Cane Run School
in 1895
The first school house was built in 1850, and was known as the Stoops School. The second
schoolhouse was built about 500 yards down the road in 1876. This schoolhouse was built in 1885 and was
destroyed by
fire Nov. 12, 1927.
first row- Jess Conyers, Ethel Hardin, Pearl Conyers, Geartie Hopkins,
Ollie Conyers, Maud Blount, Sterling Smoot, Grace Shrout, Anna Shrout,
Clarence Davis, Mary Ravel, Rose Hardin, Walter Hardin,
Mary Steward Collington, Maude Davis;
second row- John Thomas, Oscar Shout, Joe Kenny, Jim Shrout, Wallace Harden, Frank Davis,
Mandy Hopkins, Ellis Thomas, Blanche Carrington, Ella F. Flora,
Margaret Thomas, Rosa Thomas;
third row- Minnie Shrout, Betty Robinson, Lennie Shrout, Laura Hopkins,
Lillie Pierce, Emma Pierce, Meg Conyers, Mollie Hopkins, Maggie Black,
Samatha Dale, teacher. Rankin Rossell, Supt. Herd Shrout on horse.
Submitted by: Pam Hopkins Randolph