Mason County
Beech Grove School. 1898. Teacher George C. Musgrave flanked by students ( in no
apparent order): Birdie Cartmill, Charles Rodgers, Amy Rainey, Stella Cartmill, Sammie
Cartmill, Maggie Cartmill, Donley Yeager, Ethel Cartmill, Andy Cheesbrew, Gypsy Hall, Fred
Eads, Earley Eads, Ogg Rodgers. Seated: Maggie Hardwick, Annie Cartmill, Marjorie Cartmill,
Effie Cheesbrew, Henry Cartmill, Jim Turner, Johnnie Cheesbrew, Curtis Yeager.
One-Room School. Pupils, left to right: Bessie Chaney, Gertrude Henderson, Beulah
Craddock, Irma Mitchell, Beulah Hollandsworth, Harriet Chaney, Vosta Mitchell, Gladys
Henderson, Verna Oxley, Alma Oxley, Bertie Mitchell, Ernest Hollandsworth, Guy Henderson,
Clay Craddock, Cephas Craddock, Oaker Craddock, Claude Craddock, Carl Henderson, Russell
Henderson, Eustice Garrett. Teacher: Roscoe Mitchell, dog Old Leed. Henderson, 1911.
Point Pleasant High School. High school and gymnasium.
Smokey Bottom School. Southside one-room school, 1906. Front row, four from left,
Ada Frances Gearhart, eight years old. Front row, five from left, Ludema C. Gearhart, ten years
old. Back row, third from left, Itene Byrd Gearhart Young, seventeen years old. Teachers, James
and Desta Sommer, back row, far right.
Smokey Bottom School. Southside one-room school, 1904. Back row, third from right,
Irene Byrd Gearhart Young, fifteen years old. Front row, tenth from left, Ada Frances
Gearhart, six years old. Front row, eleventh from left, Ludema C. Gearhart, eight years old.
Back row, center, teacher James Sommer. Photo by Bill Warner.
Upland School House. Probably near Hannan High School.
