Allen's Chapel- Warren

Lea County Schools

 Warren school located about 9 miles northeast of Tatum was sometimes called the Allen School after Hiel Allen, donated the land for the school.

The first school bus in New Mexico was used to shuttle students from Warren to Tatum, New Mexico.

Teachers were:

  • 1910 Miss Nora Allen

  • 1911 Mr David P Peck

  • 1912-1913 Mrs Estelle Pope Hayes

  • 1913-1914 Mrs Belle Norton

  • 1914-1916 John W Ware

  • 1916-1917 Frank Meyers

  • 1917-1918 William R Benson

  • 1918-1919 Elvie Odle & Nannie Adamson

  • 1919 Mrs Ellen V Dillon

Familes living in the area of the school:

  • Travisy

  • Whitley

  • Lewallen

  • Houston

  • Allen

  • Martin

  • Jones

  • Markham

  • Green

  • Bedwell

  • Walls

  • Eubanks

If you lived and attended this school and would like your name listed please contact Erny

More information on this and other Lea Counties schools can be found in "Lea County Schools" by Mettie Jordan