Pioneer Families of the Town of Marcy - 1932

From "Town of Marcy Centennial History and Program 1832-1932"
Sincere thanks to Cathy VerSchneider for this submission!
Typed by Betty McCulloch

    Participants in the celebration, of which this booklet is a souvenir, must inevitably find their hearts and minds carried back to the early days of the communtiy--to the pioneer men and women, whose courage, labor and faith, inherited and carried on by their children in later generations, transformed a wilderness into the modern town whose centenary we honor.  Various histories of the county, Pomeroy Jones, Durant and Wager, give detailed accounts of settlers before 1890. Considerable space is given over to John Wilson, the original pioneer who came from Vermont in 1793 to the Camps, the Careys and others. But of the those hundred and more families established in the community by 1835, when the first town census was taken, comparatively little has been recorded. Many of these families are listed below, with as much relative data as is now available. Thanks to several elderly people, still living in the town, whose memories reach back into the pioneer lives of their parents and grandparents; the records given, while farm from complete, are for the most part accurate.
     So, with this memoir, we salute the noble men and women of the past--and, by the same token, bid God-speed to their descendants, living and in generations yet to come.

Avery, Alvord, Anderson, Atwood, Allen, Baker, Barker, Brown, Burns, Buell, Burton, Breuckner, Carpenter, Carr, Carrier, Cavana, Chamberlin, Chaplin, Cleaver, Clarke, Cole, Crane, Crave, Davis

Dimbleby, Edic, Ellis, Ernst, Evans, Fuller, Gaus, Gossin, Grant, Hall, Hamilton, Haynes, Horne, Leavenworth, Lewis, Luke, Laird, Marson, Martin, Mayhew, McNeil, Morgan

Morris, Morris, Morgan, Northup, Owens, Owen, Owens, Pentland, Perry, Pooler, Potter, Powell, Pugh, Raymer, Richards, Ritchie

Robbins, Roberts, Seager, Seavy, Shattuck, Simmons, Smith, Stephenson, Spence, Sweet,  Tanner, Thomas, Treat, Van Hatten, Watson, Weaver, Whitten, Wilcox, Williams, Wood, Williams, Winston

Between 1870 and 1875 there were several select schools. The first one was taught by Miss Flora Utter in William Buell's barn, a second one by Miss Hattie Perry in a room in William Buell's house and a third by Prof, John Williams who taught over the blacksmith shop.

In 1876 the school district through John T. Owens, the trustee, purchased the present school site on Main Street of Mrs. Annette Hinman for $250. A two story frame building was built by S. B. Atwood at a cost of about $2,000. The school was transferred then from the stone school building to the new one. The first teacher in this building was Giles Geer. One teacher was employed for a short time then later a second teacher was engaged. During a M. E. Church donation held in the school in 1887, a large crowd gathered that taxed the building beyond its strength. The upper floor gave way and the people wore thrown into panic. Several were injured, but not seriously.

In 1929 the school became so crowded that it was necessary w employ the third teacher. For two and a half years the school district used the church house of the M. E. Church for the third teacher. In 1931 the district voted to raise $35,000 for the construction of a new school building. During the year the present school building vas built. It is a two-story brick structure consisting of four class rooms, an auditorium and an office. It has all modern improvements pertaining to an up to date building. The general contractor was S. L. Gerwig of Rome. The plumbing contractor was J. L. Harper of Rome.

The present school officers are Frank Carrier. President of the board of trustees; William Hoffman, A. W. Gates, Trustee; Charles H. Smith, Clerk; William F. Blust, Treasurer; Mrs. Eva Record, Collector. The present faculty is: Fred E. Bogart, Principal; Miss Marian Gladding, Intermediate Teacher; Miss Ada Pritchard. Primary Teacher.

STITTVILLE BAND OF  1880
The members of the Stittville band of 188O were George Johnson leader, F. E. Gaus, Ralph Raynier, Fred Buell, Fred Baker, Charles R. Hamilton, John Burns, Ernest Breckner, Eugene Benton, H. B. Saulpaugh, George Huber. Charles Jepson. J. R. Avery. Leonard Allspaul and Owen G. Owens.

THE 4 H CLUB
The 4. H Club of Stittville was organized in 1927, with Mrs. Ruth Whittaker as Leader. Charter members were Jean Smith, Kathrine Gates, Kathrine Buell, Marie Fear, Mary Miller, Vivian Arandorf, Dorothy Hoffman, Dorothy Rostiser, Kathrine Shaler, Minnie Wall and Beatrice Cummins.

STITTVILLE GIRL SCOUTS
The Girl Scouts of Stittviiie were organized in 19T>0. Miss Miriam Gladding Leader. Members: Mary Elizabeth Miller. Jean Smith, Kathrine Shaler. Alma Wood, Vivian Orendorf. Violet Orendorf. Genireve Ellis. Katherine Buell. Marie Fear, Florence Thomas, Aberta Palmeiro. Xellie Randall and Shirlev Thomas.