I was recently perusing the 1900 Census and exacted the following names of school teachers (there were also many music teachers in town and one dancing instructor, but I presume they were private and not teachers in the public schools). School Teachers in City of Kaufman, 1900 1900 Census, Kaufman Co, TX, ED 70 The information listed for each person is: name (race or sex if relevant), date of birth, age, place of birth, father's place of birth, mother's place of birth, number of months *unemployed*, census page Aycock, Ben Y. (black), Feb 1870, 30, MO, MO, MO, 2, 11B Aycock, Ada G. (black), Oct 1872, 27, TX, TX, TX, 3, 11B Bryan, Robert D., Mar 1874, 26, TX, TX, TX, 3, 18B Clifton, Lula E., Dec 1872, 27, TX, GA, TN, 4, 4A Clifton, Emma S., Dec 1876, 23, TX, GA, TN, 4, 4A Cree, Mary B., Jan 1879, 21, PA, PA, PA, 0, 6B Foster, George W. (black), Apr 1865, 35, TX, KY, KY, 3, p1B Hamm, Richd (black), Aug 1873, 26, VA, VA, VA, 4, 16A Hester, Quincy, Oct 1865, 34, LA, LA, LA, 3, 15B Hillary, Fred A., Apr 1865, 35, VT, VT, VT, 3, 6B Horner, Rebecca, Apr 1854, 46, TX, VT, NY, 4, 22A Maxwell, Chas. J., Feb 1871, 29, WV, VA, VA, 3, 15B Montgomery, Ada, May 1875, 25, TX, TN, AL, 3, 5B Montgomery, Mollie, Nov 1876, 23, TX, TN, AL, 5, 5B Montgomery, Gertrude, Oct 1878, 21, TX, TN, AL, 6, 5B Powell, Bascom R., Nov 1871, 28, TN, TN, TN, 4, 21A Pridmore, Jessie (f), Mar 1881, 19, TX, AL, TX, 4, 3A Reeves, Ellen D., Jun 1866 (should be 1876), 23, TX, AR, TX, 0, 9A Spring, Neely (f), Apr 1872, 28, KY, KY, IL, 4, 20B Stalcup, Ed B., Dec 1874, 25, TX, TN, AR, 5, 20B Stanley, Nannie K., Oct 1880, 19, TX, OH, AL, 3, 18A Swann, Mary A., Jun 1844, 56, MS, GA, MA, 6, p2B Taylor, Carrie, Apr 1883, 17, TX, AL, TX, 5, 18B Justin M. Sanders "I shot an arrow into the air. It fell Dept. of Physics to earth I know not where." --Henry Univ. of South Alabama Wadsworth Longfellow confessing [email protected] to a sad ignorance of ballistics.