Colored Schools in 1928
The 1928-29 Fannin County School Directory lists the following colored schools.
Spring Hill No. 25 - Teacher, Melinda Dupree
Woods No. 42 - Teacher, Henri Mae Slaughter
New Harmony No. 47 - Teacher, Ida Pendleton
Willow Grove No. 50 - Teacher, Mattie Lee Roberson
Whatley No. 53 - Teacher, Naomi Roseman
Sandy No. 94 - Teachers, E. E. Bennett and Noble Chapman
Ivanhoe Rural High School No. 98 - Teacher: Mrs. M. E. Dejonette
Lamasco No. 107 - Teacher, Virgie V. Johnson
Spoonamore No. 109 - Teacher, Mrs. Pearl E. Holland
Riverby No. 115 - No teacher listed
Bonham - Teachers, Ray Seay, Mildred Seay, Myrtle Johnson, Virgie Johnson
Honey Grove - Teachers not listed
Ravenna Independent District - Teachers, Mrs. Ida M. Hill
Note: 2 pages are missing from the directory, which we believe would be Dodd City, Savoy, Ladonia, Windom and Leonard.
Additional information on teachers in colored schools follows:
Honey Grove - 1893, J. S. Nicholson (The Honey Grove Signal of 9-8-1893 reported 40 students in the colored school).
1894 (The Honey Grove Signal of 9-14-1894 reported that 26 students were enrolled in the colored school with J. S. Nicholson the teacher, but that the "larger children do not come from the cotton fields until December or January, when an additional teacher, A. C. Higgs, will be put on duty. The attendance will after Christmas be more than 100 pupils.)
1896 - J. S. Nicholson was still the teacher.
1897 - J. S. Nicholson and W. D. Hill, teachers
1901 - W. J. Taylor is the principal of the colored school
1902 W. J. Taylor and J. S. Nicholson teachers.
1906 W. J. Taylor and J. S. Nicholson teachers.
1907 W. J. Taylor and Joe Nicholson teachers.
1909 W. J. Taylor, principal and J. S. Nicholson, assistant
1910 W. J. Taylor, principal, Maude Nicholson
1911 W. J. Taylor, principal, Eva Pollard, Assistant
1914 W. J. Taylor, principal, Eva Pollard Taylor, Assistant
1923 J. W. Pendleton, principal, Carrie Pendleton, Mabel Brown
Note: Much information on the colored schools and their teachers is available in local newspapers on the Portal to Texas History.