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Public SchoolsThe very first school in Adrian was held in one room of the first frame house, built by Dr. C. N. Ormsby. It was opened by Miss Dorcas Dean in 1828. There were seven families in the village of Adrian at the time. The first school committee was formed in 1828. A school/meeting house was built during the winter of 1828/29 located at the junction of South Main and Winter Streets. The total cost of the building and grounds was $11,375.13. The first teacher was David Buck. Mr. Buck moved west and drowned in 1830. He was replaced by Anson Jackson. The first Union School was erected in 1851-52 being completed and occupied September 13th, 1852. It was located between Church and Maumee Streets. This school burned in 1866. In 1857 the East Branch 'school' was built costing $5,000. In 1859 the South Branch 'school' was built costing $3,500. In 1860 the West Branch 'school' was built costing $13,000. It was enlarged in 1867. In 1861 the North Branch 'school' was built costing $13,000. In 1859 they established 'Free' School, having the expenses paid by taxation. In August 1866 when the main 'Central' school burned down the school board immediately called a special meeting to take measurements and to rebuild the Central School building. Adrian High School; believed to have opened in around 1839/1840. Colleges & UniversitiesAdrian College was organized March 22, 1859. Brown's Business College opened in 1884 by Mr. L. S. Brown. The above information extracted from the Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Michigan by John I Knapp and R. I. Bonner; printed by the Times Printing Company, Adrian Michigan, 1903. Macon Reunion of 1920From the December 1987 issue Lenawee County Researcher, Vol 1, No. 2. © Printed here with permission from The Lenawee County Researchers. from The Tecumseh Herald, 9 Aug. 1928 p. 8 by Jim Lindsey CLASS OF 1920 About 250 gathered on the school grounds of Dist. No. 1 for the 8th reunion of patrons, pupils & teachers. After a bountiful co-operative dinner was served in the shade of the trees we love so well the following was rendered: Letters were read by the secretary from Erma Bissel, Findlay, Ohio; Mike Hendershot, Bellingham, Wash.; C. J. Hendershot, Denver, Colo; Mrs. Ella Conklin, Falls City, Wash.; Mrs. Alice Collins Burns, Toledo, Ohio; R. A. Mills, Naps, Calif.; Will Smith, Long Beach, Calif.; W.B. Hatch, Ypsilanti; "Chio" Coller, Lansing; Miss Mary Newcomb, Detroit; Mrs. Elma Collins Granger, Jonesville; Mrs. Julia Robinson Wilson, Tecumseh. At the reunion friends who had not seen each other for 10, 20 or 30 years met in ever changing groups recalling to memory the days of Auld-Lang Syne. In one group worthy of note was James Boyce, 94 years, Robert Hendershott, 84 years, and L.C. Coller, 78. And this has passed into history another "one of the best" of our school reunions. Out of state guests were Will Smith, Long Beach, Calif.; Mr. & Mrs. John Cotton & son, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Ada Smith Pike, Chicago, Ill.; Messrs Stanley & Carl Underwood, Weston, Ohio; Mr. Snauble Crossman, Los Angeles, Calif. Other guests were present from Detroit, Jackson, Flint, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Monroe, Tecumseh, Clinton, Leslie, Saline, Milan, Ceresco, Jasper & Ridgeway. At the business meeting the following officers were elected: Ralph Mickel, President; Earl Payne, Vice President Evans Commercial CollegeEvans Commercial College was a writing school opened about 1870 by Uriah I Evans, name changed to Evans Business School then to Evans & Grosscup Business College. This College was short lived. State Industrial School for GirlsThere is a separate page on this site dedicated to this school. Reunion of the Alumni Association of the Tecumseh Union SchoolPrinted in the Oct. 1986 issue Raisin Researchers, Vol 4, No 2, (Lenawee County Researchers Newsletter) Printed here with permission from The Lenawee County Researchers. The reunion of the Alumni Association of the Tecumseh Union School was held at the Armory Hall, Fri. June 25, 1886. Members of the association were S.W. Anderson, Miss Dena Heesen, Miss Elida James, W. H. Hayden, Fred B. Wood, S. C. Stacy, Mrs. H.S. Lee, Miss Jennie Nyland, Thomas H. Temple, Mrs. C. A. Wright, Miss Jennie Root, James W. Patterson, Miss Julia Snell, D. McNair, W. C. Burridge, R. C. Van Antwerp, Dr. George Howell, Margaret L. Clarkson, Abner Wilson, P.S. McKinnin and Fred B. Wood. In addition the following is a summary of what other members (class of '78) were doing. Charles Waldron became a veterinarian in 1881. In Aug. of 1881, he married Miss Jennie Calvin and resides on a farm in Raisin Township, combining farming and his vet business. Lavern M. Ide married Miss Kate Drew of California in July of 1884. Ide is a bookkeeper in Detroit. Gertrude Bigelow was married at the family residence in East Saginaw in Oct. of 1883 to George N. Stacy of Tecumseh ( a member of the class of 1878) They live in Elgin, Ill. David T. Phelps, after working for the Champion Iron Co. in Chicago and studying stenography in his spare time, is employed in the office of the Car Service agent at Omaha, Neb. Ida Schrader taught school till ill health forced her to give it up, now resides at her home in Tecumseh. Frank L. Osborn graduated from the U. of M. in 1883 and became a Methodist Episcopal Minister in 1885. InAug. of 1881 he married Miss Lillian Mae Cooper of Ann Arbor and resides at Unionville, Mi. H.G. Sherrard attended the U. of M. and was a clerk for the Treasury Dept. in Wash. D.C. He returned to school and graduated from the U. of M. in 1882 and teaches at Detroit H.S. A toast was given to Prof. D.A. Hammand by a member of the class. ~~~taken from the Tecumseh Files and the Tecumseh Herald at the Tecumseh Public Library. Normal SchoolThe following list was found in the booklet titled Blissfield Area Sesquicentennia 1824-1974. No publication data was availble, nor compilers. The booklet is available at the Adrian Public Library. The first class to be graduated from the Lenawee Normal [school] in 1907 here in Blissfield were: Gladys Dickinson Mulder, May Knight Gilson, Minnie Purdy Snyder, Herma Holt Rappleye, Vera Burt Ferris, Eliza May Potter Jordan, Florence Knisel McWilliams, Faith Stein Schoener, Laura Foley, Ruth Newcomb Johnson, Fern DeLine Ferris, Alta Holt Rothfuss, Grace Rothfuss Miller, Agnes Drake Judson. The Normal school began in 1907 in Blissfield, moved to Clayton in 1949, moved to Adrian in 1954 and the last class was graduated May 25, 1955. This was a school to train teachers. Tues eve. performance of "The Hunchback"" at the Hudson Opera House; The following list of schools have pictures on our photograph gallery page 8. They show the school and class for a given year. Other than these pictures I have no information on these schools.
High School 1911 List of Graduates submitted by Mary Wright - 2008My grandmother had graduated from Hudson High School, June 11, 1908. (100 years ago next week!) I have the graduation week program listing a play, concert and commencement program as well as a list of the graduates: I believe that my grandma's name is misspelled here -- Sara Lavinia Bell is correct!
Manual Labor SchoolA school for Blacks, near Adrian in the mid 1800's. I'll add more on this school if more can be found. |