Stevens
School District No. 5,
Orwell
Road, Town of Sandy Creek
as
Taught
Eighty Years Ago
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Source:
Centennial Souvenir History 1825 - 1925 of the Town of Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, New York, Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding
of the Town July 2-3-4-5, 1925. Compiled by T. T. Davies, Historian.
Article by A. F. Widrig.
This school record
of District 5, dates back to the early forties. The first entry is
a rate bill for school tax as follows: The parenthetical statements
are added to show better who these people were or where they lived.
District
No. 5, Stevens District, Rate Bill:
| A. B. Stevens (Father
Albert R. Stevens) |
$1.36 |
| H. Stevens (Father
late Henry Stevens) |
$ .87 |
| Truman Salisbury
(On hill this side school) |
$ .30 |
| Carlton Durfee (Now
Cornwall Keene farm) |
$1.21 |
| J. W. Porter (Long
John Porter, next farm to school house). |
$ .88 |
| Calvin Parish (Father
to Elvin Parish) |
$ .89 |
| Elijah Ames (Beyond
Gardner Snyder farm) |
$ .41 |
| Lorenzo Salisbury
(Father G. N. and Fayette M. Salisbury) |
$ .84 |
| Miles Blodgett (Tanner
and Farmer) |
$ .43 |
| John Porter (Short
John Porter, now Foster Mead farm) |
$ .39 |
| W. G. Rich (Frank
Blodgett farm) |
$ .44 |
| Seth Porter (Gardner
Snyder farm) |
$ .70 |
| Ephriam Goff (Miles
Blodgett's step-father beyond tannery) |
$ .16 |
| Benj. Covey (Hedger
farm) |
$ .25 |
| Reuben Salisbury
(Farther end of Pruyn farm. Father Lorenzo Salisbury, Grandfather
M. J. Salisbury.) |
$ .25 |
| Emery Bartlett (Now
Claude Porter place. Father of Perry Bartlett Sr. and Mrs. Elizabeth
Richardson.) |
$ .19 |
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Total
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$9.55 |
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Probably all
money raised by the district for that term.
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The first date given in the record is that of November 20, 1843;
but a term of
school previously taught of which the roll is given (teacher unknown) shows
the names of the pupils enrolled as follows:
| John Stevens, parent
Miron Stevens |
| Esther Derphy,
parent Carleton Derphy |
| Lydia Derphy,
parent Carleton Derphy |
| Hiram Porter, parent
John Porter |
| Merrick Salisbury,
parent Lorenzo Salisbury |
| Albert Tracey, parent
Starks Tracey |
| Juliett Stevens,
parent Harlow Stevens |
| George Stevens,
parent Asahel Stevens |
| Harriet Stevens,
parent Asahel Stevens |
| Ira Stevens, parent
Asahel Stevens |
| Sarah Jane Hendrickson,
parent A. Hendrickson |
| Charlotte Lester,
parent Samuel Lester |
| Frances Bartlett,
parent Emery Bartlett |
| Melissa Covey, parent
Benjamin Covey |
| Betsey Snyder, parent
Johnathan Snyder |
| Melinda Snyder,
parent Johnathan Snyder |
| Lucretia Snyder,
parent Johnathan Snyder |
| Hiram Snyder, parent
Johnathan Snyder |
| Samuel Snyder, parent
Johnathan Snyder |
| Polly Sparks, parent
Murtle Sparks |
| Abagail Sparks,
parent Murtle Sparks |
| Elizabeth Bartlett,
parent Emery Bartlett |
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