Alumni Directory (1901)
West High School, Des Moines
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 he/she held as of 1901, and what city)
| Class of '68 |
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| 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 |
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