edna tackley, a country school teacher
Edna Tackley graduated from Pawnee City in 1906. According to great granddaughter Kristin Quevedo, Edna taught at three country schools; two were in Sheridan precinct, Allison country school, in District 51, and the Hunzeker country school, District 15. (The third school was Frog Pond country school near Pawnee City.) The family of father was an old family of Sheridan precinct, which lies southeast of Table Rock and east of Pawnee City.
At the bottom of this page, you will see pictures of Edna with her classes at Allison & Frog Pond, but first perhaps you would like a little story about where she came from and what her life was like.
At the bottom of this page, you will see pictures of Edna with her classes at Allison & Frog Pond, but first perhaps you would like a little story about where she came from and what her life was like.
EDNA'S FAMILY
Edna's great granddaughter Kristine Quevedo gives some background:
Edna was a granddaughter of Eli and Mary Fish, two of whose children -- including Edna's mother -- settled in Pawnee County.
Eli (born in 1796) and Mary Cross Fish (born 1803) had 10 children, but 5 died between 1842-43. The Civil War had ended on May 13, 1865, and the Fish family moved from New York to Wisconsin.
On a day in August of 1865, two of Eli & Mary's children married, a son and a daughter. Their son Walker married Mary Pearson. Their daughter Cornelia married Frank Lewis Jaeke. Both couples moved to Pawnee County.
Cornelia and Frank's first baby was Bessie Mary, born in Pawnee City in 1868. (Walker & Mary Fish's first baby, Alta May, was born in Pawnee City in 1866.)
Bessie Mary grew up to marry Grant Tackley, in 1886. They had two 2 children, Edna in 1888 & Willard in 1895.
Edna grew up to marry Ora Spencer Booth, in 1910. They moved to Sunrise, Wyoming to start a family.
What of Edna's grandparents, Eli & Mary Fish? The 1870 Census shows Eli & Mary Fish still in Wisconsin, but both are buried in Pawnee City, so they came soon after. Eli died in 1872 and Mary in 1878.
What of the family of Cornelia Fish's husband? The Jaeke family is identified as early settlers of Sheridan precinct in a history of the precinct in a 1937 precinct map book
edna sends postcards to her fiance, ora booth
Both postcards are from Edna while she was living in Steinauer, and are circa 1908-1909.
In the first, to "O.S. Booth, Sunrise, Wyoming" she says, "Dear Boy, Elizabeth - she has been sick but I think is better now. Was Christmas lonesome? ~ Edna"
In the second, also to "
O.S. Booth, Sunrise, Wyoming," she says, "Dear boy, Well we are here E.L.B. is married. Ok - I'd hate to have a long ceremony. ~ Edna"
In the first, to "O.S. Booth, Sunrise, Wyoming" she says, "Dear Boy, Elizabeth - she has been sick but I think is better now. Was Christmas lonesome? ~ Edna"
In the second, also to "
O.S. Booth, Sunrise, Wyoming," she says, "Dear boy, Well we are here E.L.B. is married. Ok - I'd hate to have a long ceremony. ~ Edna"
Photo 6406, shared by Kristina Quevedo
Photo 6406, shared by Kristina Quevedo
Photo 6408, St. Anthony's Catholic Church, prior building of frame construction, retouched and shared by Kristin Quevedo.
edna with her son frank in a four-generation photo of the booths
Photo 4098
In the photo above, shared by Kristin Quevedo, four generations of the Jaeke family are represented: Cornelia Fish Jaeke, age 64, Bessie Jaeke Tackley, age 43, Edna Tackley Booth, age 23, and Edna's baby Frank Ora Booth, age 3 months. Edna was Kristin's great grandmother. The photograph was taken in 1911.
Photo 4097, Edna Tackley in 1892.
Photo 4092
Edna graduated from Pawnee City in 1906. According to great granddaughter Kristin Quevedo, Edna taught at three country schools; two were in Sheriodan precinct, Allison country school, in District 51, and the Hunzeker country school, District 15. (The third school was Frogpond country school near Pawnee City.) A history the Hunzeker school written in 1917 identifies Edna as the teacher in 1908. Here she is above teaching at Allison. Lifetime Historical Society member Bob Blecha has shared names for the students in this picture. A number of people around Table Rock are descended from those students. Here is Bob's list:
Edna also taught at Frog Pond country school, which is on the other side of Pawnee City. Kristin Quevedo provided this photograph of Edna and her students:
Photo 4094
In 1906, the year she graduated from high school,
Edna is gifted with a lovely book
Since Edna saved it, and passed it on to Kristin, perhaps this book was special to her, either because of how pretty it is and/or because of who gave it to her: Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lindemeyer. We don't know who they are, but their gift was thoughtful. Here are just a few pages of it.