Alumni Directory

West Des Moines, Iowa

The following is a list of the graduates from the West High School,

Commencing with the First Class, the Class of 1868,

and concluding with the Class of 1888.

(This tells Name, married name, what position the held as of 1901, and what city)

Class of '68

Kate Lynch (Mrs. J. S. McCormick), Des Moines, Iowa.

Lena Ingham (Mrs. Robinson), Yankton, South Dakota

Mary Holiday (Mrs. Will Rossington), Topeka, Kansas

Clifford Newman

 

 

 

 

 

Class of '71

Anna Weeks (Mrs. A.W.C. Weeks), Chicago, Ill.

Mary Coskery, dead.

Maggie Edwards (Mrs. Dr. Duncan) Des Moines, Iowa

 

Class of '72

Mary McClelland has studied in France and Germany, instructor in French

Eliza McClelland (Mrs. D. G. Edmundson), Des Moines, Iowa

Hattie Rollins (Mrs. Geo. Thompson) Des Moines, Iowa

Jennie Dickinson

Ella Perkins (Mrs. Fagan), Des Moines, Iowa

Sarah Pierce (Mrs. J. Edinburn), Des Moines, Iowa

 

 

Class of '73

Aggie Girton, teacher, Monroe, Iowa

Olive McHenry, principal of Hawthorne School, Des Moines, IA

Eva S. Gatch (Mrs. Judge Connor), Des Moines, Iowa

Sarah McHenry (Mrs. Chas. Perkins), Des Moines, IA

Lillie Ainsworth, Newton, Iowa

Nora Stark (Mrs. Fred Lehman), St. Louis, Mo.

Kate Sibley (Mrs. Fred Fowler), Des Moines, Iowa

George Edwards, Presbyterian minister, White Sulphur Springs, Mt.

Rhoda Dickey, teacher, Pasadena, California

Aggie Newton (Mrs. Frank Vorse), Des Moines, Iowa

Frank Vorse, real estate, Des Moines, Iowa

Lowry Goode, real estate, New York City

Lawrence Greer, lawyer, Dakota

 

 

 

 

Class of ' 74

Will E. Page, Minneapolis, Minn.

Minnie Simington (Mrs.V. F. Newell), dead

Mary F. Patty, teacher, Adel, Iowa

Arthur Davis, Physician, Des Moines, Iowa

Alice Jones, copyist, Des Moines, Iowa

Vera Reinking (Mrs. W. A. Jones), Van Meter, Iowa

Frank Butler, lawyer, Des Moines, Iowa

Belle M. Gilcrest, Des Moines

Hattie Newton (Mrs. Lowry Goode), New York City.

Joseph Myerly, lawyer, Harian, Iowa

Alice Dimmick (Mrs. Geo. W. Ward), Washington, D.C.

Meda Scott (Mrs. J. R. Wellborn), Des Moines, Iowa

Lewis F. Clark, dead

Katie Dorsey (Mrs. Brennan), Des Moines, Iowa

Jennie Chase, dead.

Jesse Wells, Proprietor Wells' Livery, Des Moines, Iowa

Emma McHenry (Mrs. H. Glenn), Helena, Montana

Inez Scott (Mrs. J. O. Risser), Adel, Iowa

Frank Girton, lithographer, Des Moines, Iowa

 

 

Class of '75

Lizzie Blanchard

James Edwards, bookkeeper and piano turner, Dallas, Texas

Ella Skinner (Mrs. Byron Keffer), Des Moines, Iowa

Ida Weaver (Mrs. W. A. Waers), Des Moines, Iowa

Mollie E. Hatch, Carthage, Missouri

Will Colton, banker, Columbus Junction, Iowa

Ella Reinking (Mrs. C. A. Fowler)

Thomas A. Morrison, dead

Ella Morrison (Mrs. C. L. Webb), Denver, Colorado

Jane Hall (Mrs. Burrnes), Tyner, Polk County, Iowa

 

 

Class of '76

Fannie Pritchard (Mrs. Fred Parker), Denver, Colorado

Hiram Lee, died 1899

Ada McClelland, teacher, Cedar Falls

J. G. Myerly, lawyer, State University of Iowa, Des Moines

Robert Pilmer, real estate, Des Moines, Iowa

Ella Smith (Mrs. Alvin Dicks), Des Moines, Iowa

Mary Maxwell (Mrs. J. W. Hays), Des Moines, Iowa

George Gray, Mnfr., Pueblo, Colorado

Bertha Dewey (Mrs. Finch), Des Moines, Iowa

Maggie George (Mrs. John J. Hamilton) Des Moines, Iowa

Wilson Reed, died 1897

Charles Gilchrest, lumber merchant, Des Moines, Iowa

Nellie Stark (Mrs. George F. Henry) Wellesley College, Des Moines

Albert Stanley, teacher, Napa City, Colorado

Belle Dewey (Mrs. John Carey), Des Moines, Iowa

 

 

Class of '77

Curt M. Higley, lawyer, Cawker City, Kansas

Maggie Pilmer (Mrs. _______)

Wilmot Dickinson, physician, Des Moines, Iowa

Anna Henry (Mrs. H. C. Culver), Seattle, Washington

Fred Goode, real estate, New York

Etta Maxwell

Hattie Cormac (Mrs. Phillip Kell) Des Moines, Iowa

Anna Gatch (Mrs. P. A. Lauman), Omaha, Nebraska

Sallie Maxwell (Mrs. Charles Harlan) Des Moines, Iowa

Will McHenry, lawyer, Des Moines, Iowa

George Reinking, minister, Dewitt, Iowa

Rachel Clarke, principal school, Des Moines, Iowa

Ella Swift (Mrs. E. Chandler), Minneapolis, Minn.

 

 

Class of '78

 

Charles E. Blodgett, Methodist minster, Iowa

George M. Weaver, White Line Transfer Co., Des Moines

Dora M. Jack

Charles M. Taylor, farmer, Montana

Nellie I. Harmon (Mrs. _______) Miller, South Dakota

Everett M. Kelsey, lawyer, Vermillion, Dakota

Mary B. Williams, Des Moines

W. M. Matthews, New York, N.Y.

Charles Keffer, college instructor, Brookings, S. D.

Frances E. Gaston (Mrs. Woodward) dead

 

Class of '79

 

Genevieve Otis, Des Moines, Iowa

Flora Henry, Des Moines, Iowa

Belle Dunlap, dead

Callie Smith (Mrs. Joseph Gardner) died in 1896

Eugene Given (Mrs. Eugene Bryan), Kansas City, Missouri

Nellie Lee, assistant in State Library, Des Moines, Iowa

Carrie Bentley

Alice Sypher, dead

 

 

Class of ' 80

 

Clarence Goode, Denver, Colorado

Vida Otis (Mrs. Amos Hyatt), East Des Moines, Iowa

Kate Newman, teacher, Eureka, Mendocino Co., California

Celesta Easton, teacher,, Riverside, California

Nellie Saylor, dead.

Minnie Wightman (Mrs. Stenhouse), Denver, Colorado

Rose Morrison, kindgartner, Cleveland, Ohio

Nellie Matthews, society reporter for Leader, Des Moines, Iowa

Scott Bare, bookkeeper, Des Moines, Iowa

Annie Maish (Mrs. O. H. Luin), died in 1892

Lena Scott (Mrs. J. Miller), Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Clara Williamson (Mrs. Fred Bond), Cheyenne, Wyoming

Florence Cook ( Mrs. Campbell) _______, Idaho

Edith Chapin (Mrs. C. W. Huntington) Des Moines, Iowa

 

 

Class of ' 81

 

Philip Reed, lumber company, Carlsbad, Colorado

Emma M. Anderson (Mrs. C. W. Gabrielson), Salem, Oregon

Mary E. Johns (Mrs. Cornelius Keeler

Mary E.. Vincent, bookkeeper, Des Moines, Iowa

Fred C. Hubbell, lawyer, Des Moines, Iowa

Olive H. Eaton (Mrs. Beckwith), Des Moines, Iowa

John Serrin, Minneapolis, Minn.

Florence N. Knapp, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ellen E. Rawson (Mrs. Ralph Miller), Seattle, Washington

 

Class of ' 82

 

Etta O. Chevalier (Mrs. J. Junkins), Red Oak, Iowa

Ida M. Clemens, teaching elocution, Spear Fish, Dakota

Emma Clemens (Mrs. S. Houghton), Deadwood, Dakota

Ella B. French, teaching in Des Moines, Iowa

Carrie E. Goldsberry (Mrs. H. Trowbridge), Denver, Colorado

Hugh Lucas, Des Moines, Iowa

Charles McMeekin, civil engineer, Des Moines, Iowa

Blanch Mosier (Mrs. Herbert E. Snook), principal, Washington School

Fanny Metzler, stenographer, Des Moines, Iowa

Edith Courtney Robertson (Mrs. Jack Campbell) Des Moines, Iowa

Fannie E. Suplee, principal, Grant School

Etta Suplee, teacher, State Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Ida M. Easton, teacher, Riverside, California

 

Class of '83

 

Rose B. Ankeny (Mrs. Edgar Lewis), Chicago, Ill.

Ella V. Bare, (Mrs. J. Gilcrest)

Jessie Bartlet, stenographer, New York City, N. Y.

Gertrude Burt, principal, Howe school

Frank B. Hatch, clothing merchant, Carthage, Mo.

Ed Jackson, Chicago, Illinois

Josie Jackson, physician, Des Moines, Iowa

Minnie Preston, in railroad office, Des Moines, Iowa

Eugene Sherman, Des Moines, Iowa

May Williams (Mrs. M. L. Holbrook) Marengo, Iowa.

 

Class of ' 84

 

Jennie L. Winslow (Mrs. O. C. Haskell)

Mella Tuttle (Mrs. H. T. Blackburn), Des Moines, Iowa

Gwen Griffiths, teacher, American College for Girls, Constantinople, Turkey

Andrew Tesdall

Sarah Compton, Seattle, Washington

Florence Stapp (Mrs. W. O. Finkbine), Des Moines

Jessie E. Dicks, kindgartner, Des Moines, Iowa

Kittie B. Kimball (Mrs. W. J. Russell)

Charlotte M. King, artist, Botanical Department, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

Kate Collins, dead

Dick L. Benson, electrician, Chicago, Illinois

 

Class of '85

 

Emma E. Allum, Santiago, California

Philo C. Bagg, farmer, Des Moines, Iowa

Will H. Barnard, Boston, Mass.

George W. Coggeshell, class of '90, Iowa College, Grinnell, IA

Frank G. Cressey, attending Dension University, Grandville, Ohio

Jeannette Goldsberry (Studer), Missouri

Clarence A. Graham, Des Moines, Iowa

Helen Johns (Mrs. Hill)

Joseph D. Diggett, clerk, Younker Bros., Des Moines, Iowa

Clara C.. Matthews (Mrs. P. Collins) Eagle Grove, Iowa

Frank D. McKee, Dunn Agency, Des Moines, Iowa

Julia Morrison, Kindgartener, Cleveland, Ohio

Lette C. Page ( Mrs. Cooper)

Edith B. Payne (Parsons), teacher, Des Moines, Iowa

Charles A. Rawson, in tile works, Des Moines, Iowa

Mary G. Shiddler (Mrs. J. M. Clark)

Minnie B. Ward (Mrs. Goodwin) Kansas City, Mo.

Will T. Warwick, stationer, Sioux Falls, Dakota

Lulu M. Livermore, copyist, Des Moines, Iowa

 

Class of '86

 

Lillian Burt, class of '90, Iowa College, assistant in city library, Grinnell, IA

Hattie E. Crum, copyist, Ginnell, Iowa

Alice B. Hughes (Mrs. G. M. Pilmer), Ginnell, Iowa

Etta E. Eaton

Nellie A. Rowley

Charles W. Leland, bookkeeper, Duluth, Minn.

Carrie L. Hubbard (Mrs. C. A. Rawson), class of '90, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa

Emily E. Mason, teacher of music, Chicago, Ill.

Lillian M. Folsom, Aspen, Colorado

Alice L. Clark, reporter, Boston, Mass.

Helen K. Homdale (Mrs. A. W. Wright) Des Moines, Iowa

Albert Merrill, class of '90, Iowa College, superintendent of schools, Waverly, Iowa

Lillian L. Yoder, class of '90, Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa

Rose St. John (Mrs. H. F. Roll), Pennsylvania

Carrie E. Weaver, trained nurse, Des Moines, Iowa

Class of ' 87

 

Florence A. Musson, graduate State University of Iowa, '91, Des Moines

Ada J. Denney, Des Moines, Iowa

Isabelle Ward

Clarence B. Floyd, Boston, Mass.

Helen Culver (Mrs. Edwin Story Bowen), Des Moines, Iowa

Falk J. Younker, Younker Bros., Des Moines, Iowa

Ida M. Bywater, teacher in Franklin School, Des Moines, Iowa

Stella Kirkham (Mrs. George Harte), Des Moines, Iowa

Charles Miller, patent cement, Illinois

Cliff West, stenographer, Des Moines, Iowa

Class of '88

 

Maud A. Davis, Des Moines, Iowa

J. Stuart Weber

Daisy Huntington, kindergarten, Lincoln school, Des Moines

Sue L. Barnitz, stenographer, Des Moines, Iowa

Aurilla M. Stutz (Mrs. F. Durand), Des Moines, Iowa

Laura P. Matthews, teacher, Des Moines, Iowa

Estella Penn, teacher, Irving School, Des Moines, Iowa

Clara Schmidt, Des Moines, Iowa

Allan C. McCaughan, Des Moines Iowa

James R. Martin, lumber mills, Des Moines, Iowa

Minnie B. Brome, teacher, Nebraska

H. M. Finkbine, lumber business, Denison, Iowa

Lue Davis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Sallie B. Wycoff, bookkeeper, Des Moines, Iowa

Frank W. Sheldon, conductor Des Moines City Railway, Des Moines, Iowa

Ira Updike, pottery, Des Moines, Iowa

Phil Watrous, with Capital City Gas company, Des Moines, Iowa

Le Ora Clarke (Mrs. Hunt), Des Moines, Iowa

Stella E. Smith, Normal School, Callanan College, Des Moines, Iowa