Up the Road School in Kitty Hawk, Dare Co., NC

Dare County Photographs
Photograph & comments contributed by Amy Midgett Gamiel

"Up the Road School" - Kitty Hawk 1911

There were two school houses in Kitty Hawk Village in the early 1900's. One was called "Up the Road", located in the area where Joe Perry's old house stands and the Primitive Baptist Church. "Down the Road" school was closer to the entrance of the village near Elijah Baum Rd. Anyone wishing to attend school past the 7th grade were sent to Elizabeth City--most did not as their parents could not afford it. "Up the Road" had 2 classrooms and 2 teachers--one for the earlier grades and one for the older ones. If you can identify any of these children or teachers please drop me a note.

Front Row
Row 2
Row 3 Row 4

1. 1. 1. Roland R. Perry 1. Eldridge Beacham

2. 2. 2. Harris Perry 2. Walter Beacham

3. 3. 3. 3. Clyde Beacham

4. 4. 4. Ernest Beacham 4. John Leland Beacham

5. Walter Perry 5. 5. Marvin Perry 5. Vernon Tillett

6. 6. 6. Caldwell Perry 6. Katherine "Kate" Perry

7. Grady Beacham 7. Dexter Beacham 7. Ernest Hines 7.

8. Pearl (Perry) Hines 8. 8. 8. Otella Perry

9. Eva Beasley 9. 9. Melvin O'Neal 9.

10. Lucy (Perry) Rogers 10. Melvin Tillett 10. 10. Fannie Dowdy Harris

11. Esther (Tillett) Beacham 11. Edith (Perry) Sowers 11. Edgar A. Perry

12. Emily Baum 12. Minnie Parker 12.

13. Zora (Parker) Tillett 13. 13. Blanche (Beacham) Midgett

14. Lillie Perry 14. 14.

15. Eva (O'Neal) Perry 15. Dennis Perry 15. Gertrude Perry

16. Mary Love (Perry) Pugh 16. Leon Perry

17. Buena (Hines) Baum

Teachers are unknown
[May 25, 2021 update from Deanna Beacham --
     "I recognize some family members that my dad pointed out to me when I was a young adult. Number 5 in the first row is Walter Perry, who went on to join the Capitol Police, retired to KH and ran the Dare County Democrats, owned a boarding house in KDH and then developed Sound Sea Village in Duck, its first subdivision. His famous hunting camp was there and part of that land is where my little house is, built by a cousin for my mom and dad.
     Number 7 in that row, in suspenders, is Grady Beacham, who became a policeman in Arlington and was killed in the line of duty. My dad was raised by his grandparents as Grady’s youngest brother. Grady’s daughter Ina Lynn Jewell has a house in Kitty Hawk on land inherited from my great-grandparents.
     Behind Grady, also in suspenders, is Dexter Beacham, who was Grady’s older brother. He was in the Coast Guard, and later lived in the DC area.

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