Early Schools of Marion County
English and German select school in the Patillo Academy on Benners street ----- principal, Professor A Rosentspitz
St Mary's School, corner Market and Henderson streets - Teachers, Sisters of Charity
Collegiate Institure, for male and female, corner Broadway
and Alley streets - Principal, Professor J T S Parks; Vice Principal, Professor
M Parks
School for Boys and Girls on Friou street of which Professors P Calhoun and G A Calhoun were principals.
Christ Church School for girls 0 Rev E G Benners, Rector. Mrs Kirkpatrick and Mrs Simmons were teachers.
Other teachers of an early day were Prof. Draper, Mr Foster, Mr Jess Benten, Mr. Pickens, and Miss Mahala Halloway.
Mr Sam Ward organized the Paradise Academy, near Jefferson in 1867.
Cal Bass taught a mixed school in the old courthouse.
Mr R W Vinson and wife taught a private school, and when public school was
established Mrs Vinson was one of the charter teachers.
Prof. Looney was one of the early day teachers, as was Miss Maggie Godfrey and Mrs Willie Owens.
Miss Mary Boise taught a girls school with Mrs Maggie Preston as asst.
The Jefferson Institute had Miss Ellie Norwood as principal.
A public school was established in Jefferson ca 1888 with Col. Bass as the first Superintendent.
Mr R W Vinson was the first County Superintendent and Miss Alice Emmert was the second.
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