a “?”.
1st Row (L-R): Laurence Bennet, Hester Black, Nellie Williams, Cloe Frederick, Loraine Bulleit?, John Irwin, Jack Conrad, Unknown, Unknown, Curtis Lockhart, Walter Applegate, Bennet Caughlin, Keen Irwin, Royal Purple?, James Tabler, Bob Tracewell, George Miller, Marcella Webb, Emma Long.
2nd Row: ____ Steepleton, Willie Crecelius, Wilbur Miller, Unknown, Clara Anderson?, Faye Seig, Unknown, Bobbitt, Nell Keller, Monnie Conrad, Walter Cunningham, Waldo Hurst, Hardin Lemon?, Fritz Straub, Henry Sebrun, Mary Kirkham, Edna Lotich, Maude Davis, Clarence Lockhart, Nelly Funk, Forrest Swilte?, Willie Ball?, Grace Funk, Anna Chambers.
3rd Row: Laurence Garing?, Harry Funk, Harry Caughlin, Morris Kennedy?, Guy Bulleit behind Wilbur Miller, Mabel Jordan, Mrs. Ruth Funk, Slemmons Riely, Hattie Irwin, Unknown, Goldie McElfresh, Riely Bean?, behind Walter Cunningham, Tommie Long, May Crosier, Blaine Hays, Georgia Lemon, Cleve or Steve Blunk, May Feller, Emma Crosier, Elsie Lotick, Alma Lotich.
4th Row (starting just after Slemmons Riely): Bill Salts, Jesse Bennet, Lawson Reed, Ben Thornsbury, Ray DeMosse, Ollie Sebrun, Katie Emily, Nettie Lockhart, Louise Miller back of George Lemon.
5th Row: Bertha Sebrun?, Walter McGrain, Reed Culmer?, Wiley Patterson, James Applegate?, LaRella Bean, Alma Black, Blanche Elliott, Miss Ella Logan in back.
