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State Normal School
GRADUATES' RECORD
SEVENTEENTH CLASS - March, 1876

Source:  Historical Sketch of the State Normal School at San Jose, California, with a Catalogue of Its Graduates and a Record of Their Work for Twenty-Seven Years [1862-1889]. State Office, J.D. Young, Supt. State Printing.  Sacramento, California. 1889.

NOTE.--The name of the county represented by each graduate at the time of graduation, is placed opposite his name.
Tidie Ayres (deceased) - San Mateo County.
Taught two and one half years in Redwood City.  Died in October, 1879.
Dollie C. Babcock (Mrs. Albert Maxson) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Milton Junction, Rock County, Wisconsin.  Taught before marriage.
Mary P. Bassett (Mrs. O.A. Hale) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, San José.  Taught in San José five years.  Married in 1881.  One child.
Lizzie Banks (Mrs. L.B. Sparks) - Nevada County.
Present address, Michigan Bluff, Placer County.  Taught four years before marriage.  Married in 1880.
Sarah F. Bonney (Mrs. Milton Henderson) - Alameda County.
Present address, 615 Tenth Street, Oakland.  Taught before marriage.
Anne B. Campbell - San Francisco.
Present address, 1220 Jackson Street, San Francisco.  Taught in Sonoma, three months; in San Franicsco, nine years.  Teaching in Washington Grammar School.
Clara Belle Churchill - Santa Clara County.
Present address, 418 S. Second Street, San José.  Taught in Santa Clara County, one year; Trinity County, one year; San Benito County, three months; San Luis Obispo County, nine and one half years.  Teaching at Paso Robles.
Henry F. Courter - Monterey County.
Present address, Healdsburg.  Taught in Pioneer District, Santa Clara County, three years; in a private family, eight months; Principal of East San José School one year; taught music one year; Principal of San Yeidro School, Santa Clara County, one year; typesetter and assistant editor in the Pacific Press, Oakland, over a year; Professor of Mathematics in Healdsburg College since August, 1886.  Married.  No children.
Nathaniel W. Davis (deceased) - Solano County.
Taught several terms.  Died in 1883.  His widow, Mrs. Alice Davis, lives near Santa Clara.
Addie A. Davis (Mrs. C.O. Spaulding) - Sacramento County.
Present address, Folsom, Sacramento County.  Taught in El Dorado County, eight and one half years; in Sacramento County, four years.  Teaching in Folsom.  Married June 10, 1884.  One child.
Alfred Dixon - Yuba County.
Present address, Michigan Bluff, Placer County.  Taught seven years in Contra Costa County. Is now engaged in mercantile business.
Carrie S. Fairchild - San Mateo County.
Present address, 311 Polk Street, San Francisco.  Taught eleven years.  Teaching in Broadway Grammar School.
Benjamin H. Franklin - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Cambria, San Luis Obispo County.  Taught in Cambria, five years.  Left teaching September, 1881, to engage in mercantile business.  Married June 10, 1870.  Three children.
Maggie Gardner (Mrs. O.S. Meeker) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, San José.  Taught in Contra Costa County, three years; Merced County, one year; San José, three years.  Has not taught since 1883.  Married December 28, 1881.
Henry C. Gesford - Napa County.
Present address, Napa City.  Taught in Napa County until 1880.  Then went East and took a law course in Iowa University and Michigan University.  Began the practice of law in Napa City, May, 1882.  Was Superintendent of Schools in Napa County, 1877-8; State Senator, 1887-8.  Married December 3, 1882.  One child.
Minnie F. Hollron (Mrs. Gannon) - San Francisco.
Present address, 1755 Ellis Street.  Teaching in Longfellow Primary School.  Taught in San Francisco since October, 1877.
Ada Locke (Mrs. W.H. Cooke)
Present Address, Lockeford, San Joaquin County.  Taught in Marin County, three months; San Joaquin County, sixteen months; Napa County, two months; Tulare County, fourteen months.  Married October 30, 1882, to Rev. W.H. Cooke.  Two children; one living.  In July, 1886, resided in Oakland.  Not teaching.
Susan McMullen (Mrs. Fred. Runyon) - Alameda County.
Present address, 1059 Poplar Street, Oakland.  Has taught.  Two children.
Katie Mitchell (Mrs. H.H. West) - Alameda County.
Present address, 488 Twenty-third Street, Oakland.  Taught in Lassen County, two years; Contra Costa County, five and one half years.  Married January 1, 1884.  One child.  Went to the Sandwich Islands in December, 1888, on account of her husband's health, and taught there a short time.  Returned in March, 1889, because of the death of her husband. Intends to continue teaching.
Kate McDonald (Mrs. B.F. Hyde) - State of Nevada
Present address, San Bernardino.  Taught in State of Nevada, one year; San Bernardino County, nine years.  Married July 14, 1886.  Not taught since.  One child.
Lila Murch (Mrs. Kirkpatrick) - San Mateo County.
Present address, Oakland.  Taught two and one half years in Redwood City.  Married in 1880.  Not teaching.
Katie F. O'Hara - Santa Clara County.
'Present address, San José.  Taught twelve years.  Teaching in San José.
Mary A. Peckham (Mrs. G.F. Pardee) - Alameda County.
Present address, East Oakland.  Taught ten years in the Grove Street School, Oakland.  One child.
Helen N. Penniman (Mrs. Geo. Pardee) - Alameda County.
Present address, East Oakland.  Taught ten years in the Grove Street School, Oakland.  One child.
Sheldon Raney - San Joaquin County.
Present address, Black Diamond, Contra Costa County.  Taught in Fresno County, one year; Santa Cruz County, six years; Contra Costa County, one year.  Left teaching in 1884, on account of failing health.  Engaged in mercantile business; also Postmaster and Justice of the Peace.  Married in 1874.  Four children.
Mary C. Rodden (Mrs. Warfield) - Tuolumne County.
Address in 1886, Oakdale, Stanislaus County.
Mary F. Russell (deceased) - Alameda County.
Father's address, Judge J. Russell, Haywards, Alameda County.  Taught several years.  Died April 13, 1886.
Ella Said (Mrs. W.E. Houghton) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Bakersfield, Kern County.  Taught in Solano County, three months; Mono County, three months; Kern County, six years.  Not teaching.  Married December 25, 1880.  One child.
Mrs. Frances C. Sawyer - Santa Clara County.
Present address, San José.  Taught constantly since graduation.  Teaching in High School, San José.
Sebastian Shaw - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Los Angeles.  Taught continuously since graduation; Santa Clara County, five years; Napa County, one year; Merced County, four months; Contra Costa County, one year; Sonoma County, four months; Los Angeles County, four years.
Alice L. Stockton (Mrs. J.A. Boulware) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo County.  Taught in Santa Clara County, two and one half years.  Married December 31, 1878.  Not taught since.  Four children.
M. Jeannette Stone (Mrs. E.A. Bunce) - Contra Costa County.
Present address, Dougherty Station, Alameda County.  Taught one year.  Not teaching.
Mary O. Thomas (Mrs. Thomas) - Los Angeles County. 
Present address, Los Angeles.  Taught seven years in Los Angeles County.
Caroline Trimble (Mrs. Stanley Stephenson) - Alameda County.
Present address, 1846 San José Avenue, Alameda.  Taught in Placer County, two months; in Alameda County, ten months; Marin County, fourteen months.  Married June 28, 1879.  Not taught since.  Two children.
A. Belle Wear (Mrs. Clement) - Santa Clara County.
Present address, Haywards, Alameda County.  Has taught at intervals throughout a period of ten years, about five years in all.  Taught in Santa Clara, San Luis Obispo, and Alameda Counties.  Filled office of Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Oakland for a time.  Married July, 1876, Three children.
Ella E. Whelan (Mrs. Greenman) - Alameda County.
Present address, East Oakland.  Has taught in the Oakland public schools six years.  Is teaching in the Durant School.  Married July 12, 1878.  Is now a widow.
Oliver P. Workman (deceased) - Sonoma County.
Taught about one year.  Died in 1877.
Alice M. White (Mrs. David) - Merced County.
Present address, Sturgeon, Merced County.  Taught in Merced County, nine months; Normal School, San José, one month; Sacramento County, two months.  Married May 19, 1877, and moved to Michigan.  Did not teach while there.  Returned to California in 1888.  Since that time has taught one term in Merced County, where she is still teaching.

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