Tennessee School For The Deaf (1845-1945)

NAME:	POSITION:	YEARS:
Rev. Thomas MacIntire	Principal	1845 - 1851
Charles Wesley Myers	Manual	1845 - 1849
George E. Bronson	Manual	1849 - 1853
Oran W. Morris	Principal	1851 - 1853
H. S. Gillet	Principal	1853 - 1856
A. G. Scott	Manual Principal	1853 - 1856 1856 - 1859
W. B. Sanders	Manual	1853 - 1858
Mrs. L. S. Bearden	Manual	1853 - 1858
James Fisher, Jr.	Manual and Librarian	1856 - 1861
D. C. Hommel	Manual	1856 - 1895
Samuel Newman	Cabinet Shop	1856 - 1861
Jackson Hopkins	Shoe and Boot Shop	1856 - 1861
Mrs. L. S. Richardson	Manual	1858 - 1859
John A. Russell	Manual	1858 - 1861
Rev. James Park	Principal	1859 - 1861
L. Brasher	Manual	1859 - 1861
J. H. Ijams	Principal	1866 - 1882
Georgiana Sanford	Manual	1859 - 1861
Margaret Bickford	Manual	1866 - 1867
William O. Branum	Manual	1868 - 1920
James A. Lyons	Manual	1869 -1875
Thomas L. Moses	Manual Principal	1869 - 1879 1882 - 1917
Louis A. Houghton	Manual Editor	1870 - 1906 1876 - 1906
William F. Pope	Manual	1870 - 1872
J. B. Pope	Manual	1872 - 1877
Miss Lizzie Hill	Temporary manual pupil-teacher	1878 - 1879 1882 - 1883
Miss L. A. Clark	Temporary manual pupil-teacher	1878 - 1879
Miss Kate R. Ogden	Oral and Manual	1880 - 1885
Matthew R. Mann	Manual Negro Department Superintendent	1881 - 1901 and 1913 - 1937 1901-1913
John C. Weigel	Printing	1882 - 1888
Miss Sallie Jackson	Sewing and Housework	1882 - 1903
Mrs. Anna Jones	Sewing and Housework	1882 - 1890
Miss Rebecca or Bettie E. Davis	Manual	1882 - 1913
Miss Mary E. Branner	Manual	1882 - 1883
Mrs. Mary H. Ijams	Manual	1883 - 1907
Mrs. H. A. (Ferguson) Kirkpatrick	Oral	1885 - 1891; 1895 -1939
John F. Keyes	Printing	1888 - 1889
Mrs. Iva M. Boyd	Oral and Manual	1890 - 1906
Mrs. Rilla L. (Parker) Bartle	Oral	1891 - 1902
Albert H. Walker	Manual	1895 - 1897
Miss Sallie G. Cummings	Oral, Physical Education	1895 - 1903
Horace E. Walker	Manual Principal	1897 - 1912 1912 - 1921
Miss Delia L. Moses	Manual	1897 - 1902
Mrs. Mabel (Mason) Wells	Negro Dept.	1900 - 1906; 1918 - ___
Miss Iva Dixon	Manual	1901 - 1915
Miss Mary Hoss	Negro Dept., Manual	1901 - 1906
Walter Rosson	Physical Education	1901 - 1915
Miss Rosa R. Harris	Manual	1902 - 1903
Miss Jane Lee	Oral	1902 - 1903
Frank O. Huffman	Manual	1904 - 1905
Miss Anna M. Riedle	Oral	1904 - 1905 and 1907 - 1915
Miss Mary L. McCallum	Oral	1904 - 1905
Wood Payne	Physical Education	1905 - 1907
L. A. Divine	Manual	1906 - 1907
Mrs. Glenna Houghton	Manual	1906 - 1911
Miss Cynthia S. Beck	Oral	1906 - 1911
Miss Annetta W. Beck	Oral	1906 - 1907
W. B. Gaston	Negro Dept., Manual	1906 - 1918
Miss Mary Jones	Negro Dept., Manual	1906 - 1907
Miss Linda K. Miller	Oral Manual	1906 - 1907 1907 - 1912
L. A. Palmer	Manual Editor	1906 - 1940 1907 - 1919
W. H. Chambers	Physical Ed. Manual	1907 - 1927 1907 - ____
A. R. Wright	Manual and Stenographer	1907 - 1909
Miss Georgia L. Newbern	Oral	1907 - 1919
Miss Elizabeth B. Avery	Oral	1907 - 1918
John D. Thompson	Negro Dept.	1907 - 1909
L. S. Gurley	Manual	1909 - 1911
Miss Carrie E. Mason	Negro Dept.	1909 - 1910
Miss Mary B. Michaels	Manual	1910 - 1913
Mrs. Laura J. Formwalt	Manual Oral	1910 - 1917 1924 - ____
Mrs. Vera (Skaggs) Beeler	Manual	1910 - 1920
Miss Annie L. Dwight	Manual	1910 - 1914
Miss Nettie B. Newell	Oral	1910 - 1913
Miss Rose B. Alcorn	Oral	1910 - 1913
Miss Genevieve Caldwell	Negro Dept.	1910 - 1913
T. A. Rowland	Carpentry	1909 - 1911
T. M. Craven	Shoe Repairing	1909 - 1910
Horace McMahan	Sloyd Carpentry	109 - 1914 1914 - 1930
Mrs. Rebecca Williams	Dressmaking	1909 - 1919
Gordon Midget	Shoe Repairing	1910 - 1917
Mrs. Blanche Ross	Negro Dept.	1911 - 1916
Miss Carrie E. King	Oral	1911 - 1912
W. C. Swink	Carpentry	1911 - 1914
Lonas Payne	Manual Shoe Repair	1911 - 1917 1917 - 1926
Miss Lutie Acuff	Manual	1911 - ____
Miss Grace Thayer	Manual	1911 - 1912
R. E. Davis	Manual	1911 - 1912
Miss Josephine Bell	Oral	1913 - 1914
Adolph N. Struck	Manual	1913 - 1914
Miss Mary H. Burns	Oral	1913 - 1914
Clarence J. Settles	Manual	1914 - 1915
Miss Emilie B. Dixon	Oral	1914 - 1915
Miss Louise Gurley	Sewing	1914 - 1941
Russell Moore	Manual	1915 - 1918
Mrs. Winnie (Goolsbe) Ledgerwood	Oral	1915 - 1917
Miss Margaret Davis	Oral	1915 - 1917
Miss Laura E. Driscole	Oral	1915 - 1917
Miss Lula Garrett	Oral	1915 - 1916
Miss Mary Deem	Oral	1916 - 1918
J. W. Murphy	Oral	1916 - 1921
Miss Carolyn Burdick	Oral	1917 - 1919
Miss Hannah Oehler	Oral	1917 - December 1918
Miss Marie Pearson	Oral	1917 - 1918
Miss Laone Dawson	Oral	1918 - 1919
Miss Frances Wallace	Oral	1918 - 1921
Mrs. Sarah Tredwell	Oral	1918 - 1921
Kenneth Willman	Manual and Printing	1918 - 1919
H. R. Ward	Oral Principal	1919 - 1936 1926 - ____
Miss Emeline Grow	Oral	1919 - 1920
J. B. Chandler	Manual, Printing and Editor	1919 - 1936
Miss Marie Cormack	Oral	1919 - 1922
Miss Lillian Parrott	Dressmaking	1919 - 1922
W. H. Lloyd	Manual	1920 - 1932
Miss Emilie Sterck	Oral	1920 - 1921
Miss Grace Fields	Oral	1920 - 1921
Miss Caroline Douthitt	Oral	1920 - 1921
Miss Hazel Capron	Oral	1920 - two months
Mrs. Edith (Cottrell) Weaver	Oral	1920 - 1921; 1926 - 1928
Miss Ann M. Gibson	Supervising Teacher	1920 - 1921
Miss Eunice Post	Oral	1920 - 1921
Miss Blanche Hooten	Oral	1920 - 1923
Miss Anne S. Leach	Oral	1920 - 1922
Mrs. Elizabeth (Palmer) Watkins	Manual	1920 - 1923
Fred G. Fancher	Manual and Bandmaster	1921 - 1922
Mrs. H. T. Poore	Superintendent Principal Editor	1921 - ___ 1921 - 1926 1936 - 1940
Miss Margaret Roberts	Supervising Teacher	1921 - 1923
Miss Jennie Gray DeArmond	Manual	1921 - ___
Miss Blanche Wilkinson	Oral	1921 - 1922
Miss Eva Rankin	Oral	1921 - 1922
Mrs. Sara (Holt) Ward	Oral	1921 - 1925; 1942 - ___
Miss Ann Clifton	Oral	1921 - 1922
Mrs.. Mildred (Holt) Anderson	Oral Domestic Science	1921 - 1924 1921 - 1923
Miss Angie Kinnaird	Oral	1922 - 1925
Miss Evelyn Hooten	Oral	1922 - 1923
Miss Evelyn Pickard	Oral	1922 - 1926
Miss Gladys Jayne	Oral	1922 - ____
Miss Sina B. Parrott	Oral	1922 - 1923
Mrs. Jessie DePue	Oral	1922 - 1926
Mrs. Jessie (Ervin) Warber	Oral	1923 - 1929
Mrs. Ersie Bell	Oral	1923 - 1925
Mrs. Myrtle Corey Kessler	Manual Domestic Science	1923 - ____ 1923 - 1941
L. A. Elmer	Manual	1923 - ___
Miss Maggie Neel Proctor	Supervising Teacher	1923 - ___
Miss Stella Rupley	Oral	1923 - ___
Miss Harriette Arnell	Oral	1923 - 1925
Miss Louise Ogden	Oral	1925 - 1929
Miss Lottie Miles	Oral	1925 - ___
Mrs. Erma Lee (Hall) Spear	Oral	1925 - ___
Mrs. Catherine (Harrold) Cross	Oral	1925 - 1929; 1943 - 1944
W. H. Crouch	Bandmaster	1923 - 1926
Miss Tittsworth	Oral	1925 - 1929
Miss Mary Wright	Oral	1926 - 1928
Mrs. Jennie H. Ballinger	Oral	1927 - 1930
Miss Leora Carver	Oral	1927 - 1938
Miss Elizabeth Watrous	Oral	1927 - 1930
Miss Annette H. Wray	Oral	1927 - 1931; 1934 - 1935
Lynden Carr	Shoe Repairing and Bandmaster	1927 - 1929
Charles W. Kessler	Painting	1927 - ____
Mrs. Lenabel Mays	Oral	1928 - 1938
Mrs. Evelyn (Self) McCullough	Oral	1928 - 1931; 1932 - 1933; 1936 - ___
Mrs. Lillian (McFarland) McPherson	Librarian and Physical Education	1928 - ____ 1928 - 1941
Miss Norine Childress	Oral	1928 - 1931
NIck Charles	Physical Education	1928 - 1929
W. Fred Kent	Oral and Physical Education	1929 - 1933
Tillman Flowers	Shoe Repairing	1929 - 1930
Miss Bessie May Smith	Oral	1929 - 1931
Miss Josephine Nunnelley	Oral	1929 - 1943
Mrs. Hugh Ward	Pianist	1929 - 1942 and 1943 - ___
Mrs. Eleanor (Lunsford) Bird	Oral	1929 - 1940 and 1941 - 1943
Miss Sara G. Hudgins	Oral	1939 - 1940
Mrs.. Sarah F. (Lavin) Elder	Oral	1930 - 1933 and 1933 -1934
Miss Mary Alice Benson	Oral and Scouting	1930 - 1933
Mrs. Pauline Copeland	Oral	1930 - 1942
John C. Hundman	Scouting	1930 - 1934
Mrs. Minnie Thomason	Oral	1931 - ___
Edward L. Gordon	Negro Dept.	1931 - 1939
Mrs. Kate (Boger) Fowler	Oral	1932 - 1939
James H. Galloway	Oral and Physical Education	1932 - 1933
Mrs. Margaret T. Carr	Oral and Scouting Oral	1932 - 1942 1943 - ____
A. K. Harrold	Carpentry and Woodworking	1932 - ___
Mrs. Elizabeth (Hairfield) Schaeffer	Oral	1932 - 1939
James Roberts	Physical Education	1933 - 1934
Robert Baughman	Oral and Physical Education	1934 - 1935
Miss Alice Kent	Oral and Handicraft	1934 - 1938
Miss Sue Webb	Oral	1934 - 1934
Helmer Myklebust	Oral	1935 - 1939
Jack Williams	Physical Education	1935 - 1936
Mrs. Virginia Sadler	Oral	1936 - 1941
W. M. Jeans	Oral	1936 - 1939
Miss Anne Wilson	Oral	1936 - 1937
Miss Eugenia Burnett	Oral	1936 - 1944
Uriel C. Jones	Printing Editor	1936 - ___ 1940 - ___
Everett Estes	Shoe Repairing	1936 - 1938
Jesse Warren	Physical Education	1936 - 1938
Mrs. Lucy (Lucado) Akin	Sewing Ass't. Librarian Manual	1936 - 1939 1939 - 1940 1942 - ____
Howard Turrentine	Poultry and Gardening	1938 - 1941
Herbert J. Menzemer	Oral Poultry and Gardening	1937 - ___ 1938 - 1941
Mrs. Vida (Clifton) Hoskins	Oral	1937 - 1943
Miss Sara Lee Coleman	Oral	1937 - 1943
Mrs. Thelma Jeans	Oral	1938 - 1939
Henry Edmunds	Negro Dept.	1937 - ___
Conley Akin	Physical Education	1938 - ___
Miss Marline Parish	Oral Primary Supervising Teacher	1939 - 1941 1939 - ____
John C. Welles	Oral and Scouting	1939 - 1942
J. Wesley Mayhew	Oral	1939 - 1941
Mrs. Dorothy (Poag) Cate	Oral	1939 - ___
Miss Virginia Hoffman	Oral	1939 - 1940
Miss Regina Cobb	Oral	1939 - 1944
Mrs. Rosalee Welles	Oral	1939 - 1942
Eugene Wait	Shoe and Repairing	1939 - ____
Miss Mary Bach	Oral	1941 - 1944
Mrs. Elizabeth Fruewald	Oral	1941 - 1944
Raymond Schurtter	Oral	1941 - three months
Miss Elizabeth Cutler	Oral	1941 - 1943
J. M. Smith, Jr.	Manual and Physical Education Oral	1941 - 1942 1943 - ___
Miss Minnie Merle Charmichael	Oral	1941 - ___
Miss Lee Bertha Sutton	Negro Dept.	1941 - ___
Mrs. Beverly (Fischer) Meek	Home Economics	1941 - 1943
Miss Margaret Ogle	Oral	1941 - 1943
Fred E. Cobb	Poultry, Gardening, Barbering, and General Shop	1941 - 1942
Miss Betty Gaunt	Physical Education	1941 - 1942
Miss Sara Kester	Oral	1942 - 1944
Chester Shaffer	Oral and Scouting	1942 - 1944
Miss Annie Laurie Anderson	Oral	1942 - three months
Ray Gallimore	Barbering Pre-Vocational	1942 - 1943 1942 - ____
Mrs. Mildred Wright	Oral	1942 - 1944
Mrs. Edith Chandler	Rug Making	1942 - ___
Mrs. Jessie Menzemer	Oral	1943 - ___
Mrs. Vela Evans	Oral	1943 - ___
Miss Sarah Lee Peters	Oral	1943 - ___
Miss Rebecca Smith	Negro Dept.	1943 - 1944
Mrs. Evelyn Jones	Home Economics	1943 - ___
Miss Lucile Cooper	Oral	1944 - ___
Mrs. Lucy Gammage	Oral	1944 - ___
Mrs. Laura Izard	Oral	1944 - ___
Miss Clydia Spurrier	Oral	1944 - ___
Mrs. Irene Brown	Oral	1944 - ___
Miss Deanie Greer	Negro Dept.	1944 - ___
Leander Moore	Cabinetmaking	1944 - ___
Albert Pyle	Scouting	1944 - ___