Mt. Vernon, Illinois School 1922

Front Row L to R: Carl Beightol, Florence Haijenga Schoonhoven, Sylvia Buther Buss, Elizabeth Buntjer DeWall, Francis Buss Frey, Marie Korf Cooms, Alice Beightol, Calvin Buss, Sam Klock

Second Row: George Buss, John Buss, Irvin VanRaden, Alvin Buss, Orville Beightol

Thied Row: Clarence Beightol, Raymond VanRaden, Walter Duitsman, GRACE BEIGHTOL (MY Maternal Grandmother), Teacher, Belva Murphy McPherson Photo Submitted by Sam Klock

So the Beightols are my Grandmother's family and the McPherson teacher, must be related too because I had a great, Great aunt named Maggie (Margaret) McPherson. If you look at the picture of the young girl by the TeePee, she is Grace's daughter, and I see the same face on both.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

These family pictures are truly historic. I look at this and think how each family must have been so proud to have their children in this school and getting an education. The fact that some of them are your relatives makes the history come alive.