1887 Smith’s Corner School
According to Paul S. Shaw, MD in his book Salisbury Lost this photo was taken in 1887 and include the following people:
Front Row l to r: Henry Stevens, Charles Hutchins, Charles Mitchell, Stella Ham, Bessie Keniston, Jennie Mitchell, Myrtie Ham, John Mitchell
Back Row l to r: Roy Gookin, Nelson Cook, Ann Mitchell, Clara Mitchell, Jesse McAlister, Everett Keniston, Teacher James Shaw
Submitted by Roger Heath
Teacher Eleanor Morrill above with her class and in an image to the right.
She was “Aunty” to local resident Roger Heath and a sister to Bernice mentioned below.
“She was very much a Victorian or at least an Edwardian and spoke in an Eleanor Roosevelt kind of way. She taught all of her life in many different venues. She often visited with us at vacation time and brought copies of coloring pages to celebrate the holiday: Angels and trees at Christmas, Easter bunnies and eggs at Easter and so on which we colored. She once told me one of her earliest memories of watching Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.”-Roger Heath
The image below shows Teacher Bernice Morrill who taught at the Smith’s Corner School and is Roger Heath’s grandmother and sister to Eleanor above. Bernice is in the doorway of the school house with students.
Dated Jan 23, 1914
