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Talley School, 1906

Talley School, 1906

First Row: Houston Blackwell, Claud Gibson, Tell WellsSecond Row: Charlie Whitsett, Frank Dixon, Cowan Phillips, Joe Rufus Hastings, Herbert Hastings, Frank Blackwell, Willie Whitsett, Paul Talley, William Thomas Epps, Fate BryantThird Row: Mr. Lee Foster (Teacher), Willie Mae Fowler, Mary Talley, Sadie Foster, Leila Oliver, Charlie Calahan, Ernest Blackwell, Bonnie McAdams, Garvin Adams, Ola Bryant, Mary Elizabeth Blackwell, Thelma Bryant, Emma D. Calahan, Velma Whitset, Era McAdams, Kara McAdams, Ida Bell WellsFourth Row: Erskin Houk, Susie Blackwell, Julia Oliver, Lacy…

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Norman School, Liberty Valley Community, 1908

Norman School, Liberty Valley Community, 1908

First Row: Will F. Endsley, Edd Vickrey, Leonard McAdams, Joe McAdams, Herman Coffey,Hoyte Ledford, Otis Craig, Birdell EndsleySecond Row: Ettie McAdams, Moody Cummings, Mary Lou Luna, Miss Emma Hunter (Teacher), Lizzie McAdams, Charley Cummings, Frank Ledford, Hunter CraigThird Row: Clay Ledford, Sherman Endsley, Davis Luna, Flora Craig, Mary Roberts, Zala Coffey Submitter unidentified

John Milton Endsley Deed for Liberty Valley School (1883)

John Milton Endsley Deed for Liberty Valley School (1883)

Marshall County Deed Book C2, page 175 [Community Deed to one acre Extended to them by J. M. Endsley & Recorded October 3, 1883] I, John M. Endsley, of the County of Marshall in the State of Tennessee for the benefit of rising generations of the community at large, do hereby give, bargain, and convey to said community all the right, title and claim that I have in and to one acre of land lying in the 5th Civil District…

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Goodspeed’s History of Marshall County

Goodspeed’s History of Marshall County

THE basis of all wealth is the soil of the land. Prosperous cities, towns and huge manufactories seem to spring up and flourish as if by magic and without reference to the agricultural advantages of the country; but such growth will be but temporary unless sustained by a country possessing agricultural wealth. It may almost be reduced to a mathematical problem in which it may be said the soil and climate equal the wealth of the country. The surface of…

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Belfast School: 1938-1939 (Grade 6)

Belfast School: 1938-1939 (Grade 6)

Front Row: Lloyd Rankin, Jean Tyree, Alice Beatty, Gene Hastings, Gordon Hastings, James Petty, Paul Wade, Ned Cummings, Wayne Hastings On Right Ledge: unknown girl, Mary Lou Christmas, unknown boy Left Ledge: Unknown boy, Marion Bolt, Frances Beard, Ruth Davis, Clay Ledford, Ruth McCroy, Joe Tom Woods, Wynema Beard, Ruth Ledfod, Mrs Fitzgerald, Clyde Woodward, Unknown – a boy I can not identify between Jean Tyree and Alice Beatty Submitted by Frances Roberts

Belfast School: 1937-1938 – Grades 5 & 6

Belfast School: 1937-1938 – Grades 5 & 6

First Row: ? Lancaster, Lloyd Coffee, Billy Ewell Willis, George Ray, Harold Glenn, Lloyd Ranking, unknown, Joe Tom Woods, James Petty, Ned Cummings, Gordon Hastings. Second Row: Unknown boy, Unknown girl, Clyde Woodward, Carolyn McDaniel, Ruth McCory, ? Snell, Frances Beard, Wayne Hastings, Paul Wade Back row: ? Lancaster the boys were brothers and I can not remember which was which, Ruth Ledford, Mrs Fitzgerald, Ava Lee Dyer, Louise McCollum, Clay Ledford Submitted by Frances Roberts

Belfast School: 1937 3rd Grade Class

Belfast School: 1937 3rd Grade Class

Teacher: Eleanor Barnes Students: front row, left to right: Gene Hastings, Alice Beatty, James Ledford, Mary Ruth Wright Second row, left to right:  Sara Casteel, Lucille King Back Row: Elmo Derryberry, Andrew Williams, William Howard Yowell, Carl Gates. contributor unidentified

Belfast School: 1933-1934

Belfast School: 1933-1934

Front Row: Mary Ruth Wright, Frances Beard, Ruth McCrory, Carolyn McDaniel, Gene Hastings, Verna Mae Gregory, Unknown Back row: Lloyd Rankin, Wayne Hastings, Joe Tom Woods, Howard Keel, Ned Cummings Teacher: Lottie Blanche McAdams Lane  Submitted by Frances Roberts

Belfast School: 5th & 6th Grades, 1930-1931

Belfast School: 5th & 6th Grades, 1930-1931

First row, left to right: John Montgomery, Lee Prosser, Ernesting Arthur, Clora Adell Beech, Dot Wood. Second Row: Buddie McLain, Lillard Twitty, Oscar Jones, Sarah Nuly Glenn, Demple Wood Jessie Earl Adams, Don McAdams, Kenneth Hasting, Beulah Lee Wells (Teacher) Third Row: William Woodward, Horwell Hardison, Fletcher Sanders, Nettie Frances McDonell, Clyndle Hastings, Martha McAdams, Getie Woods, Sarah Orr Fourth row: Ross Beatty, Billie Pigg, Clay Woodward, Mary Sue Glenn, Ruby Lyons, Eva O’Neal Submitted by Frances Roberts