Following the five school terms taught by Ethel (Coultas) Pike, the next 5 school terms at the Browne school were taught by Mabel Louise Colton: 1938 - 1939, 1939 - 1940, 1940 - 1941, 1941 - 1942, 1942 - 1943.
Mabel Colton was born September 28, 1913 in Elva, Afton township, DeKalb county, Illinois to Julia Lovett (Kelsey) and Orson Luther Colton. The 1920 US Census lists Mabel living (lines 8 - 12) with her parents and siblings, Helen and Ralph.
Following the death of Mabel's mother on August 28, 1923, Orson married Beulah Marree Fenton the following year.
The 1930 US Census lists Mabel living (lines 86 - 93) with her father and step-mother, siblings Helen, Ralph, Audra and step-mother's daughter Katherine and step-sister Ora. The family had moved to Waterman, Clinton township, DeKalb county, Illinois.
The 1940 US Census lists Mabel living (lines 58 - 63) living in Waterman, Illinois with her father and step-mother, sister Audra and step-mother's daughter Katherine and step-sister Ora.
The census lists Mabel working as a rural school teacher.
The front page of the May 29, 1941 issue of the DeKalb County Express reported that Mabel Colton took the Browne school students on a field trip to the printing office of the DeKalb County Express in Shabbona, DeKalb county, Illinois.
On May 12, 1961 Mabel Louise Colton passed through immigration in New York City after traveling from Paris, France.
Mabel Louise Colton passed away May 31, 2007 in Hot Springs Village, Garland county, Arkansas. Her memorial can be found here.
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