O. B. Powell Amulet School Tolar Public School

AMULET SCHOOL 1896

&

TOLAR PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUP 1899 & 1900

From the Collection of O. B. Powell (1889-1959)

Contributed by James P. Barrett

O.B. Powell was a grandson of W.G.W. Powell. James P. Barrett is a great-great-grandson of W.G.W. Powell. The information was given to him by Nancy Elizabeth Powell Bowen, a daughter of O.B. Powell.

POWELL INFORMATION

Wm. George W. Powell b: October 27, 1817 in Columbia County, Georgia; d: September 02, 1897 in Hood County, Texas; Burial: Amulet (Powell) Cemetery, Hood County, Texas; Residence: 1850 Boone Township, Scott County, Arkansas+Adarine Jones b: August 09, 1822 m: November 25, 1838 in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia; d: December 12, 1892 Burial: Amulet (Powell) Cemetery, Hood County, Texas
Lewis Jasper Powell b: October 19, 1852 in Scott County, Arkansas; d: January 25, 1921; Burial: Spur Cemetery, Dickens County, Texas+Malissa Roseanna Jones b: December 18, 1856 near Little Rock, Arkansas; m: August 07, 1873 in Hood County, Texas; d: September 17, 1928; Burial: Spur Cemetery, Dickens County, Texas
Oscar Bernard Powell b: February 23, 1889; d: September 21, 1959; Burial: Moore Cemetery, Arlington, Texas

The lists attached to the pictures were typed. Some of the names are hard to read.

AMULET SCHOOL 1896 MY FIRST SCHOOL

[All comments are those of O.B. POWELL]

This school was located on Squaw Creek near the Powell home. It was located some 1 and 1/2 miles East of where Tolar, Texas is now located.

Front Row Standing. The TWO BOYS holding the slate with the BUSTER BROWN bow ties and the striped shirt waists are, left to right VERNON POWELL and O.B. POWELL. The third boy in the white waist is Bob Byrum, I think.

Second Row standing, left to right, REED WEST, JOHNNIE TUCKER, — FARMER, TINNIE POWELL (My cousin), ETHEL BYRAM, FREMAN PERRY, MAURA WEST

Third Row, Miss Ellen Hightower, the teacher, GERTRUDE POWELL (My youngest sister), DORA DUNNAWAY, BERTA FARMER, LAURA HUFSTEDLER, CALLIE POWELL (My middle sister), not recalled

Fourth Row, MYRTLE TUCKER, CHARLEY HUFSTEDLER, OKLA FARMER, EDGAR TUCKER

Last Row, Next to wall, ALVIN HUFSTEDLER, JION HENNARD, RANDOLPH POWELL (A NOTHER COUSIN OF MINE), ROSCOE POWELL (Another cousin)

I was seven (7) years old and my brother Vernon was five (5) year old. Vernon had not started to school at the time. My father was a trustee at Amulet, so the teacher wanted him (Vernon) to be in the picture. (There were 24 in the school, not counting the teacher).

TOLAR PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUP – 1899

Marion McIlroy, Superintendent

First Row, Seated

  1. Paul Hufstedler
  2. Nettie Lockhart
  3. Vernon Powell (my brother Vernon about 7 years old)
  4. Irene Dunn
  5. Lena Stalcup
  6. Not recognized

First Row, Standing

  1. Myranda Kerr
  2. Dora Dunaway (Baker)
  3. Not recognized
  4. Not recognized
  5. Funice McGuire
  6. Myrtle Denning
  7. Callie Hufstedler
  8. Mae Nutt
  9. —— Denning
  10. Bob Bain

Second Row, Standing

  1. Gertrude Powell (My youngest sister)
  2. Maud Rich
  3. Laura Hufstedler
  4. Linnie Hennard
  5. —— Bain
  6. Nora Denning
  7. Myrtle Kerr
  8. Maud McIlroy
  9. Barnard Lockhart
  10. Joe Kerr
  11. Tom Kerr
  12. Virgil Hufstedler
  13. Lee Lockhart
  14. Nath Davis
  15. Chester Denning
  16. Olan Parrish
  17. O.B. Powell (10 years old)

Back Row, Standing

  1. Edgar Thomasson (not a pupil but with the photographer)
  2. Vilas Fitzhugh
  3. Mel Cherry
  4. Arthur Nutt
  5. John G. Hufstedler
  6. Okla Farmer
  7. Norman Cherry
  8. Freman Perry
  9. Guy Hufstedler
  10. Alvin Hufstedler
  11. Tom McIlroy
  12. Roscoe Powell (My cousin)
  13. Charles Hufstedler

TOLAR PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUP – 1900

W. L. Powell, Co-Principal with Marion McIlroy

Only a few whose names are listed are identified as shown. There are many others that I can pick out but for lack of room to designate them. The school had two Principals that year as stated above. My brother, W. L. Powell was the head Principal with Marion McIlroy as second Principal but to avoid jeolosy the school board called them Co-Principals.

  1. Nath Davis
  2. Roy Ginn
  3. Vernon Powell (My brother Vernon about 8 years old)
  4. Arthur Ginn
  5. Paul Hufstedler
  6. Lee Lockhart
  7. Floyd West
  8. Jhock Kerr
  9. O. B. Powell (Then 11 years of age)
  10. Joe Kerr
  11. Walter L. Powell, Head Principal with Marion McIlroy as stated above
  12. Charley Hufstedler
  13. Harley Cherry
  14. Judson Miller
  15. Otto Hufstedler
  16. Lottie Nutt
  17. Marion McIlroy, second Principal
  18. Freman Perry
  19. Vilas Fitzhugh
  20. Zion Hennard
  21. Myrtle Kerr
  22. Melvin Cherry
  1. Okla Farmer (note by Jim Barrett – two names are numbered 25)
  2. Jim Bowers
  3. John G. Hufstedler
  4. Lena Stalcup
  5. Myranda Kerr
  6. Maura West
  7. Lloyd Wright
  8. Tom Kerr
  9. Gertrude Powell (My sister Gertrude)
  10. Laura Hufstedler
  11. Maud McIlory
  12. Callie Hufstedler