This info also comes from the SesquiCentennial Book: First school in Belle Vernon: Teacher - John HAZELBAKER Location - in the kitchen of house owned by Morris and Mary CORWIN house originally owned by James WARD and later by Michael SPRINGER second school: Teacher - J. B. GOULD Location - house built by Joseph SPRINGER, once occupied by William MACKEY First school building: built 1834 supervisors - Solomon SPEERS, A. P. FRYE Teachers: Billy BOLT, Robert GALLOWAY, David LONGNECKER, Nancy J. GOULD, John C. HASSON, John B. GOULD, John WILSON, Henry FULTON, George P. FULTON, and Sallie GOULD. second building: built in GOULD'S Hollow (now known as Seldon Seen) Was built from bricks from old mill in Speers Run, owned by David FURNIER (see first grocery store, previous post) Teachers: John WILSON, John B. GOULD, John Q. ROBINSON, J.H. WILSONand Levi J. JEFFRIES. New school, built 1857 (other two schools adandoned) Corner of State and Short Street. building supervisors: James DAVIDSON, J. M. SPRINGER builders: Solomon MERIDETH (brick) and Peter SNYDER (Carpenter) cost: $ 1,327.18 opened Jan. 1858 First Teachers: John WRIGHT and Florilla TOWER. Other teachers: Ross W. PHILLIPS, Sallie VANHOOK, E.C. GRIFFITH, C.C. BAUGH, John HASSON, Mary BEAZELL and Myra FULTON. First school directors, 1863 after borough formed: James DAVIDSON, Robert BOYLE, J.W. WRIGHT, James FRENCH, N. Q. SPEER, J.S. VanVOORHIS. Teachers in 1863: C.C. DOUGLAS, Miss HESS, Allie D. MAIN Another new school corner of Wood and Third Streets. Opened Jan 1874 Cost $30,000 First principle J.W. GIBBONS (salary $80. per month) Teachers (1874) H. T. BAILY (@$60/ month),Theodore J. ALLEN ($45 /mo), Miss Hattie DAVIDSON ($45/mo) North Belle Vernon incorporated as borough ( Feb 26, 1876). NBV school directors(1876)Willaim JONES (president), J.S. PIERSOL (secretary) William JONES (treasurer), Thomas HUNT (collector), Others: Samuel DAUGHERTY, Francis KEISTLER and John S. HENRY. New North BV school. corner of Henryand Grant Street. land bought from L.M. SPEERS contruction: Homer HUNT first teacher: J.C. HASSON Hope you find someone in here! Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected] - Mail mode [email protected] - Digest mode