Oak Grove School Picture, 1898


Photo contributed by Sheila Berry, names provided by Larry Jones.

If you can provide additional information on any of the students in this photograph (for example: their parents' names; who the student married),
please use the diagram below to reference the individual and send your information to Jeff for posting here.

    Row 1, kneeling:

  1. "Little" Hugh Godbold

  2. Lide Wise

  3. Cordy Coats

  4. Boyd Coats

  5. Downing Kirby?? (or may be #43)

  6. Adger Tarte

  7. Truss Hayes

  8. Eli Hayes

  9. Clarence Tarte

  10. Winston Bailey

  11. Stafford Berry

    12. Rows 2, 3, 4 - standing

  12. Etta Meggs

  13. Flora McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew

  14. Lizzie Meggs

  15. Lula or Tea Wise

  16. Carrie Hayes

  17. Nora Berry

  18. Gertrude Coats

  19. Lizzie Berry

  20. Georgia McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew;
    married Fred Fore

  21. Ruby Hayes

  22. Kenlaw Huggins

  23. Jim Meggs

  24. Neil Wise

  25. Cicero McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew;
    Samuel Cicero McLellan married Mattie Campbell, they had 8 children

  26. ______ Wise

  27. Myrtis Tarte

  28. Arch McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew;
    married Maude ____

  29. Sam Berry

  30. Annie Hayes

  31. Mary Hayes

  32. Nellie Hayes

  33. Hattie McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew;
    never married, she took care of her father until his death.

  34. Ora Harper

  35. Harvey Meggs

  36. Ella McLellan * parents were George B. McLellan and Sarah Sammie Dew;
    married Hugh Rogers

    37. Back row, standing

  37. Eph or Guy Moore

  38. Neal Meggs

  39. Humbert Hayes

  40. Ira Harper

  41. Bennie Hayes

  42. ______ Moore

  43. Downing Kirby?? (or may be #5)

  44. Miss Hallie Waldrop, teacher

The above identifications were kindly provided by Larry Jones, who some years ago was given the information by his Aunt Lizzy Berry (#19 above),
his Aunt Mary, wife of Sam Berry (#29 above), and Herbert Hayes, brother of Eli (#8 above). Larry suggests that the building shown in the background is
Bethesda Methodist Church which would have been next door to the old school building.

Many thanks to Sheila Berry and Larry Jones for sharing this treasure with us.

* additional information provided by Sandra McLellan Chace, August 2003

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