Following James Ezra Stone who taught at the Browne school the previous school year, Ethel Mae Mosher taught at the Browne school for the school year 1908 - 1909.
Ethel was born in 1887 but first appeared on the US Census in 1900. The 1890 US Census was destroyed by fire. In 1900 Ethel was living (lines 74 - 80) with her parents, Charles and Ella (Rollins) and her siblings, Lee, Ray, Clarence and Elsie in Afton township, DeKalb county, Illinois.
The 1910 US Census lists Ethel's profession as a school teacher. She would have completed her teaching assignment at the Browne school and moved onto another school by the time the 1910 census was taken. Ethel was living (lines 13 - 17) with her mother, now a widow and her siblings, Ray, Clarence and Elsie living in Afton township, DeKalb county, Illinois. Ethel's older brother Lee had married and started his only family by 1910.
I've been unable to track down the 1920 US Census for Ethel so I am unable to verify whether she was still teaching following her marriage to Walter Leroy Hulmes on December 6, 1911. By 1930, Ethel and husband Walter were living (lines 55 - 58) with their children James and Everett in DeKalb township, DeKalb county, Illinois. The census indicates Ethel was not working at the time of the census.
In 1940, Ethel and husband Walter were still living (lines 51 - 54) in DeKalb township, DeKalb county, Illinois with their sons, James and Everett. Ethel is not employed.
I was unable to locate any documentation during the time Ethel was obtaining her teaching credentials or her time as a teacher. Apparently she retired from teaching following her marriage to Walter and I was unable to track down any newspaper articles relating to her teaching profession.
Ethel passed away October 19, 1962 in Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois. Ethel's memorial can be found
here.
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