My Grandfather, William H. Hendricks, Jr., made the OK Land rush in 1893, he came by horse back and walking from Bancroft, Daviess Co., MO. After he staked his land, and I don't know the exact time, he set aside several acres for a school. He settled in Blaine Co, OK, and the one room school house was built. He taught at one time, and then they got teachers to come, they would live with a family for one month, and then move on to the next family, during the school sessions. We had all years from first to twelve. Yes, there was a pot belly stove, and few books. The older kids kept the fire going, and cleaned the school and school yard. In 1936 I started school and attended for a couple of years, at which time the County started bussing the children to school. We moved to Galveston, TX in 1941, I still have pictures of the school and the children that attended. And, we still own the farm in Oklahoma. When I started tracing my family, I learned that my Great grandfather, William H. Hendricks, Sr. taught school in Daviess Co, Missouri. In the early 1930's he and some of his family moved to Oklahoma. My daughter is now the principle of an elementary school in Galveston. It must have been in the Hendricks blood. Betty

Nice story! Were your Hendricks in Somerset Co, PA before heading west? Beverly Sent from my iPad On Dec 21, 2013, at 10:08 PM, BDunquez@aol.com wrote: > My Grandfather, William H. Hendricks, Jr., made the OK Land rush in 1893, > he came by horse back and walking from Bancroft, Daviess Co., MO. After > he staked his land, and I don't know the exact time, he set aside several > acres for a school. He settled in Blaine Co, OK, and the one room school > house was built. He taught at one time, and then they got teachers to come, > they would live with a family for one month, and then move on to the next > family, during the school sessions. We had all years from first to twelve. > Yes, there was a pot belly stove, and few books. The older kids kept the > fire going, and cleaned the school and school yard. > > In 1936 I started school and attended for a couple of years, at which time > the County started bussing the children to school. We moved to Galveston, > TX in 1941, I still have pictures of the school and the children that > attended. And, we still own the farm in Oklahoma. > > When I started tracing my family, I learned that my Great grandfather, > William H. Hendricks, Sr. taught school in Daviess Co, Missouri. In the early > 1930's he and some of his family moved to Oklahoma. > > My daughter is now the principle of an elementary school in Galveston. It > must have been in the Hendricks blood. > > Betty > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message