School Name: Elliott School School District Number: #059
Location:
Township: Twn39N Range: Rng13W Section: Sec11
Latitude: 38.132300 °N Longitude: -92.319600 °W
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Date Started: Date Closed:
School Registers: Elliott
District Clerk Record: 1908-1932
Teacher's Register: 1908-1911, 1911-1912, 1920, 1957-1959
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers for the early years of the school:
| 1868-69 | W. R. Salsman | 1885-86 | Barney Reed | |
| 1869-70 | 1886-87 | D. W. Baker | ||
| 1870-71 | S. O. Burks | 1887-88 | Barney Reed | |
| 1871-72 | W. W. Gardner | 1888-89 | George A. Mace | |
| 1872-74 | John W. Wait | 1889-90 | David P. Farnham | |
| 1874-75 | W. W. Gardner | 1890-91 | H. T. Alexander | |
| 1875-76 | J. B. Dickerson | 1891-92 | ||
| 1876-77 | John W. Wait | 1892-94 | W. T. Thompson | |
| 1877-78 | John M. Elam | 1894-95 | Hardin Cannon | |
| 1878-79 | John W. Wait | 1895-96 | James Bond | |
| 1879-80 | Penelope Reed | 1896-97 | Aulta Spearman | |
| 1880-81 | Mary B. Parsons | 1897-98 | Walter Morrow | |
| 1881-82 | John W. Waite | 1898-99 | Edgar C. Bilyeu | |
| 1882-83 | Marcia O. Smith | 1899-00 | W. A. Colvin | |
| 1883-84 | 1900-01 | Annie Bear | ||
| 1884-85 | D. W. Baker |
Later teachers included:
| 1905 | John W. Stone |
| 1908-10 | Roy Porter |
| 1910 | Roy Porter & Nellie Bilyeu |
| 1911 | Sadie Aust Glawson & Roy Porter |
| 1912-13 | Josie Evan & Lura Setser; Last three weeks of 1912 - W. R. Livingston & Lura Setser |
| 1918-19 | W. F. Jones |
| 1920-21 | Clarice Livingston |
| 1927 | Jessie Farnham |
| 1929-30 | Barney & Zae Cross |
| 1930-31 | Margaret Anderson & Alice Bishop |
| 1932-33 | Curtis Barton & Ruth Clark |
| 1937-38 | Willard Humphrey & Ruby Humphrey |
| 1955-56 | Edna Jones |
| 1956-57 | Fleeta Jarrett |
| 1959-60 | Fleeta Jarrett |
Resident Taxpayers in 1871:
John H. Aust, P.O. Admires, J.F. Barr, John R. Burks, W.B. Burks, John R. Bond, F.H. Bond, L.A. Castleman, J.C. Elliott, S.C. Elliott, J.C. Elliott, James Forester, D. Farnham, Jacob Gardner, William Giffen, D. Jarrett, Able Jarrett, Wincelaus Ponder, Jno. R. Reed, Sely Robinett, W.T. Shelton, M. Shelton, J.A. Setser, C.J. Smith, W.H. Smith, E.L. Short, W. Waite, J. Waite, and J. Shackleford.
Elliott School District sponsored the Jobe School for two years-1929-30 and 1930-31. This was the equivalent of the first 2 years of high school. Students from surrounding districts also attended. Elliott was the only rural school in this area to offer high school courses. Several of the 1931 graduates completed their high school education at Tuscumbia. Iberia did not have a high school at this time.
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