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Denton Early School Era Traced Back to 1885 Academy
Denton’s first school dates to August 18 1885 when four men bought six acres west of the cross roads and built the Denton Academy with a bell and belfry. Private schooling followed after Civil War hardship, with teachers including Hines Briles Read and Reynolds later forming a larger academy and a private high school. Enrollment grew to 170 and by 1908 the institution was incorporated as Denton High School under Methodist control and produced many graduates who entered business and professional fields.
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Denton
A. Anderson
Robert Sysinger
Jacob Skeen
Andrew J. Bule
Alexander A. Snider
Cross Roads
Denton Academy
Saxo
Anderson
Robert “Yringoer
Cross Road
Eli Tysinger
Tysinger
Buse
J. D. Read
Beard
Leonard
Leaington
Mass Hines
Hines
Parker
Europe
Charlies Briles
Fillmore Briles
Trinity
Randolph County
Brilea
Oklahoma
James Asbury Snider
William H. Garner
J. A. Stone
Stone
Robert Tysinger
George L. Reynolds
Reynolds
C. R. Russell
Arabia
Tae Denton High School
A. G. Morrin
North Carolina
O. R. Cox
W. P. Pickett
F. R
Denton High School
H. Free Surratt
J. P. Bingham
Lexington
J. Gilmer Freezer