Teachers of Grand Rapids Public Schools 
in 1881
From The History of Kent County, 
publd. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., 1881.

Central High School

E. A. Strong, Principal
Miss A. M. Clark
Miss Ella Dean
Mr. G. A. Greeson (Latin and Greek)
Mr. E. A. Eggers (German)
Mr. Joseph La Pierre (French)
Miss D. Davis
I. N. Mitchell
Miss C. McArthur
Miss C. L. Dickenson
Miss E. J. Cole
I. M. Lean
Miss. H. T. Wyman
Mrs. Geo. D. Herrick
Miss L. Chesebro
Miss I. Godwin

Union High School

Mr. S. G. Milner, Principal
Miss T. E. Cushman
Miss Jennie Rosa
Miss M. K. Haskell
Miss H. A. Lathrop
Miss A. A. Parker
Mrs. Hamilton
Miss M. E. Lynch
Miss C. C. Green
Miss E. McDonald

Primary No. 1

Miss E. Dwight, Principal
Miss M. Dubridge
Miss L. A. Pierce
Miss E. L. Walker
Miss Ada Kline
Miss Jennie McWhorter

Primary No. 2

Miss A. Jones, Principal
Miss Mary Blake
Miss C. Hotchkiss
Miss Ella Morrison
Miss O. C. Blake

Primary No. 3

Miss A. Lovell, Principal
Mrs. Belle Veanderfield
Miss A. McIntyre
Miss J. A. Wyckoff
Miss Hattie Bailey
Miss E. T. Baker
Miss C. E. Burch
Miss L. J. Kromer
Miss K. A. Reed
Miss Clara Ransom

Primary No. 4

Miss Maria Perry, Principal
Miss M. H. Jennings
Miss I. A. Davenport
Miss Jennie Loomis
Miss J. M. Ledward
Miss Sarah Reed
Miss E. A. Creswell

Primary No. 5

Miss E. Field, Principal
Miss Carrie Jewett
Miss A. Field
Miss Bertha Stowell

Primary No. 6

Miss Smith, Principal
Miss C. Oliver
Miss G. Berry
Miss Libbie Stoddard
Miss Julia Moriarty
Miss C. A. Dean

Primary No. 7

Miss Margaret Scott
Mrs. M. R. Roche
Miss M. A. Blackmar
Miss Nellie Post
Miss H. A. Hyde
Miss M. A. Stowell
Miss Lizzie Walsh
Miss Mary Doyle

Primary No. 8

T. E. Payne, Principal
Miss T. E. Hibbard
Miss Flora Cromwell
Miss Anges Van Buren
Miss L. S. Knapp
Miss Maggie Strahan
Miss M. A. Courtney

Primary No. 9

Miss B. M. Tower, Principal
Miss A. E. Henshaw
Miss Jennie Scranton
Miss Jennie Miller
Miss N. Campbell
Miss M. Pollard

Primary No. 10

Miss Carrie Plank, Principal
Miss Viola King
Miss Belle McIntyre
Miss Henrietta Liesveld

Primary No. 11

Miss Ella Perry, Principal
Miss L. R. Hanchett
Miss Jennie Dickey

Primary No. 12

Miss D. Perkins, Principal
Miss C. E. Kromer
Miss C. Banks

Spring Street

Miss Helen Sauers, Principal
Miss A. J. Cummings
Mrs. Addie Beach
Miss J. F. Coffinberry
Miss Cora Gardenier

Coldbrook

Miss Lucy Stoddard, Principal
Miss Estella Sprague
Miss Francis Strong

Mr. M. C. Sessions, teacher of Penmanship
Mr. G. C. Shepard, teacher of Vocal music
Miss C. E. Abbott, teacher of Drawing