School Directory of Eastland County, Texas

The Teachers Institute

School District No. 1. - Yellow Mound, J. H. Jace; Bedford, F. M. Anthony; Dark Hollow, R. B. Evans; Pleasant Valley, D. H. Stoddard. Trustees: R. T. White, J. H. Harbin, J. H. Robbins.

School District No. 1 A. - Central, J. F. Dean, teacher. Trustees: J. B. Short, W. M. Eppler, W. C. Hazel.

School District No. 2. - Freedom, T. E. Payne; Union, Lillian Hatten; Lone Cedar, Sam Poe. Trustees: L. J. Spann, J. R. Higgins, H. Brashears.

School District No. 3. - Pleasant Valley, Maude Murphy; High Point, E. Lafoon; Grapevine, E. C. Murphy; Flat Woods, L. D. Harlin. Trustees: D. H. Collins, J. H. Bransford, J. W. Robinson.

School District No. 4. - Conner, Myrtle Medearis; Owen, J. A. Brashears; Cross Roads, C. P. Webb; Merriman, W. C. Higgins; Colony, H. C. Pelphrey. Trustees: W. k. Hise, Floyd Brewer, Charles Barker.

School District No. 5. - Triumph, Mattie Gatewood. Trustees: S. D. Shugart, Z. Z. Butler, W. A. Davis.

School District No. 6. - Rush Creek, J. E. Ervin. Trustees: W. D. Messimer, A. P. Barton, J. F. Myers.

School District No. 7. - Tuder, J. W. Harmon. Trustees: O. W. Pollard. D. A. Harris, S. H. Boggus.

School District No. 8. - Lone Star, Emma Mahan. Trustees: Ed Parker, J. T. Jobe, H. F. Thomas.

School District No. 9. - Nash Creek, J. B. Jordan; Nash Creek, Mrs. Jessie Sawell. Trustees: E. N. Echols, J. T. Earnest, E. A. McDonald.

School District No. 10. - Alemeda, E. E. Boucher; Young Springs, Fannie Koonce. Trustees A. J. Williams; A. S. Chauncey, Joe Jones.

School District No. 11. - Rogers, F. E. King, Pearl Brabbin. Trustees: E. P. Nix, A. T. Lowe, Hue Guy.

School District No. 12. - Jewell, H. M. Hayes, Pearl Mayes. Trustees: E. F. Simms, W. M. Mane, W. J. Newell.

School District No. 13. - High Knot, Pearl Chastain. Hall Mark, J. E. Tanier; Center Point, Mamie Lovett. Trustees: T. J. Hilton, J. T. Brown, Will Greer.

School District No. 14. - Rockwell, W. J. Justice; Bluff Branch, W. P. Caldwell; Sandy, Bessie Gray; Liberty Hill, H. W. Gotcher. Trustees, J. W. Stamps, James Caradine, Robert Cove.

School District No. 15. - Wood, H. C. Overby; Reich, Miss Ulala Howard; Cozart, W. D. Hazel. Trustees: J. P. Montgomery, J. P. Leverage, J. H. Ward.

School District No. 15 A. - Nimrod, Adelle Keith; Mitchell, Dora Stewart; Hobart, Alice Davidson. Trustees: B. B. Hogan, E. C. Pass, S. L. Yeage.

School District No. 16. - Cook, W. Bashabranner: Curtis, Will Allen; Ballard, P. P. Holbrook. Trustees: A. J. Woodyke, K H. Pearce, J. F. Nichols.

School District No. 17. - Long Branch, N. F. Britton; Romney, W. J. Moreland; Pleasant Hill, E. P. Moreland; Griggs, Charles Parker. Trustees: Henry Milligan, W. L. Brayden, W. L. Barnett.

School District No. 18. - Hickman, Eva Crume Trustees: G. B. Mullings, W. H. Hughs, S. W. H. Bushee.

School District 18 A. - Macedonia, Ola Little. Trustees: E. C. Lane, H. B. Anderson, J. A. Haynes.

School District No. 19. - Pioneer, F. W. Mullins, Julia Mullins. Trustees: S. P. Stovall, F. C. McBride, W. E. W. Smith.

School District No. 20. - Wheat, Miss. May Harrison. Trustees: J. W. Adams, J. A. Porterfield, F. M. Hutton.

School District No. 21. - Bumley, M. D. Mullings; Sabano, W. F. Walker. Trustees: W. T. Boyd, J. T. Blackwell, J. S. Erwin.

School District No. 22. - Mountain, Ollin Kinnison. Trustees: C. H. Gunoway, E. S. Hoon, J. L. Fonville.

School District No. 23. - Howard, Bascomb Morton. Trustees: W. S. Prater, J. B. Kizer, J. H. Little.

School District No. 24. - Leon, J. T. Singleton. Trustees: W. E. Vaughn. J. W. Blair, J. W. Watson, J. W. Pitman.

School District No. 25. - Elm, J. S. Purdy. Trustees: W. P. Orr, R. M. Gaun, J. HI Prichard, W. H. Mancill.

School District No. 26. - Grigsby, Janes H. Batman; Jett, O. A. Fleming. Trustees: J. G. Burgess, D. P. Taylor, Gus Payne

School District No. 27. - Grand View, C. P. Jones, Mrs. Lassie Jones. Trustees: W. H. Westmoreland, J. D. Barton, J. W. Carter.

School District No. 28. - Peak, J. B. McEntire. Trustees: Bill Dill, J. 0. Harris, J. R. Tune.

School District No. 29. - Desdemona. J. H. Hankins, Mrs. J. H. Hankins. Trustees: J. E. Brown, J. A. Copeland, F. E. Terry.

School District No. 30. - Okra, J. O. Bashaw. Trustees: D. M. Jacobs, H. E. Shiley, W. H. Mimms.

School District No. 31. - Union, Gypson Crossland, Miss Lillian Hatton. Trustees: S. H. Code. J. L. Brown, H. D. Marshall.

School District No 32. - Salem, W. T. Skinner. Trustees: W. N. Hickey, G. R. Hamilton, J. M. Moore.

School District No. 33. - New Hope, M. H. Perkins. Trustees: J. L. Brown, W. S. Martin. W. D. Kinnison.

School District No. 34. - Delmer. J. S. Bond. Trustees: Will Conn, J. E. Duneway, J. H. Kyle.

School District No. 35. - Bullock, J. A. Sanderford. Trustees: J. S. Williams, L. M. Cook, A. J. Allison, C. L. Hodges,

School District No. 36. - Oak Grove, H. C. Poe. Trustees: J. R. Lanier, I. N. Poe.

School District No. 37: - Yellow Branch, R. E. Sprawls. Trustees: A. G. Vaunoy, M. M. Doyle, Eli Gentry, M. G. Robertson.

School District No. 38. - Britton, Annie Brooks, Mamie Brooks. Trustees: A. C. Brown, H. B. Bue, R. L. Rowe, F. M. Stone.

Independent School Districts

Cisco. - Superintendent. E. L. Abbott; A. V Britton, W. T. Bachelor, E. Jung, Miss Bettie Harbison, Miss Anna Lee Fisher, Miss Annie Laurie Brown, Miss Frederic Mosley, Miss Sadie Yarnell - Miss Martha Conner Green, Primary. Trustees. L. E. Brannin, President; W. L. Armstrong, Vice President; Dr. W. P. Lee, Secretary Arthur Grist, Treasurer; J. M. Williamson, Judge D. K. Scott, T. J. Worthington.

Gorman - Superintendent. A. C. Ferguson; A. H. King, Alex Allen, Mrs. Tranquil McDaniel, Miss Claire Rush; Art, Miss Bailey. Trustees: J. Q. Eppler, President; T. L. Gates, Secretary and Treasurer; W. S. Wood, J. A. Jones, W. L. Terry. W. F. Burleson, E. F. Nelson.

Carbon. - J. Speed Carroll, Superintendent; W. J. Allison, Binkley Drake, Miss Rebecca White. Miss Johnnie Reed. Trustees: S. P. Finley, President: E. H. Boyett, Secretary; J. F. Edmondson. Treasurer: E. L. Littleton, T. L. Tucker, J. E. Foster, A. Baston.

Scranton. - O. C. Britton, Superintendent; C. C, Bullock, Mrs. J. S. Bond; Miss Lillian Bell, Music. Trustees: A. M. Sprawls, President; F. G. Boyd, Secretary; W. T. Rutherford, Treasurer; W. T. Gattis, Assessor and Collector: W. D. Clinton, J. J. Ray, J. R. Sprawls.

Ranger. - C. D. Judd, J. E. Peters, Co-Principals; Miss Ira Maxwell, Miss Jessie Cooper. Trustees: F. W. Melvin, President; B. P. Davenport, Secretary; W. R. Hodges, Treasurer; R. L. Page, J. H. Harrison, H. W. Hilliard, J. M. Rice.

Rising Star. - E. H. Jones, Geo. F. Barnes, Principals; Miss Osie Hickman, Miss Minnie Brewer. Miss Erie Rich; J. E. Wells, Music; Miss Harmon Barber, Elocution. Trustees: H. E. Anderson, President; A. J. Rhone, Secretary; W. S. Michael, Treasurer: F. B. Weaver, Collector; W. C. White, J. A. Terrel, R. Garner.

Eastland. - W. A. Bynum, Superintendent; Miss Josie Garner, Mrs. Julia Mayes, Miss Minnie Mood. Trustees: C. U. Connellee, President; E, Roper, Secretary; M. Hill, Treasurer; J. R. Frost, J. J. Morgan, S. J. Day, J. T. Morton.

Source: History of Eastland County, Texas, by Mrs. George Langston, A. D. Aldridge & Company, Dallas, Texas, 1904.