Ilion High School Class of 1873

Class Roster - Source - 1873 Newspaper Article

Ilion High School 1916 Building
Ilion High School 1916

 

1873 Honor Students

Lisette Jones - Valedictorian
Cornelia Angell - Salutatorian

 

Class Members

The newspaper Headline was Last Member of First Class Passes Away at Home Here published April 13, 1944. Source - fultonhistory.com

Miss Ella M. Russell was the last surviving member of Ilion High School's first graduating class in 1873. She died in 1944 at the age of 89.

There were six girls in that first class to graduate from Ilion. They were Elizabeth (Hoefler) Draper, Lisette (Jones) Sherman, Ella Russell, Hattie Russell, Nellie (Cornelia Angell) Seamans and Stella (Richardson) Stowell.

All 6 class members, in the newspaper article, are now listed alphabetically:

Cornelia Angell
Elizabeth Hoefler
Lisette Jones
Stella Richardson
Ella Russell
Hattie Russell

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