Grove School No. 8, Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio, was located in Section 33, on the south side of what is now State Route 707, just a little west of Wabash Road. The school was taken down years ago.
On the 1888 Black Creek Township map below, the red arrow points to Grove School No. 8. The turquoise arrow points to what was the location of East Bethel Church. East Bethel Church is gone but their cemetery remains. The green arrow points to Wildcat School No. 9, at the corner of 49 and 707.
Grove School, Section 33, 1888 Black Creek Twp map.
Grove School is also shown on the 1876 and 1900 Mercer County maps.
Below is a photo of the students standing in front of Grove School in about 1933. I have shown this photo before, and once again I ask if anyone can identify any of the children in the photo.
Grove School, Black Creek Twp, Mercer County, Ohio, c1933. Melville Gehm, front row, 2nd from left.
A couple of the students have been identified.
Front row: Melville Gehm is the second boy from the left and a Gause boy is the fourth boy from the left. There are several other Gause children in the photo.
Thank you to Linda (Gehm) Duff for sending me this 1933 photo, which includes her dad Melville Gehm.
I have previously posted three other photos of Grove School students, two of those photos (1930 & pre-1930) were submitted by Doug Roebuck, who identified a number of the students.
Grove School No.8, Black Creek Township, 1930.
Grove School, 1930, left to right, starting in the front:
In front: Bonnie Roebuck
Second Row: Richard Tangeman, Norma Roebuck, Anna Bollenbacher, Eulah Gause, Doil Springer, Jack Springer, Junior Branstetter, Roma Miller, Billy E. Roebuck, and ? Kaylor.
Middle Row: Garni Branstetter, Betty Kettering, Chester Gause, Edwin Counterman, Melvin Gehm, Edgar Schaadt, Lloyd Gause, LeRoy Counterman, and James F. Roebuck.
Top Row: Iris (Roebuck) Putman, Delores Branstetter, Freda Bransteter, Pauline Detro, Irma Branstetter, Clara Kaylor, Guy Montgomery (Teacher), Lloyd Lenninger, and Chester Tangeman.
Not many students are identified in this pre-1930 photo of Grove School students:
Grove School No.8, Black Creek Township, before 1930.
Row 2: far right, (LeRoy?) Counterman; second from right end, Gause [?], third from right end, (Jim?) Roebuck.
One final photo Grove School photo, believed to have been taken about 1920:
Grove School, c1920.
Front Row: Gale Gause, Viola Topp, Creava Kettering, Wilma Branstetter, Ray Kettering, Delilah Schaadt.
Middle Row: Anna Gause, Hazel Branstetter, Thelma Branstetter, Lewis Gause, Dick Branstetter, Margaret Carr, Bill Topp.
Back Row: Glen Leininger, Louella Felver, teacher, Marie Topp, Arthur Leininger, Hulda Carr, Thelma Gause.
Any help to identify Grove School students, particularly in the 1933 photo, is appreciated.
