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Genealogy is fascinating, get involved By Billy J. Hagy I've traced back from the beginning of our school at Knifley Grade Center which began for me and our class in 1962, 2nd semester. There were 30 of us students in 2nd Grade. It turns out that I am cousins of one denomination or another beginning with a 3rd cousin and up to a 12th cousin - out of the 30 kids in my class I'm related to 21 of them. I never had a clue of this growing up. There's a few of them that I cannot find a trace on them or their families. There were eight grades in the school, first through the eighth grade. Out of those eight teachers, I'm cousins with SIX of them. Betty Jo Coffey Phillips, 1st grade teacher, No relation. Iva Overstreet Jones, 2nd grade teacher - 8th cousin on my Hagy side. Ms. Blades 3rd grade-No relation; Ms. Lois Sullivan Smith 4th grade - 10th cousin, on my Dickerson side. Mr. James Knifley, 5th grade teacher - 6th cousin, on the West and Rich family side. Mr. Paul Corbin, 6th grade teacher, 6th cousin, on West & Rich side. Mr. Presley Chelf, 7th grade teacher - 7th cousin, on the Dickerson side. And finally, Mr. John Dunbar, 8th grade teacher, 5th cousin, on the Hagy side, and lo and behold his wife Mary Baker Dunbar a 5th cousin, also on the Hagy side. Just an idea of the size of this school population probably around 200-250 students 1 - 8 grades. This was a consolidation of one and two-room schools within Adair County, KY. On a side note, in our 8th grade Mr. Dunbar would take all the girl students to tour his and his wife's nice brick home they'd built within eyesight of the school. No boy students were allowed. In my opinion, somewhat sexist. John Dunbar was in Adair County Education for many years. He was also my Uncle Frank Dickerson's teacher when Knifley had its own Knifley High School. John Dunbar was also the Adair County Schools Superintendent for a period of time, afterwards returning to the classroom as a teacher. More genealogy info to come. Get involved folks, explore your own family trees, you too may be shocked and surprised at the connections you find. Writer Billy Joe Hagy is an Adair County native, now living in far off Concord, New Hampshire, after a long government and military career. He can be reached at briarhopper101@hotmail.com. This story was posted on 2023-03-19 11:29:25
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