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Stoughten's Corners School and Church

Stoughten's Corners School and Church - Hartford Michigan

Stoughten's Corners School and Church, located north of Hartford,
past the river bridge and railroad tracks, on the corner of C.R. 372 and 52nd Avenue.
In 2005, the school is no longer used to teach children, but remains as a family dwelling. 
The church building is no longer in existence. 

7-2004 - Photo, courtesy of William (Bill) Dyer, is from his mother's (Myrtle Robinson Dyer) treasured photos.   There was no date on the photo, however, Myrtle Robinson was a graduate of the Class of 1923.


 

Stoughten's Corners School
circa 1902
 Stoughtens Corner School 1902
Front Row L-R
1. _______ 2._______ 3. Harry Wolcott  4. Renew Minshall (1914)  5. Leah Abbott  6. Emma Davis (?) 7. Ora Hamilton (1908) 
8. Small boy  9. Cecil Branch  10. _____ Snyder  11. Howard Hamilton  12. ______  13.  Arthur Kabel  14. Gerald Adrian Lightner (?) 15. Harold Doyle

Back Row L-R
1. Roy Rawson  2. Kyle Abbott  3. ________  4. Roy Snyder  5. Clare Lamb  6. Tillie Kabel  7. Ada DeMoss  8. Harry Allen 
9. Dannie Lightner  10. Roy Abbott  11. George Martin  12. Ira DeMars  13. Robbie Kabel

     *( ) indicates year of graduation from Hartford High School.
 

Group school photo contributed by Lyle Lightner 1-29-2011

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