Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary Maurice Cole Tanquary (November 26, 1881 - October 25, 1944) was a professor of entomology, a member of the Crocker Land Expedition and is considered to be a pioneer in modern beekeeping. Tanquary was the son of Thomas J. and Florence A. Tanquaary and was raised on a farm near Lawrenceville, Illinois, where he attended public schools. He then attended Vincennes University where he was a member of Tau Phi Delta society and was one of the authors of the society's first constitution and by-laws. He graduated in 1903 and taught for four years in the public
Joseph S. Cole mid 1858, to be replaced by the Rev. Edward Newlyn. The Auburn school closed briefly to enable refurbishment of the building. Cole was appointed to the new school in Watervale, whose 59 students initially met in the Bible Christian chapel, awaiting the completion of the new publicly funded schoolhouse, which opened on 17 February 1859. In mid 1861 Cole accepted a position as the first headmaster of the re-opened Pulteney Street School, which he relinquished three months later to resume mastership of Watervale school, which had been closed from June to September for lack of a teacher. He purchased the