School Name: Old St. Elizabeth School School District Number: #035
Location:
Township: Twn41N Range: Rng12W Section: Sec17
Latitude: 38.295300 °N Longitude: -92.271300 °W
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Old St. Elizabeth School
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Old St. Elizabeth School
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School Information:
Date Started: 1885 Date Closed: 1940
School Registers:
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers from 1874 to 1901:
| 1874-75 | Thomas H. Samuels | 1889-90 | C. J. Horstdaniel | |
| 1875-77 | Thomas Samuels & | 1890-91 | Casper Horstdaniel | |
| Owen Pendleton | 1891-92 | H. G. Lueckenhoff | ||
| 1877-79 | Lucy Cummings | 1892-93 | Regina Mueller | |
| 1879-80 | Ida Kounoldt | 1893-94 | Maggie Castrop | |
| 1880-83 | Mary Schepers | 1894-96 | Stephen Doerhoff | |
| 1883-84 | Nicholas Schellman | 1896-97 | J. W. Koester | |
| 1884-85 | Mary Doerhoff | 1897-99 | Stephen Doerhoff | |
| 1885-87 | Hermann Morfeld | 1899-01 | Katie Dickneite | |
| 1887-89 | G. H. Bartmann |
Resident Taxpayers in 1871:
George Borgmeyer, William Brockerhoff, Jos. Boeckman, Henry Bodecker, Henry Derhoff, Bernard Derhoff, S. Edgeman, David Fancher, John Fulkerson, B.H. Hake, Henry Leibert, Stephen Koester, William Pendleton, Albert Roufly, Andrew Schell, Jerry Waunkem, Fred Winzenreid, and Patrick Whaling.
Taken from HISTORY OF ST. ELIZABETH R-IV SCHOOLS PART I THE RURAL SCHOOLS
by Ray Doerhoff
This school building was located in the southern part of section 17 just south of the county road. The school was named after the original town of St. Elizabeth, which was located on the Osage River near the center of section 18. According to Judge Jenkins’ History, William Wetlock constructed a schoolhouse in the district in 1885 for a total cost of $136.07. The district existed before the town was established on the Osage River in 1869 and in these early years it was known as the Flaugher School.
When the Old St. Elizabeth School closed in 1940 the property was purchased by Wm. Twehus Sr. and used as their home. The property still belongs to members of the family but the old school house is no longer in existence. Several vacation trailers now occupy the site.
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