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The first school house in Bartow, Florida 1858. Dr. Daniel Waldron, teacher


The pupils in the school were: N. S. Blount, J. J. Blount, Ben F. Blount, John Blount, James Blount, Sarah J. Blount, Z. Seward, Felix Seward, J. Seward, M. A. C. Knight, V. Rye, R. B. Parker, Lizzie Parker, Lewis Parker, Lizzie Davidson, S. Smith, Isaac Morgan, Howeran Pearce, Thomas Pearce, E. E. Mizell, H. R. Sylvester, Nettie Blount, Ellen Harrison, Peter Brown, Fred Varn, Frances Varn, Ed Wade, Andrew Wade, O. Keen, Maria Keen, Louisa Hollingsworth, Simeon Hollingsworth, Wm. Blount, G. W. Hendry, Stephen Hooker.

Courtesy of Kyle VanLandingham