- - - GAMBLE SCHOOL - - -
Sharon Twp., Richland Co., School District # 4
(Current schoolhouse built ca. 1873)
 
 
Gamble School Today
 
 
photo Fall 2000
 
School Location and Early Neighboring Landowners
 
 
1873
Map
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1896
Map
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Location: South side of Weidner Road, West of the Intersection with Bendle Road.
 
Gamble School History
 
In September of 1823, our government sold the Northwest Quarter of Section 20
in Sharon Twp. to John Gambell from Ontario County, New York. The Gamble
Schoolhouse is located on the very northwest corner of this Northwest Quarter Section
and has been allotted for the purpose of a school since before 1845. John C. Gambell
(Gamble) was the eldest son of James Gambell (Gamble) the Revolutionary War
veteran, who arrived in Richland County from New York State c. 1823.
 
John C. and his wife Elizabeth Rathburn/Gamble retained this property until 1845
when they sold a portion of it to John's younger brother, Hugh Gamble. Hugh was a
prominent lawyer, Justice of the Peace, member of the Ohio Legislature, and
Associate Judge of Richland County.
 
The deed description mentions "a small lot now occupied by the District School".
A year later, Hugh Gamble and his wife Mary Disbrough (Disbro) / Gamble sold a
portion of this land containing the school house lot to his son Hugh Gamble Jr.
 
By 1858 the property was owned by George W. Moore, and in 1873, the land upon
which the schoolhouse stood was formally sold to the Sharon Twp. Board of Education
by the then owners Albert and Mary Elizabeth Moore.
 
An article in the Shelby News in 1877 labels this district school as the
"Crall's" school. It was most probably a reference to the Robert Crall
family who lived a short distance from thsi school and had many family
members who taught or were associated with this school district.
 
The portion of the 1873 atlas (above) shows that the land to the west and north
of the schoolhouse was then owned by Robert and Abigail King / Kerr. Maria,
one of the Kerr daughters had married John H. Gamble in 1863. John was
Hugh Gamble Sr.'s oldest son from his marriage to Mary Disbro. By the early 1880's
John and Maria Kerr / Gamble were living in a house just to the west of the current
Gamble schoolhouse. Maria died in 1897, but the home that was the closest to the
schoolhouse remained a Gamble home for several more years.
 
During the 1890s, John C. Kerr, a son of William and Sarah Campbell / Kerr
taught several times at the Gamble School, so there was a possibility that the
school might have been named Kerr school. However, the property was originally
owned by the Gamble family and remained in the possesion of the Gamble family
for many years and when it was finally sold, the closest house to the schoolhouse
still belonged to a Gamble family. These seem to have been the overriding reasons
for naming Sharon Twp. District #4 "Gamble School".
 
 
 
Gamble School About A Century Ago
 
 
 
Photo ca. 1900 - courtesy of Haven Hummel
(More photo information)
 
 
 
 
Photo ca. 1902 - courtesy of Haven Hummel
(More photo information)
 
 
 
 
 
Photo ca. 1902 - courtesy of Haven Hummel
(More photo information)
 
 
 
1923 -24 Gamble School Souvenir
 
 
 
 
Gamble School Over 60 years Ago
 
 
 
Photo 1940 - courtesy of David Tarvin
(More photo information)
 
 
Gamble School About 50 years Ago
 
 
 
Photo ca. 1949 - courtesy of Janet Viers - Ansley
(More photo information)
 
If you have a Gamble School picture that you would like to post on this page,
please contact us.
 
 
Gamble School Teachers
 
   

1853 - 1854

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1854 - 1855

A. Nicholson

1855 - 1856

Miss C. Kerr (prob. Cornelia) - d/o Robert & Abigail

1856 - 1857

Nancy Fowler

1857 - 1858

George G. Richey

1858 - 1859

George G. Richey

1859 - 1860

Mary Lambert

1860 - 1861

John Crall / Martha J. Brown

1861 - 1862

Burton D. Sipe

1862 - 1863

Burton D. Sipe

1863 - 1864

Burton D. Sipe

1864 - 1865

Burton D. Sipe / Sarah M. Chambers

1865 - 1866
 
   
   
   

1876 - 1877

Miss. Tilla Rogers - d/o Philander & Sarah 

1877 - 1878

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1878 - 1879

 Willard J. Hershiser

1879 - 1880

B. J. Williams

1880 - 1881

B. J. Williams

1881 - 1882

Mary Crall / F. J. Laser 

1882 - 1883

F. J. Laser

1883 - 1884

 Oliver C. Marriott / Aaron Rambo

1884 - 1885

 Aaron Rambo

1885 - 1886

Philander B. Rogers

1886 - 1887

 Rufus B. Hayes / Vida Buckingham

1887 - 1888

 Philander B. Rogers / Anna Crall

1888 - 1889

Edwin E. Peck / Anna Crall

1889 - 1890

J. C. Kerr / Mary Morton

1890 - 1891

J. C. Kerr / Ella H. Stone

1891 - 1892

J. C. Kerr / Anna Crall

1892 - 1893

E. J. Dwire / Anna Crall / Viola Molder

1893 - 1894

 F. L. Kemp / Viola Molder

1894 - 1895

 Sylvester Tucker

1895 - 1896

 Sylvester Tucker

1896 - 1897

 Lada Bloom / J. C. Kerr

1897 - 1898

 Boyd Fackler / Allis Haisley / Philander B. Rogers

1898 - 1899

 Philander B. Rogers

1899 - 1900

R. P. Bricker / Clara Dick

1900 - 1901

Elmer Tattershaw / Clara Dick

1901 - 1902

Clara Dick 

1902 - 1903

Clara Dick

1903 - 1904

  William L. May / Clara Dick

1904 - 1905

Clara Dick / Howard C. Crall

1905 - 1906

Clara Dick

1906 - 1907

 Ruth Kochendorfer / Austin Fielus? / Gertrude Ruse

1907 - 1908

Mrs. F. L. Black

1908 - 1909

Mrs. F. L. Black

1909 - 1910

Mrs. F. L. Black

1910 - 1911

Ralph Rousch

1911 - 1912

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1912 - 1913

 Wayne Shafer

1913 - 1914

C. W. Striker

1914 - 1915

 Floyd M. Teeter *

1915 - 1916

Floyd Teeter / Pearl Mc Cracken & Alice Stephens (Music)

1916 - 1917

Pearl Mc Cracken / Ruby Dolittle

1917 - 1918

Ruby Dolittle

1918 - 1919

 Ruby Dolittle

1919 - 1920

Edwin Rinehart / Annabelle Powell

1920 - 1921

Annabelle Powell

1921 - 1922

Ruth Wolf

1922 - 1923

Ruth Wolf

1923 - 1924

Ruth Wolf

1924 - 1925

 .

1925 - 1926

Martha Stine

1926 - 1927

 .

1927 - 1928

 .

1928 - 1929

Mrs. Helene Carsey

1929 - 1930

Mrs. Helene Carsey

1930 - 1931

Mrs. Carsey/ Mrs. Grace Stroh

1931 - 1932

 Mrs. Grace Stroh

1932 - 1933

Mrs. Grace Stroh

1933 - 1934

Mrs. Grace Stroh

1934 - 1935

Mrs. Grace Stroh

1935 - 1936

 Mrs. Grace Stroh

1936 - 1937

 Mrs. Grace Stroh

1937 - 1938

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1938 - 1939

H. R. Cutnaw

1939 - 1940

H. R. Cutnaw

1940 - 1941

H. R. Cutnaw / Mrs Stella Clabaugh / Gertrude Majors

1941 - 1942

Mrs. Gladys Query

1942 - 1943

Mrs. Gladys Query

1943 - 1944

Mrs. Gladys Query

1944 - 1945

Mrs. Gladys Query

1945 - 1946

Mrs. Gladys Query

1946 - 1947

Mrs. Gladys Query

1947 - 1948

Mrs. Gladys Query

1948 - 1949

Mrs. Esther Lash

1949 - 1950

Mrs. Esther Lash

1950 - 1951

Gertrude Majors

1951 - 1952

Gertrude Majors
 
* In August of 1914, the six Sharon Township Schools were consolidated. Gamble
School received the students from the suspended Vernon and Will Schools. Mrs.
George Klinkle was employed to transport pupils to and from Gamble School.
 
 
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