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Group Photo 1922 Knox Co, KY |
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Taylor Jackson Jarvis son of Matt &Sarah(Tedders) Jarvis, paternal grandparents: Peter &Dinnah(Woolum) Jarvis maternal grandparents: George &Angeline(Taylor) Tedders was named for his mother's twin brothers, Taylor and Jackson Tedders. Taylor was known as a math whiz. He was a principal at Lone Jack High School, in Bell Co, KY, for a long time, while Arah taught English at Knox Central High School. Taylor was an avid fisherman who especially loved to fish at the Cumberland River. In the mid-1950s, they moved from their home in Barbourville, to Louisville, where, in 1958, Taylor drowned while fishing in the Ohio River. Below is a transcript of the related news article/obituary. |
 Barbourville Mountain Advocate, Sept. 11, 1958, p. 1 Body Of Taylor Jarvis Recovered Wednesday; Drowned in Boat Mishap ~ Efforts were successful Wednesday to recover body of former townsman, Taylor Jarvis, who drowned when a fishing boat capsized in the Ohio River near West Point Saturday. He was fishing with a fellow teacher at Valley High, Mr. Carroll E. Word, when the boat drifted too close to the spillway. Neither man could get time to don their life jackets, but Mr. Word managed to swim ashore. He said that he never saw Mr. Jarvis after he went over the spillway into the rampaging river waters of the Ohio. Jarvis had been a teacher in Knox County for 28 years prior to going to Louisville to accept a math job at Valley High, one of the larger high schools in Jefferson County. Before going to Louisville Taylor was very active in the local Baptist Church, serving for several years as a deacon and was Sunday School secretary for 25 years. He was an active member of the local Kiwanis Club and was a strong and enthusiastic sport fan and outdoor type man. He was especially interested in the recreation programs for the hundreds of students which came to his classrooms throughout his years in the profession. For three years Mr. Jarvis was principal at Barbourville High School, and he taught in Lynn Camp, served as superintendent there, and superintendent at Lone Jack, in Bell County. He had taught in Valley High School for three years prior to his death. Mr. Jarvis graduated from the old Barbourville Baptist Institute, which is now Knox Central, from Union College and received his degree at the University of Kentucky in mathematics. Got Certificate at 17. Jarvis was only 17 when he was granted a Knox County first-class teaching certificate. At 18, he taught in a rural Knox County school for $40 a year while attending Union College. He was active in numerous civic and charitable organizations. He was a member of Walnut Street Baptist Church. Headed Checker Club. At Valley he was head of the Checker Club and was active in promoting student recreational activities. He was a member of the Jefferson County, Kentucky, and National education associations and of the Classroom Teachers Association. Jarvis' wife, Mrs. Arah Dinsmore Jarvis, is a sixth-grade teacher at Jefferson County elementary school. Their son, Bob Jarvis, teaches art and English at Southern High School. The elder Jarvis' parents are Mr. and Mrs. Matt Jarvis, Barbourville. A sister is Mrs. Bill Moore, Oolitic, Ind. Four brothers are Oscar Jarvis, Bedford, Ind., Thomas and Charles Jarvis, both of Hamilton, Ohio and George Jarvis, Detroit. |
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to see a group-photo and lineage info of Oklahoma folks Red Oak School Community in 1911 Tribbey, Cleveland Co, OK who are akin to most of the Kentucky folks in the photos linked-to below. |
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Barbourville High School Barbourville, Knox Co, KY 1935 Graduating Class Blackwater School of Blackwater, Laurel Co, KY 1909 1934 Bull Creek School of Knox Co, KY 1910 Callihan School of Jarvis, Knox Co, KY 1914 ~ 1921 ~ 1928 ~ 1947 |
McClellan School of Knox Co, KY 1922 Mt. Arat School of Gibbs, Knox Co, KY 1939 Taylor School of Tedders, Knox Co, KY 1912 Tedders School of Tedders, Knox Co, KY 1942-43 1952-53 |
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