Old Photos

*Contributed by Carolyn Campbell White.  Thank you, Carolyn!


Buckskin School
Hamilton Co., IL

 Photo taken between 1913 and 1914.

Bottom row: 1st child on right, Ivan Wayne Smith.  
Ivan was born 1908 in Hamilton County, and died July 16, 1923 when he was struck by lightening.

Middle row: 6th girl from left, Fern Helen Smith.  
Fern was born June 23, 1906 in Hamilton Co., IL and died December 23, 1978 in Carmi, IL.  
Both Ivan and Fern were the children of Felix Robert and Hattie Belle Thomas Smith.

Can you help identify the other students and teacher?



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