Carlisle Indian Industrial School

From Wikipedia: The United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from 1879 through 1918. Founded in 1879 by Captain Richard Henry Pratt under authority of the US federal government, Carlisle was the first federally funded off-reservation Indian boarding school.

1900 Federal Census Indian Industrial School at Carlise, Pennsylvania, North Middleton township, Cumberland county, PA.

Edward Walker, b. 1879
Jackson Brown, b. 1881
Jacob Pabo, b. 1881
James Green, b. 1875
Jonah Shawadase, b. 1880
Levi Willis, b. 1885
Pete Wakazoo, b. 1883
Sebastian Shomin, b. 1874
William Tchinqua, b. 1879
Annis Willis, b. 1884
Edith Dutton, b. 1884
Rosie Mumo, b. 1887
Susie Fisher, b. 1879

Kalamazoo Gazette of 6 Jul 1902 tells of Jonas Mitchel, Carlisle graduate originally from Elk Rapids.

Jonas' school records only contain his student information card.

From the Petoskey Record of 10 Feb 1904 comes word of Ella Petoskey's graduation.

Ella's records only contain her student information card:

The Durant Roll lists on 10 students at Carlisle School, PA in 1908.

Name / age / Durant number

Awnemequom, Joseph age 15 #195

Davenport, Robert age 21 #1804

Henry, Simon age 17 #2557

Lasley, John age 16 #3478

Launderville, Charles age 30 #3387

Peters, Margaret age 16 #7028

Petoskey, Ella age 28 #5415 [Perhaps she is working there since she graduated in 1904]

Shaygwawcushing, Daniel age 23 #6168

Wahsaquomj, Margaret age 16 #7028

Wawkazoo, Peter age 25 #7055

1910 Federal Census Carlisle Indian School, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania - students born in Michigan

Judson Cabay, 23
Mitchell Muscoe, 17
Francis Shakonaby, 19
Edward Adams, 16
William Beaudoin, 18
Joseph Aniwikwaw, 18
Edward Blackwood, 17
Chester Cabay, 17
Ira Cloud, 14
Samuel Dagg, 16
Stafford Elgin, 16
James Isaac, 21
John Jackson, 22
Wesley James, 20
John Lasley, 18
John Moscoe, 23
Lee Otto, 21
William Peters, 14
David Sawmich, 15
Margaret Blackwood, 20
Stella Bradley, 21
Rachel H. Cabay, 14
Emma Fisher, 23
Mabel Hart, 15
Agnes Norton, 23
Jennie Peters, 16
Nancy Peters, 16
Annie Rose, 16
Mamie Rose, 18
Jennie Sampson, 17
Agnes Cabay, 19
Naomi Greensky, 18
Martha James, 19
Flora Peters, 20
Ida C. Sands, 22
Mary Shomin, 15
Agnes Stevens, 20
Lucy Stevens, 22
Nellie Thompson, 14
William Ettawageshik, 20
Leslie James, 20

The Grand Rapid Press of 20 Jul 1917 tells a sad story of a former student, May Jackson.

May's (not Mary as the newspaper claims) school records mention three little boys and that she included a postcard photo of her family when writing to the school after graduation. Unfortunately it is not included in the records.


Below is Francis Shakonaby of Pinconning whose picture is included in his records.

The following students from Michigan have student records available online here, from Dickinson College Archives. [Note there are many more students whose records have not been made available online yet.]

CHIPPEWA:
Henry Sampson
Frank P. Dutton
Austin Fisher
John Greensky (Shawahueyhig)
George Henry
Naomi Greensky (Negahuegesheqoqua)
Clyde Nelson
Willie Nelson
Roland Peters
Emma Fisher (Freeman)
Anna Sampson
Martha Johnson
David Millard Hendrick
Charles Launderville
Emery Picard
Joseph Picard
Joseph Animikwam
Stafford Elgin
William Beaudoin
Martha James
Estelle Bradley

OTTAWA: when no location was given the student could be from Oklahoma or elsewhere]
Jonas Mitchell (Smoke)
Mitchell Shagonaby
Joshua Walker
Catherine Smoke [daughter of John, no location]
Mary Mitchell (married Ettawegeshik)
Margaret Manitowash [daughter of Louis, no location given]
Louisa Skipegosh [daughter of Peter, no location given]
Samuel Tepkeyah
John S. Kewaygeshik
Solomon John
John Micksawby
Lucy Skipegosh
Jackson B. Walker
Theresa Wasaquam
Mary Ann Fisher
Susan Gibson
Isaiah Wasaquam
Isabella Willis
Charles Green
Mary Kewagoshkum
Emma/Emeline Red Bird
Joseph Fisher
Thomas Red Bird
Jonah Redbird
Lucy Peqonguay
Mary Persherbay
Julius Ance
Angelina Chippewa
Mary Shabwasang
Sarah Petoskey
Enos Graham
Joseph Wells
Jane Kewaygeshick
Anna McMillon
Lazarus Willis
Eliza Paull
Joseph Smith
William Smith
Sarah Bushaw
Moses McClellan
Scott Crane
William Crane
Peter Alexander
Maggie Trombly
Rose Trombly
Louis Walker
Julia McClellan (married William Waubazac)
James Pontiac
William Hinman
William Crampton
Jonah Sonday (Shwanadosa)
Gus Ance
Benjamin Peshawbey
Thomas Williams
Bazile Thomas
George Wabooz
Edward Walker
Jonah Naugmah
Anna Willis
Jacob Pabo
Levi Willis
James Green
Rose Duverney
Jackson Brown
William Nada
Mitchell Paul
Sebastian Shomin
Susie Fisher
Edith Dutton
William Willis Tchingua
Peter Wakejoo
Justina Wassan
Moses Hamlin
Louisa Bidos
Edward Tchimie
Charles Roberts (Skippigosh)
Ambrose Stone
Isaac Willis
Agnes C. Norton
William Ettawageshik
Margaret Peters
Francis Shakonaby/Shagonaby
Foster Otto
Lee Otto
Mary Shomin
Daniel Vincent (Shagnakoshing)
Jerome Keogima
Jalmes Solomon
Lillian Agnes Walker
Katherine Peters
Charles J. Rose
Edward Leo
samuel Leo Shenoskey
Georgina Collins
Gertrude E. Pego
Mary Shenaskey
George Marks
Wallace Nada
Elizabeth Grant
Mary Cogswell
Mary Wilmet
William Mixmong
Fred J. Ettawageshik
Rose Allen
Lacey Ettawageshik
Mary Kewaygeshik
Mary Ann Cutler
Christine Cutler
Agnes Day Bird
Ida/Ada Daybird
Iva Thomas
Lydia Thomas
Amanda Gilbert
Stephen Animkwan

POTTAWATOMI

Nora Cushaway
Mary Cushaway
Frank Williams
Lewis/Louis Johnson
Cleveland Chingwash

Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant has a "Collection of materials (copies) of 15 Native Americans who attended and/or worked at both the Mount Pleasant and the Carlisle Indian schools. Materials for each person may include: letters, student record cards, reports, and enrollment applications. The students and the dates of their materials are as follows: Sarah Williams Wausakaka, 1892,1917; Frank Teeple, 1900, 1907; Phil[ip] Gruett, 1913; Mary Jane Silas, 1894; Henry Shawbush, 1908,1915; Julia Edwards, 1894; Mary (May) L. Jackson, 1894,1912; Daniel Jackson, 1894,1910; Veronica Holliday, 1891,1907; Minnie Yandell LeSieur, 1894,1911; Susie McDougall, 1895,1914; Samuel Gruett, 1890, 1913; James Flannery, 1895; Solomon Collins, 1893,1913; and Estelle (Stella) Bradley, 1909,1915. The materials were copied from the collections of the U.S. Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.), which are housed by the National Archives and Records Administration"

PHOTOS

The Cumberland County Pennsylvania Historical Society has a collection of 4,000 photos taken at Carlisle by John N. Choate and has indexed those available for purchase. Choate took photos from 1879 when the school opened until his death in 1902. Keep this timeline in mind when checking the index below.

"This index includes photos of students and visitors that are found in the three Choate Albums, the Choate cabinet size cards, and the Choate Boudoir size cards, that are housed in the Photo Archives of the Cumberland County Historical Society.

Names in parentheses are alternate spellings or additional known surnames. Additional information about a photo is in brackets. Warning: Some of these names may be misspelled.

Keep in mind that many of these photos are of large and small groups. A single name on the list does not necessarily indicate an individual portrait."

Cumberland County Historical Society photo order information

Following are the name listed by nation. Not all Ottawa or Chippewa students will be from Michigan.

OTTAWA
Name / photo number
Bond, Susie 1-56
Duverney, Rose 3-68,86
Hutchinson, Harry 2-25,26,88
McMillon, Annie 2-54; 3-24
Mitchell, Jonas S. 3-50,86
Pontiac, James 3-54
Willis, Levi 3-75
[Also a Levi Willis under Chippewa]
Wind, Lilly 1-74; 2-13
Wistar, Thomas 1-26; 2-11

CHIPPEWA
Name / photo number
Abraham, David 1-vi,47; 3-20
Adams, Johnson 3-15,26
Antell, Chas 3-96
Boswell, Annie 2-61
Bourassa, Rosa 2-83,88
Cambell, William 2-11
Campeau, Frank 2-88
Carefield, WIlliam 1-100
Carl, Annie 3-70,71
Caswell, Benjamin 2-31,33,73
Caswell, Louis 2-33
Chippewa, Angeline 3-99
Chippewa group 1-79
Chippewa group 3-46
Clarke, George H. 3-75
Cobmoosa, Jacob 1-47
Compeau, Frank 1-47
Davis, Eddie 2-44
DeNomie, Thomas F. 3-86
DeNomie, William 2-37; BS-41
Donell, A. (Antoine) 3-31
Edwards, Julia 1-56
Funk, Ray 3-75,91
Gesis, Annie 3-44,82,86
Gouge, J. Jennings 3-86
Gruett, Samuel 1-101
Holliday, Veronica 2-83
Lambert, Alice 2-55; BS-41
LaChapelle, Ida BS-41
LaChapelle, Louise 3-18
LaPrairie, Emma 3-59
Libby, Joe 3-75
Lufkins, William 3-18; BS-41
Mark, Josie 3-87
McDougall, Susie 2-55; BS-41
Miller, Chas 3-73
Miller, James 3-96
[Also Pueblo; see card catalogue.]
Miller, John 3-88
[Also a John Miller listed under Stockbridge.]
Miller, Mary 1-101; 3-24,38,53
Miller, Solomon 3-91
Mishler, Charles 1-101
Mishler, Louis 1-101; 3-73
Morrison, Daniel 3-31
Morrison, John G. 3-2
Morrison, Joseph 2-31
Nason, Bertha 1-86
Nason, Madge 1-86
Peake, Emily E. 3-2
Peake, Fred 2-73
Pontiac, Samuel 3-72
Rodgers, Edward 1-101; 3-41,53
Simon, Elmer 2-56; 3-16,68
Tabasah, Anna 2-56
Thomas, Ellen 3-94
Tibbitts, Eugene 3-99
Tibbitts, Fred 3-99
Tibbitts, Zenia (Luzena) 3-97,99
Van Wart, James (Jas) 3-45
Warren, Sophia 3-98
Williams, Elizabeth 3-25,38?,49?
Williams, Julia 1-101; 3-37
Williams, Sarah 2-89; 3-10,86
Willis, Jone 2-86
Willis, Isabella 2-86
Willis, Levi 3-75
[Also a Levi Willis listed as Ottawa]
Wilson, Fred A. BS-41

Photo of Jane and Josie Mark, sisters whose attendance at Carlisle overlapped from 1896-1899. Note that the Choate index above only lists Josie.

There is a facebook group Carlisle Indian School, Descendants, Relatives and Friends.





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