School Name: Madden School School District Number: #083
Location:
Township: Twn38N Range: Rng13W Section: Sec11
Latitude: 38.044800 °N Longitude: -92.317700 °W
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Madden School House
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Madden School House
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Madden School Class - 1923
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Madden School Class - 1925
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School Information:
by Peggy Smith Hake
The Madden country school was located in southern Richwoods Township near the Big Tavern creek. The first year of school was taught by Caroline Madden in the 1874/75 school year. Caroline was a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Madden, natives of Virginia. Before coming to Miller County, the Maddens spent sometime in Polk County, Tennessee where most of their children were born. The Madden family came to Miller County from Tennessee before the Civil War and settled in what has been known as the Madden community for many years.
Of the 47 teachers who once taught old Madden school, I believe there are only three who are still living....Ruby Shelton Robertson, Anna Jean Malmberg Strope, and Ruby McCubbin Spearman. On September 22, 1959, the Madden country school was closed and became part of the Iberia R-V Consolidated school district.
The following is a list of teachers who taught Madden school from 1874-1959:
1874-75 Caroline Madden 1909-11 A. Y. Johnston
1875-76 Mary A. Loague 1911-12 Colmer Glawson
1876-77 Caroline Madden 1912-13 Rector S. Johnston
1877-80 John B. Tallman 1913-15 Otis Wright
1880-81 David D. Greenstreet 1916-17 Dora Tabor
1881-82 Andrew L. Benage 1917-18 A. Y. Johnston
1882-84 Lou A. Gott 1918-19 Ethel Williams
1884-85 John L. Carroll 1919-21 A. Y. Johnston
1886-88 George W. Mace 1921-23 Fred Ambrose
1888-89 Wm. D. Johnson 1923-24 Perry T. Wyrick
1889-90 Edmond F. Madden 1924-25 Frank Mace
1890-91 George W. Mace 1925-26 Hilary Pemberton
1891-92 Edmond F. Madden 1926-27 Virgil Wrinkle
1892-94 John R. Martin 1927-28 Ona Ulman
1894-95 Maggie Miller 1928-29 Marjorie Mace Hix
1895-96 Charles O. Short 1929-32 Layard Cross
1896-97 Maggie Haus 1932-33 Earl Moore
1897-98 Edmond F. Madden 1933-36 Ruby Shelton Robertson
1898-99 Charles O. Short 1936-38 Ruby Robinson Ferguson
1899-00 Matthew H. Shelton 1938-40 Glenn Casey
1900-02 Maggie Haus 1940-41 Vurden Rook
1902-03 Edmond F. Madden 1941-42 Dale Lee Keeth
1903-04 Walter Miller 1942-43 Robert Livingston
1903-04 Cora Miller 1943-45 Walter Tabor
1904-05 LeRoy N. Nichols 1945-47 Imogene Barnett Reimensnider
1905-06 John U. Stone 1947-48 Anna Jean Malmberg Strope
1906-07 Joseph E. Barnett 1948-49 Ruby McCubbin Spearman
1907-08 Edmond F. Madden 1949-53 Lois Jones Thomson
1908-09 Omar McCrory 1953-59 Ruby Robinson Ferguson
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