Delmar School was established in 1896 on property obtained from Elijah Wilson and Lula Fulmer Shealy. The property had previously belonged to his parents, Mary Ann Gorley and Simeon Richard Shealy. Richard, a Confederate soldier who died during the war, had purchased the land from his father, Mathias Shealy, who married first Polly Fulmer and second Barbara Risinger. Mathias Shealy is buried in the family plot located .3 mile southwest of this site. The Mount Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery, located .1 mile south, was also part of this tract. The cemetery began in 1901 when Elijah and Lula Shealy buried their child, Wyman, in a cornfield adjacent to the church. Numerous students of Delmar School and many members of Mount Hebron Lutheran Church are descendants of Mathias Shealy.