Oakwood Township High School 1918
1st row: Darrell Handley, Harold Crawford, Wilbur Endicott, Merrill Clapp, Ralph Goodrich, John Pinegar, Robert Fithian,
Burton Dal bey, Paris Trimmell,
2nd Row: Irene Berkeley, Ivan Neiman, Frances Andrews, H. Conklin, Anna Fithian, Gladys Strong, Mildred Fithian, D.
Williams, M. Moorehouse, Virgie Dalbey, Mr. Sheets, Margaret Torrence, Mr. Weisegar, Ailsie Stevenson, Lucille Reinbaugh,
Tempa Snider, Anna Brain, Vera Lark,_______ .
________ ; Jack Littell, Dewey Hill, George Fithian, Myrtle Williams, Floyd Neiman, E. Ficus, Gustin F.
Cletis Myers, Clayton Fairchild, Winifred Green, Grace Wilson, M. Stutz Tillotson, Irene Joiner, Fern
Alexander, Lela Burton, Oletha Johnson, Alice McDaniels, Alma Anderson, Maude Brain, Lillie Burton, Marian Oakwood,
June Pinegar, M. Stutz, Ercel Dalbey, Emodee Warner, Gertrude Lynch, Lois Frazier, Freda Kinkade, M. Dalbey, Bertha
Pullam, Jennie Hart.
4th Row: Ray Watson, Gene Knight, Forrest Feeler, Guy Ludwig, Spike McKinley, Charles Hilman.
Independent School
___, Mary Stuebe, Mary Jane Stuebe, Arrieta Hazelbaker, Price. Dorothy Wynn.
Front Row:
Middle Row: Nellie Martoglio,____, Rebecca Stuebe.
Back Row: Virginia Lomax, Pete Martoglio, Ray Trimmell, Flor Giaconi.
1914 Oakwood High School in Grade School Basement two years before Oakwood Township High School was
built.
Names that are known: Marian Oakwood Alexander, Pauline Barco, Francis Andrews, June Pinegar, Edith
Mahorney, Mary Pierce, Esther Edenburn, Irene Joiner Fithian, Lela Burton. Clayton Fairchild, Walter and
Denzil Smith, John Bateman, Arnold Schnorr, Ralph Thompson, Fay Mahorney, Herman Stearns, Charley
Hillman.. Mr. Gorman, Teacher.
Oakwood Township High School
Corner Stone on Cornerstone
Building the black bridge SW of Oakwood
Cheney Ford Bridge
October 20, 1912
“Singing Bridge”
South of Oakwood
Delbert Meade Home – taken approx 1985 when home of Bill Hill
103 South Oakwood Street
One of the oldest houses in Oakwood. SE Corner of South Main and Oakwood Street
CJ and Nelle Oakwood farm House east of Oakwood has since burnt down
Built by Smith Mason
207 South Scott
Gordon Bridgman Home
South Oakwood Street
Floyd and Mary Smith
204 South Oakwood Street
Illk Home
Built by Wilbert Green in 1909
Diane Joslin in front of 206 North Oakwood Street
203 South Seymour – November 11, 1911
14 year old Freda Thompson Dukes on steps
Ethel Oakwood and L. Collins
Charlie Peterson Blacksmith Shop in right rear on NE Corner of Olmstead and RTE 150
A. Newt Longstreth Home
SW Corner of Finley and Olmstead – July 20 1917
Andrew Miller Home. 101 N. Seymour – NW corner of North Main and North Seymour
The Saylor Home
NW Corner of Finley and Olmstead
John A Clapp Home
202 East Collett
Dolly and Bill Ervin -1911.
Missionfield Road
Looking East from Gordon Bridgmans home
Richard and Hulda Belle Seymour Home
South Oakwood Street
John and Nancy Smith and grandchildren – Grace Seymour and Nancy Meade Cawthon
Henry J Oakwood Home that was on South Oakwood Road
Hollis Howard Barn along I 74 West of Knolls Truck Plaza
George, Ada, Hollis Howard and John Cox
Hollis Howard Farm House along I 74 West of Knolls Truck Plaza
George, Ada, Hollis Howard in yard
Christel Van Allen in front of Glenburn Grocery
Outdoor Wedding on Seymour Street – 1930
Backyard between Ron Wolfes House and house on the south
Back Edna Michael, Dorothy Henthorne, Juanita OToole, Melvin Liggett, Richard Taylor, Donald Taylor, Lucille Virginia Liggett, Mrs. Parker Dempsey, Rev L. L. Ellison, Ethel Illk, Dortha Williams, Alice Albert.
Front Row: Judith Rankin, Ruth Gilbert, Jeane Rankin, Patti Paterson, Bobbie Alverson, Elna Liggett, June Rankin, Hazel Henthorne, Margery Liggett.
Henry J. Oakwood And Brothers and Sisters – 1860
Frances Marion Oakwood
High School Senior – 1922
The Oakwoods
Back Row: Oscar, Ed, John, Jose, CJ, CH
Next Row; Gertie, Virginia, Emerson, Daise, Walter, Vide, Nell C, Bart, State, Oscar C
Seated: William P, Clarence, Mildred, Caroline, Marlyn
Ground Nelle, Bill, Frances, Viginia, Don, Maude
Ollie Van Allen in last grocery in Glenburn
Van Allen Family
Back: Walter, Nellie, State, Vide, John
Middle: Daise, Bert, Maud
Front: William P. and Caroline Van Allen
Jim and Anna Myers
Ran Shoe Repair Shop
Photo of James W. DeVors and family (civil war veteran 133rd & 150 Illinois Infantry) taken at 101 N Oakwood St, c1898. The house is still there.
