Twente School 1932

TWENTE SCHOOL 1932

ALEXANDER COUNTY ILLINOIS GENEALOGY TRAILS

Donated by Floyd L Bennett and Sharon Hiltibidal

(See note below)

Top Row: 1. Jr. Cox, 2. Bobby Bedwell - Robert Bedwell, son of Robert "Bang" & Thelma (Tupper)Bedwell, 3. Lige Williamson, 4. Cecil Warren - son of Willis P. Warren and Viola Hammond Warren, 5. Walter Bledsoe, 6. Robert Henry Lewis, son of Glen and Viola Goskie Lewis, d. WWII in Nance, France, 7. Eugene Smothers - son of Raymond and Nellie (Bennett) Smothers, 8. Charles Dalton, 9. Richard Crown

Second Row: 1. Faye Vick, 2. Geneva Goskie, daughter of Ralph and Orpha Goskie,
3. Anna Bledsoe, 4. Gladys Lewis, daughter of Glen and Viola Goskie Lewis
5. Lena McKee - b. Jul 6, 1921, dau of Clarence & Mary (Bedwell) McKee.
(Mary was my mother's (Audrey (Bedwell) Bennett) sister, 6. Gladys Sams - b. Jul 12, 1922. Dau of William F. & Josephine (Henderson) Sams, 7. Lena Cox - b. Jan 1, 1919. She married Silas "Bill" Bennett in 1936, 8. Dave Crown, 9. Robert Fisher,
10. Herman Sams - b. Dec 11, 1918, Son of William F. & Josephine (Henderson) Sams.
11. Mrs. Cecil, teacher.

Third Row: 1. K. Bedwell - Kenneth Bedwell, son of Robert "Bang" & Thelma (Tupper) Bedwell, 2. Charles Wilson, 3. Cletus Bedwell - son of Leroy Bedwell who was son of Cyrille & Anna K. (Sickman) Bedwell, 4. Laura Bledsoe, 5. Pauline Bennett - b. Jan 11, 1926, dau of Leonard "Buck" & Gladys Esther (Free) Bennett, 6. Anna June Strader,
7. Vivian Bedwell - Daughter of Robert "Bang" & Thelma (Tupper) Bedwell, 8. Avis Lewis, daughter of Glen and Viola Goskie Lewis, 9. Juanita Bennett - b. Nov 30, 1927, Dau of Leonard "Buck" & Gladys Esther (Free) Bennett, 10. Ethel Sams - Apr 24, 1924, dau of William F. & Josephine (Henderson) Sams. Ethel married Cletes E. Miller

Fourth Row: 1. Harvey Staton - George Harvey Staton. Married Sarah "Sally" Bennett, dau of Isaac & Emily A. (Staton) Bennett. Isaac was brother to my G-Grandfather Joseph Bennnett, 2. Robert Sams - Robert Franklin Sams, b. Mar 6, 1926. Son of William F. & Josephine (Henderson) Sams, 3. Isaac Strader, 4. Paul Strader, 5. Elmer Goskie, son of Ralph and Orpha Goskie, 6. Paul Crown, 7. Andy Joe Benefield

(Note: This was originally sent as a 1932 picture of Twente Crossing School, but Cheryl Van Hoose notes that Anna June Strader, who is in the picture, has 1935 on her copy of the same picture.)

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