1898 School Teachers
Cherokee Indian Nation, I.T.
From The Fort Gibson Post Newspaper, Feb 3, 1898

Page 1, Column 4
CHEROKEE TEACHERS. Appointed For the Ensuing Term, Beginning February 14.
- The following is the primary school teachers appointments for the Cherokee nation for the ensueing term beginning Feb 15:
Music Teachers at Female Seminary
Principal - Lucie Fortner
Assistant - Nell Taylor
Primary Teachers - Goingsnake District
Oak Grove - Alice Holland
Piney - Sabina Buffington
Hearne - R L Alberty
Pea Vine - Arthur Benson
Prairie Grove - Discontinued
Whitmire - Leona Walkingstick
Green - Eli Whitmire
Joe Chewie - Mary Muskrat
Tom Devine - Henry Crittendne
Stony Point - Charles Clay
Fair Field - Elizabeth Freeman
Mulberry Tree - J H Bird
Baptist - Mary Davis
Oaks - Charles Crowder
Tyner's Valley - Mitchell Wolfe
Taylor (new) - M Still
Tahelquah District
Eureka - Ellen Gladney
Blue Spring - Columbia Parris
Ball Hill - Flora Hawkins
Swimmer - Elizabeth Bennett
Morgan - Lelia Morgan
Tahlequah - Lizzie Triplett
North Thalequah - Susie Parris
Sequah - Nerva Butler
Catchertown - Alice Burt
Flint Ridge (col) - Cora Alberty
Bug Tucker - Callie Ridge
Frye - Discontinued
Duncan (new) - Lucinda Duncan
Crittenden - Susie Morris
Citoca - Ella Downing
Grand View - Wm Chormley
Tahlequah (col) - Sena Vaultz
Four Mile Branch (col) - Richard Nero
Saline District
Requah - Lucinda Rogers
Lynch's Prairie (col) - Carrie R Gourd
Arcadia - Florence Ross
Rowe - Wm Johnston
Oceola - Maggie Ross
Wickliff - Wm Muskrat
Kahhahwee - Susie Smith
Chawasatawa - Discountinued
Elm (new) - John R Bird
Cedar Bluff - D L Batt
Delaware
Military Ridge - Bessie Campbell
Utopia - Kate Bushyhead
Carselowey - Kate Carselowey
Bluejacket - B F Cleveland
Afton - Maggie Meyers
Aurora - Jas McCullah
Prairie City -
Ballard - Laura Fields
Grove - Callie Blair
Olympus - Eugene Thompson
Honey Creek - Rachel Lane
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Oseequah -
Del-Town - Wm O Steene
Hickory Grove - J W Chandler
Mitchell Springs - Susie Phillips
Minnehaha - Fannie Harlem
Moore (col) -
Vinita -
Cooweescoowee
Vinita - Mary Browning
Adair - Carried B. Myers
Venus - Bessie Chute
Coo-y-yah - Emma Dixon
Rogers - Leva Mitchell
West Point - Ella Glenn
Pysche - Sarah smith
White Oak -
Catele - E S Wilkerson
Chelsa - Minnie Henry
Justice - Hattie Johnston
Nowata - Maggie Parks
Catoosa - Jonna Duncan
Oolagah - Jessie Benge
Washington - Jerry Henry
Paden - Jennie Sloms
Hickory Creek - J T Elliott
Gooseneck - Rosa Sanders
Lightning Creek - A Van
Brush Creek - George F Nave
Sequoyah District
Hanson - Principal - J F Bates
Hanson - Asst Principal - Vinnie Curtis
Sallisaw - Lizzie Perry
Muldrow - Lellie Wallace
Adair - Josie Wallace
Belle Fonte - Wm R Gourd
Advance - Oneda McCrqcken
Red Land (col) -
Lone Pine - Bessie Rogers
Roastingear - Sadie Sanders
Illinois District
Fort Gibson - Gertrude Rogers
Fort Gibson (col) - W H Fields
Garfield -
Manard - Dora Ward
White Oak - Mary Lynch
Braggs - Robert Nix
McKey - Lugie Starr
Young - L Florence Waters
Vian - W B Wyly
Greenleaf (col) - Jeanette Lowery
Sandtown - S H Booton
Three Rivers - Mabel Benge
Deep Branch -
Watie (col) - A L Nero
Canadian District
Wilkinson - John R Harris
Prairie Gap (new) - Maggie Alberty
Starr's Valley - Maggie Taylor
Texanna - Daisy Harris
Spadiard Creek - James Scarcewater
Union Chapel - Callie leosler
Frontier - Richard Holland
Ettawah - Jessie F Stephens
Webber Falls - Georgia Vann
New Hope - Osie Allen
Twin Mountains - William Ootingow
Georges Fork - moved to Prairie Gap
Flint District
Dahlonegah - Maggie Fletcher
Butler - Jennie Mcmakin
Elm Grove - Maggie Muskrat
Cochran (Bell) - Narcissa Taylor
Horn - Wm Gott
Rocky Mount - George Smith
Rock Spring - Laura J Paden
Ivanhoe - Ollie Hopper
Jackson Christie - Daisy D Starr
Walnut Grove - Mabel Miller

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