Teachers of the
Morgantown School
Honoring Educators
This page is dedicated to the remarkable individuals who shaped the Morgantown School, featuring photos and biographies of our former teachers, whose dedication and influence continue to inspire.
List of Former Teachers
Peter Grigsby was born ca 1858 in Morgantown and died 1932 in Washington, D.C.
Peter Grigsby
Georgetta Hughes
Born in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received her teaching training at Pittsburgh Central High School. She was scheduled…
Robert Emmett Miles
Robert Emmett Miles was born November 28, 1861. His parents were Enoch Smith and Hesta Miles. He passed away suddenly…
Lillian Mae Jeffries
Lillian Mae Jeffries was born in Page County, Virginia on May 26, 1899. Her parents were George V. and Martha Virginia Berry Jeffries.
Evelyn Primas Toler
Evelyn Primas Toler was born August 31, 1899, and died on June 7, 1966. Her parents were Thomas and Maria Barbour Primas.
Mrs. Lula Moss Welch was born ca. 1873, in Maryland. She completed three years of high school and was married to…
Lula Moss Welch
Clementine O'Banion
Clementine Odessa Yergan O’Banion was born about 1909, in North Carolina. In 1928, Miss Yergan graduated from…
Per the 1930 U.S. Census, teacher Catherine A. Nelson was born about 1906 in Maryland. Based on the 1930 census, she served…
Catherine Nelson
Born in Virginia about 1896. Her parents were Richard and Laura Woods Grant. Her husband Roscoe McClure Harmon was born…
Lottie Bernice Grant Harmon
Ms. E. L. McClure taught in Morgantown for the 1944-45 school year. We secured this information from report cards for…
E.L. McClure
Carrie Jackson (Shorts) Brooks enjoyed a long teaching career in Fauquier. Mrs. Brooks was born 1913 in Fauquier County.
Carrie Jackson (Shorts) Brooks
Casteen Dorothy Parker Joyner
Casteen Dorothy Parker Joyner was born in North Carolina around 1909. Her parents were Jesse and Sarah Vann Parker.
Helen Anderson
Rhoda Lee Lightfoot
Per Fauquier County School Board minutes, Ms. Helen Anderson was appointed teacher in Morgantown in 1950 but her resignation…
Miss Rhoda L. Lightfoot was born July 11, 1919, in Culpeper, Virginia. Per the 1940 U.S. Census her parents were Hannibal Buchanan…
Ethel Mae Green
Miss Green graduated from Manassas Industrial High School. In 1946, she was listed on the student roster at Storer College…
Eura Hudgins Lewis
Miss Hudgins, born in South Hill, Virginia, was a graduate of St. Paul’s College, founded in 1888, in Lawrenceville, VA.
Frances Edmonds
Miss Frances Edmonds taught in Morgantown for one term, 1954-55. She boarded at the Miles’ home as did many teachers.
Hillard E. Franklyn Jr.
Hillard was born in Texas on December 27, 1924. Mr. Franklyn served in the U.S. Army from December 1945 to March 1946.
Beginning in 1961, he taught Civics and History at Wm. C. Taylor High School. Mr. Berlack, a minister, was founder and pastor of…
Freeman R. Berlack
Raymond L. Exum
Raymond Lee Exum was born on July 9, 1930, in North Carolina. In 1958, in the City Directory, Mr. Exum was living in Goldsboro, NC…
References:
-Local family history and archives, -Student memories and oral histories, -Circuit Newspaper, -Pittsburgh School Board records, -Fauquier County records [including Fauquier County School Board Minutes], -Ancestry.com
Bernice Cook Tibbs
Miss Bernice Cook was the last to teach in the little Morgantown school. She was born in North Carolina. With Morgantown’s closing…
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