Males - name and age: 

Byron Ketcham, age 11;

Troy Cornell, age 8;

Leroy Cornell, age 11;

William Whittington age 11;

Leroy Whittington, age 18;

Richard Whittington, age 17;

James Whittington, age 19;

Fred Parish, age 10;

Burton Parish, age 13;

Charles Tucker, age 11;

William Larcey, age 12;

Joseph Larcey, age 19;

Joseph Abbott, age 17;

Calvin Skelton, age 18;

Ethel Stinson, age 16;

William Dell, age 13;

Henry Skelton, age 10;

Monroe Skelton, age 12;

William Farwell, age 10;

Robert Curry, age 14;

Albert Curry, age 15;

Murry Lewis, age 6;

Thomas Park, age 14;

Rueben Maloney, age 13;

Jackson Harris, age 11;

William Roller, age 14;

Benjamin Casey, age 12;

William Casey, age 8;

Albert Casey, age 14;

Finas Ball, age 19;

Females - Name and age:

Flossie Cornell, age 4;

Mary Casey, age 11;

Elsey Frail, age 7;

Crissie Tucker, age 7;

Rosa Tucker, age 14;

Adaline Maloney, age 9;

Annie Harris, age 14;

Luella Harris, age 12;  

Arizona Skelton, age 14;

Columbia Skelton, age 16;

Dora Skelton, age 9;

Dollie Tucker, age 15,

Martle Munsey, age 5,

Clara Munsey 6,

Bell Hill, age 12;

Artely Whittington, age 12,

Mollie Larcey, age 6,

Julia Larcey, age 6,

Gertie Farwell, age 13,

Jocie Curry, age 5;

May Farwell, age 9;

Esty Farwell, age 6;

Minnie Parker, age 12;

Mary Skelton, age 6;

Mollie Curry, age 12;

Mary Curry, age 12;

Effie Tucker, age 5;

Julia Whittington, age 14;

Nancy Roller, age 13;

The year is probably 1890 or 1891 

Munsey School, Barry Co., MO

From the files of Georgia Ball Farwell and Darla Ball Marbut

Back row, 3rd from the left is Finas Ball

Standing in the back row third from left is Finas Ball - then count over from left 4 people from Finis Ball in the third row on the right, that one is a Reed, in front of her is another Reed.

On the end of second row on the right are three little girls. Two are Tuckers and one is Reed.  

In front of those little girls sitting on the ground is a Tucker. 

The boy on the first row first one on the left is probably Silas Ball.   

On the 3d row, 4th and 5th girls on the right are Mollie and Julia Larcey.

Munsey School - 1916 

From the research and photo files of Darla Marbut - Photo in possession of Ilus Ball family, which came to us by way of Geneva Ball Intermuehle

Munsey School was on the Roaring River 2 or 3 miles from Eagle Rock, Barry Co., MO. The land for the school and the cemetery behind it was donated my the Munsey Family. The Munsey Cemetery dated 1848 was a family cemetery up until the time of the donation.

There were probably a lot more students enrolled but if they were needed at home they didn't go to school. This were particularly be true during planting time in the spring and harvest in the fall.

 

1st Row: Girl in White, two dressed alike, White dress, checked dress, light checked dress, Checked dress, Tice Prier, Alivs or Norman Ball.

2nd Row: Warner Prier, Tina Prier, Herman Ball (Gary Ball's Dad) Girl?, Joe Ball (Silas'), Frances Ball, Unidentified boy, Unidentified boy, and the last two little girls in white not identified.

3rd Row: Ilus Ball, Leonard Prier, Lenzie Smith, Dora Ball (Elbert's line of descent), Jean Ball (Silas' line of descent), Daught Brewer, John Prier and Ethel Ball (Finas' line of descent.)

4th Row: Mona Ball (Silas), Eva Prier, Lou Brewer, Ora Prier (Darla's grandmother who married Charley Ball), and Edward Ball (Finas' line of descent.)

5th Row: Eldon Ball, Teacher Homer West, Billie Reed.

The Prier children's parents were Joseph (Joe) and Mary Shull Prier's who lived just a short distance from the school. Grandma Prier said she didn't realize how Tice hated school until she found out Tice would leave with the others but would play in the woods until school was out and walk home with them. Tina Prier next to her brother Warner was to die young leaving two little children. Her son Dr. James David Easley became a cancer specialist. We were told he chose that specialty because his mother died of cancer. James looks somewhat like her.

Frances, Ethel, Edward, and Eldon were the children of Dollie Tucker Ball and Finas Ball.

Gertie Ball, Herman, Jean, Mona and Joe Ball were the children of Silas and Jennie Skelton Ball. Silas was a brother to Finas Ball.

Dora Ball was the daughter of Elbert and Sarah Faulkner Ball

Elbert, Finas, and Silas were the sons of William Valentine and Sarah Elizabeth Garrett Ball later Reed. There was one other son, John Ben Ball.

Lenzie and Thelma Smith were the children of Charles and Minnie Harbert Smith. Charles Smith the Dad was the son of Jasper and Cynthia (Aunt Cyn) Tucker Smith.