Sunday, June 26, 2011

1895--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:Daily Huronite, Saturday, June 1, 1895, page 4, column 2 "The Class of '95."]
  • Archie BERGER,
  • Nellie COGSWELL,
  • Ella M. HARVEY, Anna HIXSON,
  • Mary E. NICKELL,
  • Jennie RAMER,
  • Alex. URQUHART,
  • Ethel V. WILLS.

1894--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:Daily Huronite, Saturday, May 26, 1894 "High School Commencement."]
  • Henrietta May 'Nettie' BLOODGOOD,
  • John Kerr HANNAY,
  • Cora May IVERSON,
  • Mary Lillian KELSEY,
  • Grace Muriel PAGE,
  • Anna May SMITH, Zula Lelia SMITH.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

1893--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:The Daily Huronite, Saturday, May 20, 1893, page 4, column 2 "A GALA WEEK"]

  • Haven BRADFORD, Don BURNEY, Jessie May BYCROFT,
  • Elizabeth Anne CHALFANT, Florence Risley CURTIS,
  • Susie May DEAN,
  • Caroline E. Carr FAYANT, Alice Carry FULLER,
  • Thomas A. NICKELL,
  • Daisy Marie SHELTON, Leah Scott SMITH,
  • Jennie E. TASSEL,
  • Jennie VANDERSTIEN.

1892--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:The Daily Huronite, June 2, 1892, page 4, column 2 "Diplomas For Four..." 
  • Kendall B. CRESSEY,
  • Walter J. GRANT,
  • Hattie Rose LAUBE,
  • Addie A. PLOCK.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

1891--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:The Daily Huronite, Monday, June 1, 1891, page 4, column 3 "High School Commencement"]

  • Pearl Louise ABELL [md: Rev. Marshall Foster MONTGOMERY];
  • Elwin (?) Alva BAIR; Loren Erwin BLOODGOOD; Anna Deming BOTSFORD [md:L. C. BROCKWAY];
  • Henry Walter CHALFANT; Kate Evelyn COOL [md:Cornelius MALLEY];
  • Anna Lavina DAVIS; Fanny Mae DAVIS;
  • Earnest Werner FEIGE [md:Gertrude PEARCE];
  • Gertie Louise GOODELL [unmarried];
  • May Carolyn INGHAM;
  • Edward Lincoln KIMBALL;
  • Louise MACKENZIE [md:Clarence P. WOLFE]; Lorne Douglas MILNE; Lora Frances MOUSER;
  • Lina Belle NICKELL;
  • Anna SUMMERS [md:Roy R. LARKIN];
  • Jessie Alena TOLMIE;
  • Mary Ellice WALTON [md:William F. GRALEY].

1890--Huron High School Graduates

[Source:The Daily Huronite, Saturday, May 24, 1890, page 1, column 5 "Commencement Exercises"]

Sanford SCHUYLER; James Harrison STEELE.

1889--Huron High School Graduates

[Sources:The Daily Huronite, Friday, 17 May 1889 "High School Commencement", page 4, column 3;
Tuesday, 21 May 1889, page 4, column 3]
Nellie Elizabeth BOTSFORD [md:F. L. PERSONS]; Ida May BOWE [md:George MACKNIGHT];
Sarah Priscilla 'Sadie' CAWOOD; Clara Louise CRESSEY [md:George W. MINGUS]
Martha Tilson 'Mattie' CRESSEY [md:Clifford S. LAUGHLIN];
Frank Thornton DAVIS;
Ina Maude HOTALLING [unmarried];
Alexander Oakley ROWE; Marion Regina RUSSELL;
Leah or Lena Edna 'Edna' STONEBRAKER [md:Charles Nenean STEELE];
Mary Lucile 'Lucile' THOMPSON [md:Edward F. WILSON].

Sunday, June 19, 2011

1908 March 31--Hospital for the insane (Yankton), Beadle County Inmates

Hopefully this list will help some researcher pick up the trail of a missing ancestor.  The Hospital for the insane was located at Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota.

[Source:The Daily Huronite, Thursday, 6 August 1908 "Commissioners Proceedings"]

Statement of superintendent of hospital for insane for quarter ending March 31, 1908, was approved at $48.00 each for the following inmates:
[list alphabetized]
E. J. BECKER, Nellie BLOODGOOD, Jennie BRADLEY,
Francis CLARK, James CLELAND, Thos. COSGRIFF,
Guyler DEMAREE, Gentry GOODWIN,
Adam HAGER, James HEALEY,
Mary HILLS,
Sarah JINNISON, Mary JOHNSON,
Wm. C. MILLER, Nellie NELSON, Geo. NEWLAND,
Ole OLOSN [OLSON],
Edla STORY,
Emily TAYLOR, Frank THURSTON,
Ada WEMPEL.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Photographers, 1881-1980

Here's a list of photographers who worked in the Huron area.  I compiled it to help date photographs.  Please contact me if you have additions.

Business
Date
Additional Information
Reference
LEFFEL,
S. C.
11 Jul--
1 Aug 1881
Photographer S. C. LEFFEL, 11 Jul--1 Aug 1881.
Huron Tribune, Thursday, 23 Jun 1881, p. 3, col. 4
BRYSON,
C. E.
1883
Photographer; business 106 Wisconsin st
Huron City Directory, September, 1883; Chas N. CAMPBELL, Compilerp. 19
"

Photograph Gallery, Wisconsin St.
Huron City Directory, September, 1883; Chas N. CAMPBELL, Compiler, p. 71
"

Not in business by 1886.
Huron Daily Plainsman, 15 Jun 1980, p. J-4, col. 1.