School Name: Number Four (Topping) School School District Number: #087
Location:
Township: Twn40N Range: Rng14W Section: Sec26
Latitude: 38.187500 °N Longitude: -92.452400 °W
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Number Four School
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Number Four / Topping School
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Number Four School - Teacher Joesphine (Dawson) Hendricks - about 1937
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School Information:
Date Started: Date Closed:
School Registers:
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers from 1874 to 1901:
| 1874-75 | George W. McCubbin | 1887-88 | John L. Sullivan | |
| 1875-76 | 1888-89 | Lizzie Balvein | ||
| 1876-77 | John F. Hammond | 1889-90 | Lizzie Balvein | |
| 1877-78 | E. L. Hawkins | 1890-91 | W. A. Colvin | |
| 1878-79 | W. P. Bliss | 1891-92 | J. M. Renfrow | |
| 1879-80 | James P. Wright | 1892-93 | Z. F. Duncan | |
| 1880-81 | Perry T. Nixdorf | 1893-94 | Chas O. Short | |
| 1881-82 | Perry T. Nixdorf | 1894-95 | Lulu Short | |
| 1882-83 | Bessie Brown | 1895-96 | Ed F. Keyes | |
| 1883-84 | Lottie Latchem | 1896-97 | Lulu Stephens | |
| 1884-85 | J. W. Renfrow | 1897-98 | J. L. Watson | |
| 1885-86 | W. L. Short | 1898-99 | Oscar W. Houser | |
| 1886-87 | J. T. Sullivan | 1899-00 | Oscar W. Houser | |
| 1900-01 | P. T. Wyrick |
Resident Taxpayers in 1871:
William Abbett, Thomas Bilyeu, Alexander Colvin, Henry Fendorf, Francis Fendorf, John Kelly, William Nally, J.R. Nickerson, Jefferson Nichols, William Posten, T.B. Posten, Joseph Patterson, M.H. Richardson, W.C. Scott, Martha J. Scott, Gilbert Topping, Peter B. Lupardus, J.W. Williams, Edington Williams, C.N. Wyrick, and Joseph Clemmens.
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