Mortimer (a.k.a. Nulph a.k.a. Union) School No. 3

KILGORE, SIMPSON, AHBURN, HAILEY, OWEN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/21/2010 at 04:13:49

MORTIMER SCHOOL No. 3
Jefferson Township

Mortimer School No. 3, Jefferson Township, was located north of Diagonal on the Pole Road. It was also known as Nulph School and Union School. At times, church services were held at the schoolhouse.

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Five Rural Schoolhouses To Sell at Auction

The Jefferson Township School District will sell at public auction on Monday, September 26, [1949] five rural schoolhouses in the Diagonal area. The schools, names of which will be familiar to most readers of [The Mount Ayr] Reporter are Willow Grove, Mortimer, Hiawatha, Cottonwood and Cornith. Also to be sold are the schoolhouse sites, outbuildings, pumps, and any other equipment remaining after the schools were closed. The sale will be conducted by Mrs. Lola HAILEY, secretary, and Leland AHBURN, president, with Dennis OWEN of Tingley the auctioneer and Clark SIMPSON, clerk. An advertisment in this issue of The Reporter gives the time when each building will be sold, and other information of interest of prosepctive purchasers.

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Mortimer Country School was moved from its original site and combined with the 2nd Concord School. Zenas KILGORE bought the school and moved it to his farm. It was first used as a house, then for storage. From Diagonal, it is located north on county road P-33 4 1/2 miles, on the west side of the road.

SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007

Diagonal Progress, Diagonal, Ringgold County, Iowa, Sept. 24, 1981

AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.

Compilation by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated April of 2010

Mortimer (a.k.a. Nulph a.k.a. Union) School No. 3
 

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