Students and teacher at Spring Garden School, near Paradise. Ruth Haines is fourth from left and her sister, Lida Haines is fifth from left in back row.
Shirk's School, c. 1830. Now a private home. Churchtown Road. That part with a porch is the original school, attachment to the righ was added later. Located just down the road from Joseph Shirk's house that was owned in 1990 by the Noah Shirk family.
Haines and Shirk families at a family reunion. Identified are Sally Shirk Haines, Minnie Haines Skiles, Elva Haines, Lida Haines Mull, Ruth Haines Henry, Mabel Haines Whiteside, Stella Henry Weigand, Maris Henry, Blanche Henry Abele,
Ruth Haines Henry, sitting at center. To right are her daughters Blanche Henry Abele and Stella Abele Weigand. The men behind Ruth may be John Israel Abele and Clarence Roy Haines.