Nebraska State Genealogical Society
Nebraska Ancestree
Summer 1988, Vol.11 No.1 pg. 31- 33
Diaries of Ethelinda Walker Spaur
– submitted by Annette Spaur Newby
1204 Golden Oak Way, San Jose, CA
95120
Transcribed by Kathie Harrison
Marriages of Pupils
Miss Ella STONE to Mr. Clinton FRYE 27 Dec. 1893 Wayne, NE
Sarah Fitz SIMMONS to Martin BRADFORD 19 March 1897 Wakefield, NE
Lillie OLLIVER and Lee Fitz SIMMONS 1897
Graduates of Elocution – Wayne Normal College
Lucy E. BUFFINGTON – 1893
Cora B. SIMMONS – 1894
Mary SKACE – 1894
O. L. TAYLOR – 1893
John McCLUSKEY – 1894
Lula MEARS – 1895
Graduates of Science
H. C. MASON – 1893
Dorr H. CARROLL – 1894
Miss Maggie CARR – 1895
Mr. THEOBOLD – 1895
Mr. BOLLENBAUGH – 1895
L. M. POWERS – 1894
Miss Anna MEEK – 1895
Mr. Clem THEOBOLD – 1895
Mr. Ed KING – 1895
The Dry Goods Box School – Carroll, Wayne County – 7 May 1894
Nellie PORTER 13
Joe PORTER 11
Jim PORTER 8
Kittie PORTER 6
Jennie DAVIDSON 9
Mabel HUNT 4
Minnie HUNT 13
Roy HUNT 13
Roy HUNT 10
Arthur HUNT 7
Freeman HUNT 5
Maggie JONES 11
David JONES 8
Nettie JONES 6
Emma DAVIS 6
George DAVIS 8
Bloody One School – Wakefield, Dixon County – 5 Sept. 1894
| Sadie FITZSIMMONS 15 | Nellie FITZSIMMONS 9 |
| Gertie FITZSIMMONS 13 | Alice FITZSIMMONS 5 |
| John FITZSIMMONS 6 | Tommy FITZSIMMONS 11 |
| Lee FITZSIMMONS 20 | Eddie LEONARD 14 |
| Carl LEONARD 13 | Ada LEONARD 11 |
| Amy LEONARD 8 | Ella SHELLINGTON 15 |
| Floyd SHELLINGTON 11 | Clara JOSLYN 9 |
| Chan JOSLYN 9 | Ralph JOSLYN 15 |
| Clifford JOSLYN 17 | Willie DRISKELL 7 |
| Oliver DRISKELL 12 |
Brooks School – Randolph Sept. 1895
| Ira STEELE 15 | Alvin STEELE 13 |
| Clayton STEELE 11 | Grace STEELE 7 |
| Leslie STEELE 5 | Stewart FERBER 9 |
| Effie LAWRENCE 13 | Izora LAWRENCE 11 |
| Victoria LAWRENCE 9 | Chris ANDERSEN 12 |
| Martin ANDERSEN 9 | Ethel GROAT 12 |
| Blanche GROAT 10 | John GROAT 8 |
| Maggie LAWRENCE 7 | Fletcher LAWRENCE 15 |
South Prong School – Whitman, Grant County – 1897
| Perry HANS 11 | Norval HANS 9 |
| Ralph WEAVER 8 | Ralph TAYLOR 5 |
| Lester TAYLOR 7 | Mae TAYLOR 8 |
| Joy RIGGS 6 | Myrtle MURRAY 10 |
| Dora MURRAY 5 | Ed SHEPARDSON 14 |
| Fred SHEPARDSON 8 | Jennie MURRAY 15 |
Whitman School 1898
| Jessie WALKER 16 | Mamie LARSEN 11 | Frank BURR 15 |
| Herman WALKER 14 | Helen GALLUP 8 | Lewis BURR 13 |
| Mattie WALKER 8 | Wallace GALLUP 6 | John BURR 11 |
| Jennie KINCAID 15 | Ruth CAREY 8 | Joe ERNY 10 |
| Bert KINCAID 14 | Phil PROCTOR 6 | Effel PHILLIPS 10 |
| Mildred MASON 6 | Anna GUDGEL 9 | Eleazer CARPENTER 14 |
| Lillard WHITE 7 | Roy GUDGEL 10 | George CARPENTER 16 |
| Frankie STEVENS 6 | Albert STEVENS 4 | Enid McNALL 5 |
| Walter STEVENS 9 | Glen WHITE 13 | Lyle McNALL 7 |
| Billy CARPENTER 9 | Nellie LARSEN 13 | Helene McNALL 5 |
| Walter SEWELL 11 | Elmer BURR 19 | Nat CARPENTER 5 |
| Myrta SEWELL 8 | James BURR 16 | Claude TROOP 5 |
According to "Grant County It’s Friends and Neighbors" published Spring 1980, Ethel Walker was the first teacher of the school in Whitman, Nebraska.
Huffman School – 1900
| Ira HUFFMAN 18 | Bird HUFFMAN 15 | Mabel HUFFMAN 13 |
| Marion HUFFMAN 10 | Myra LOMBARD 14 | Henry LOMBARD 11 |
Huffman School – Lena – 1902
| Maude REUTER 20 | Lucy COGGER 15 | Marge WILSON 5 |
| Otto REUTER 11 | Louis COGGER 13 | Archie STODDARD 12 |
| Claude REUTER 10 | Edith WILSON 16 | Arthur STODDARD 10 |
| Raymond GRAGG 8 | Faye WILSON 7 | Bertha STODDARD 8 |
| Floyd GRAGG 13 | Madge WILSON 5 |
Hoffman School – 1903
Rose O’ BRIEN 17
John O’ BRIEN 15
Jim O’ BRIEN 13
Ora O’ BRIEN 9
Violet HANEY 5
Estelle O’ BRIEN 7
Marion STODDARD 5
Huffman School – 1903
Iva MOORE 11
The Huffman School was at the Huffman Ranch near Lena, Nebraska. The HUFFMAN family had come from Iowa and needed a schoolteacher for their children. My father, Charles SPAUR, had come out from Iowa, after the death of his wife and two baby girls, to be a ranch hand for the HUFFMAN’S, whom he had known in Iowa. There he met the local schoolmarm and they were married in Whitman 12 July 1904.
The Frazier School – Wayne – 1893
| Ida MURPHY 16 | Bessie STONE 13 | Ella STONE 15 |
| Will MURPHY 14 | Anna STONE 8 | Anna BAKER 8 |
| Jim MURPHY 11 | Amelia BAKER 13 | Eddie BAKER 10 |
| Walter MURPHY 7 | Willie BAKER 16 | Windle BAKER 16 |
| Josie FRAZIER 10 | Edna HARDY 12 | John HARDY 16 |
| Willie FRAZIER 6 | Commodore HARDY 19 | Ona HARDY 14 |
| Ivyl BRUNER 10 | Minnie HARRISON 8 | Walter HARRISON 5 |
The teacher was Ethel Walker who was only 16 in June 1893. As you can see, some of her pupils were as old or older than she was. I have a teacher’s contract dated Nov. 1893 for her to teach School District #51 of Wayne County, NE. She being a qualified teacher of said County.
Fairview School Dec. 1899
| Mary ROBIN 11 | Charley ROBIN 14 | Arthur ROBIN 17 |
| Georgie ROBIN 6 | Chara HAINES 15 | Mattie HAINES 12 |
| Mary HAINES 10 | Ethel HAINES 6 | Otto BLACK 18 |
| Jessie BLACK 11 | Della BLACK 15 | Marvin ROOT 16 |
| Guy ROOT 14 | Grista ROOT 16 | Gertie PERTERSEN 7 |
| Della PERTERSEN 8 | Della STEVENS 7 | Jimmie STEVENS 10 |
| Oscar STEVENS 14 | Edgar STEVENS 19 | Archie STEVENS 12 |
| Johnnie OTT 8 | Grace JONES 9 | Elizabeth THEOPHILUS 11 |
| Mabel JONES 7 | Howard JONES 5 | Katie AHRENS 8 |
| Susie HOWARTH 25 | Jessie HOWARTH 8 | Frank HOWARTH 10 |
| Harry HOWARTH 25 | Nina TAYLOR 9 | Pauline KOSKOVICH 7 |
| Eddie KOSKOVICH 8 | John KOSKOVICH 15 | Alex KOSKOVICH 12 |
| Joe KOSKOVICH 10 | Frank SCHUTT 14 | Ella SCHUTT 9 |
| Willie SCHUTT 7 | Charles HUFF 13 | Scott HUFF 18 |
| Marie KENNY 7 | Leona KENNY 5 | |
Ethel Walker also taught at this school – spring 1900.
Fairview School 1899 – 1900
| Joe PORTER 17 | James PORTER 14 | Susie HOWARTH 12 |
| Jessie HOWARTH 8 | Mattie HAINES 12 | Ella SCHUTT 9 |
| Mary HAINES 10 | Clara HAINES 15 | Gusta ROOT 16 |
| Nina TAYLOR 9 | Charlie ROBINS 14 | Otto BLACK 18 |
| Willie SCHUTT 7 | Oscar STEPHENS 14 | Franz SCHUITT 14 |
| Arthur ROBINS 17 | Archie STEPHENS 12 | Marvin ROOT 16 |
| Charlie HUFF 13 | Alex KOSKOVICH 12 | Frank HOWARTH 19 |
| Scott HUFF 18 | Harry HOWARTH 15 | John KOSKOVICH 15 |
Fairview School – Spring 1900
| Kittie PORTER 12 | Mary ROBINS 11 | Jimmie STEVENS 10 |
| Katie AHRENS 8 | Jessie BLACK 11 | Della BLACK 15 |
| Gertie PETERSEN 7 | Stella PETERSEN 8 | Elizabeth THEOPHILUS 11 |
| Grace JONES 9 | Stella STEVENS 7 |