Bozaris (a.k.a. Shay) School

BARCHUS, LEMLEY, REYNARD, BELLAMY, WARING, SHEIL, FROST, LEE, FOGLEMAN, SKINNER, MOFFETT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/26/2010 at 09:51:18

BOZARIS (a.k.a. SHAY) SCHOOL
Benton Township

Bozaris was a post office which operated in Benton Township of Ringgold County from 1873 until 1875. The Bozaris School was moved when Delphi became a post office in September of 1880. It was re-named the Shay School.

Other schools in 1894, according to the plat map, were Buffalo Ridge, Shiloh, Highland View, Shay, Maloy, Dryden, Forest Home (a.k.a. Rooster Bend), Side Hill, and Lone Star.

Early schoolteachers were:

Rachel BARCHUS, Lone Star School in 1872
Jim LEMLEY, one of the first teachers who taught in various schools
John REYNARD
John BELLAMY
Benjamin WARING who was also a doctor and Baptist minister
Laura BELLAMY
Florence SHEIL
Anna FROST
Minnie LEE
Winnie FOGLEMAN
Mollie SKINNER
Laura MOFFETT

SOURCE: Maloy Centennial Book p. 28.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2010