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The class photo, school record card photo, and school reward card photos that are featured below are included here with the permission of Lisa Mathews Frazer, who reports that they belonged to her great-grandmother. I learned of the existence of the photos from Aimee Stout Benitez.
L. Dietle
In regard to the following Bridegum School class photo, Lisa Mathews Frazier who wrote that her great-grandmother "Annie Louise (Martz) Poorbaugh ... attended Bridegum school in the 1880's/90's. Then after attending 'Normal School' for a few months, she became the teacher. The class photo must have been 1896 or 1897, because after teaching at Bridegum for a short time, she roomed with a family in Wellersburg and taught there. Annie's sister, Bertha (Martz) Sturtz Beck also taught at Bridegum School." Lisa also wrote, "The little girl is holding a slate that says 'Annie Martz, Teacher.' Little boy in front holds the 'Bridegum School' slate."
The following picture shows an 1894/95 Bridegum school record card.
The following pictures show an 1895 school reward card. The teacher Ira G. Carver and the student Annie L. Martz are named in the Bridegum school record card that is included above.
The following excerpt is from the Northampton Township map in the "County Atlas of Somerset Pennsylvania" that was published by F. W. Beers in 1876. The excerpt has been rotated so that north is at the top. It shows the location of the school building in the Bridegum School District.
The following excerpt is from the 1929 Berlin, Pennsylvania topographic map quadrangle. It illustrates the "Bradigum" School at the same general location as Bridegum School on the 1876 map that is included above.
The following school-related excerpt is from page 443 of the 1884 book "History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania".
The following school-related excerpt is from Volume II, page 363 of the 1906 book "History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania".
