School Name: Ginger Ridge School School District Number: #094
Location:
Township: Twn41N Range: Rng14W Section: Sec29
Latitude: 38.270900 °N Longitude: -92.501900 °W
School Photo
Ginger Ridge School Students
Students pictured in this 1900 photo are:
Front: Lester Bowden, John Tracy, Elza Sibert, Willard Bowden, Earl Thompson, Manuel Cotton, Billie Odom, Effie Harris, Rosa Gilmore Rissie Cotton, Magie Meyer, Mattie Harris and Anna Carrender.
Second: Willard Carrender, Elmer Gilmore, Jim Tracy, Charles Gilmore, Lee Kallenbach, Ira Bowden, Ira Clark, Clarence Harbison, Ira Thompson, John Darity, Warren Meyer, John Harbison, Charles Carity, Roy Smith, Jim Allison.
Third: Olie Welhouns, Maud Smith, Sarah Meyer, Ethyl Odom, Mary Meyer, Mary Stepp, Mary Carrender, Jennie DArity and Vertie Sibert. Fourth: Charley Carrender, Edd Harbison, Clyde Bowden, Byron Clark, Herb Carrender, Jim Kallenbach, Oscar Carrender, Walter Wright, Lawrence Meyer, Dan Thompson, Orville Shackleford and Dion Clark, teacher.
Back : Sarah Cotton, Ema Sibert, Rena Hicks, Lizzie Bowden, Chloe Roark, Lucy Stepp, Stella Harbison, Opal Roark, Stella Cotton, Cora Allison, Rainy Shackleford and Grace Roark.
School Information:
School Registers:
Board Minutes: 1949-1950
Teacher's Register: 1941-1947, 1947-1950
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers from 1874 to 1901:
| 1874-75 | Wm. T. Harrison | 1887-88 | G. W. Akers | |
| 1875-76 | A. A. F. Tomson | 1888-89 | Ida E. Johnson | |
| 1876-77 | Wm. T. Tomson | 1889-90 | Ida E. Johnson | |
| 1877-78 | Mary J. Neville | 1890-91 | Annie E. Cotton | |
| 1878-79 | Mary L. Johnston | 1891-92 | ||
| 1879-80 | N. E. Castor | 1892-93 | E. E. Allen | |
| 1880-81 | G. W. Akers | 1893-94 | Bird E. Moles | |
| 1881-82 | G. W. Johnston | 1894-95 | Vonia Harrison | |
| 1882-83 | Mary J. Neville | 1895-96 | Jno. L. Gilleland | |
| 1883-84 | George P. Swanson | 1896-97 | Jno. L. Gilleland | |
| 1884-85 | George P. Swanson | 1897-98 | ||
| 1885-86 | George W. Akers | 1898-99 | Lamont Roard | |
| 1886-87 | Amelia Roland | 1899-00 | M. I. Roard | |
| 1900-01 | Dion Clark |
Resident Taxpayers in 1871:
Samuel Allen, Wm. S. Cotton, W.T. Harrison, John Kempt, Thomas Martin, Joseph Martin, G.W. Tremain, T.A. Tomson, J.H.D. Tomson, and William Webb.
Ginger Ridge School was located about five miles northwest of Tuscumbia on a country road. In 1907 it burned down and a concrete structure was erected. The last school taught there was in 1950-51 and Leota Slote was the teacher that year. The district then united with Tuscumbia R-III.
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