Hall County School District No. 72

Brief History of the School District No. 72

A petition was presented on August 30, 1886, signed by the proper number of qualified resident tax-payers asking that certain sections by detached from School District 58 and joined with certain sections in District 64, and a new district formed. The petition was sworn to and presented by O.L. Brainard. After being favorably acted upon, this new

district became No. 72. A partial report was made for the school year beginning in the fall of 1886 by District 72 and part of the work reported by District 58, by G.W. Tingley, director, filed on the 8th of April 1887 a new school census, which showed the following families then residing in that new district, who had children of school age:

#	SURNAME	CHILDREN NAME(s)	PARENTS NAME(s)
1.	CHASE	Edward, John, Arthur, Chase	Mr.
2.	CLINE	Bessie, Luien Cline, Carrie Hammer	D. T.
3.	DUNLAP	Nellie Gillette	Sherman
4.	ELFERS	Birtha	Geo.
5.	HANCOCK	Pearly, Minnie, Thomas	Joseph
6.	JUMB	Myrtle and Ethel	W. H.
7.	MANN	George	M.
8.	OFIELD	Frank, William, Mary, Lottie, Reta, Lucy, Emma, Ida	Wm.
9.	THOMPSON	Maybell	Wm.
10.	TINGLEY	Belle, Edwin, Walter G.	G. W.
11.	WINGERT	Albert

Reference:

¹ reported in 1872 (individual or entire family).
² not reported in 1872.

During the term ending in 1887, the teacher was Lura Maxon, and the report showed eleven boys and sixteen girls between five and twenty-

one years and two below five in attendance. Sixty days of school were held for the term, and the teacher received $30 per month.

A Special Thanks to Our Transcribers: Kaylynn Loveland, Larry Coates, & the many volunteers at the Prairie Pioneer Genealogical Society

Cited Source:

A. F. Buechler and R. J. Barr, editors. "The Schools of Hall Cuonty," History of Hall County Nebraska (Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1920): 348-367. Provided by the Prairie Pioneer Genealogical Society, Grand Island, Nebraska.

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