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History of Clay Independent rural schools in Iowa
The Clay Independent district began around 1850 with a private log school taught by Miss Emily Whitacre. By 1940 the district spanned multiple quarters and sections, with schools at Pleasant Valley and White Hawk, detailing early teachers, pupils, settlers, a 1901 rebuild, and the Sunnyside nickname. Notable names include Morgan, Bosworth, Meacham, Robinson, and Mullikin among teachers and families like Higenbottom, Woodford, and Pringle residents.
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Clay Independent School
Clay Independent
M. and St. L
Skunk River Bottom
Mary Hughes
McClain
Ekroyd
Alter
Ezra
Mary
Maria
Lottie
John
Annie
Emily
Ida
Rufus
Wilton
Bosworth
Addison
Ozro
Delbert
Harle Mills
William Lemon
Jake
M. L. Sweeney
Della Fulton
Jennie Morgan
Bessie McCoy
Margaret Roberts
Stella Palmer
Clara Meacham
Arch
Ray
Maude
Jeanette Nelson
Lulu Woodford
Ray Waterman
Wayne Savage
Clarence Wolcott
Allen
Frank Edith
Donald
Floyd Meacham
Warren Morgan
Higenbottoms
Morgan
Clay
Woodfords
Jefferson County
Harts
Woolcotts
Pringles
Wassons
Pringle
Fountain Pringle
Clay Township
Jean Robinson
Washington County
Meacham
Mills
Robinson
Hutchinson
Townsend
Alers
Wolcott
Agnes Robinson
Eliza Robinson
R. C. Balderson
Pleasant Plain
C. W. Porter
McClelland
Goldie Walton
Emma Supall
Emma Fritz
Clay School
Black Hawk School
C. E. Savage
Anson Brinton
Range 9
G. L
Sade) Downs
Clayton Hodges
Ed Deeds
Brighton
D. L. Bosworth
John Coffman
al Morgan
Green Vale
Josephine
James Jones
Black Hawk
Stella Gowey
Prody Borkoskie
Gracey Gowdy
Frances Meacham
Lucille Burroughs
Leota Mullinkin
Fred Connor
South Pacific Railroad
Raymond Woodford
Mahaska County
Iowa
Leota Mullikin
Ramona Malmberg
Elsie Marshall
Kathryn Marshall
Keith Bowers
Georgia Marshall
Gladys Malmberg
Ramona Fritz