| McDONOUGH COUNTY, ILLINOIS FAMILIES NEWS MEMORABILIA |
District No. 1.--The school building is located on section 11, and was erected in 1862 at a cost of $400; it is 18x22 feet. The following named persons have served as directors: William Johnson, Lucius Shryack, A. Brown, Marcellus Shryack, Abijah Huff, William L. Shryack, James Keithley, Bedford Graham, Joseph Bice, C. W. Sly, S. B. Davis, and John Hays. The following named persons have been teachers: S. B. Davis, Mary E. Siders, Alice A. Phelps, J. W. Bugg, John Argenbright, Lizzie Argenbright, J. W. Sell, J. W. Siders, Sarah J. Cannon, Jennie Bunger, Thomas Brennon, Christiana Fultz, Elizabeth Cannon, Peter Pancake, Amanda George, Emma Ear, and Samuel Crighton. District No. 2.--The school house stands on the southwest quarter of section 3, and is valued at $200. In the district are ninety-two scholars. John Fisher, James Bailey, and Floyd Foster are the directors. District No. 3.--This district was organized in 1864. The house stands on northwest corner of section 8, is 18x28 feet, and valued at $100. There are forty-two scholars in the district, with an average attendance of fifteen. Among the directors elected are: Samuel Logan, William Williams, William H. Hungate, Solomon Hainline, and Charles Libby. The following have been the teachers: S. D. Freeland, Viola Logan, Wharton Alexander, Sarah Sorter, C. H. Hungate, and Julia Courtright. Rock Creek, District No. 4.--District organized in 1857, the same year of the township. The present building was erected in 1873, at a cost of $1,060, and is 22x30; it is situated on section 17. There are fifty scholars in the district, with an attendance of thirty. Isaac Oakman, James Williams, James White, James Barnett, John Needler, George Hainline, Jacob Hainline and Jesse Hainline have served as directors, and among those teaching were Susie Campbell, Jennie Freeland, Miss Barr, Sylvester Hutchins, Flora Newcomb, Luella Holliday, James Duff, and William Reynolds. District No. 5.--The building is located on section 22, is 20 by 30, and was moved to its present site is [sic] 1862; the value of the house is $200. The following have served as directors from time to time: T. F. Wilson, William C. Hainline, F. Freeland, A. J. Veal, Israel Null, John Graham, Wesley Hawkins, Jacob Parrish, Thomas Hainline, John Kirk, Elijah Stookey, David Keithley, J. F. Richardson, John Charter, J. S. Veal. As teachers we find the following named persons: Sophrona Freeland, S. B. Davis, Bell Hainline, Miss E. Palmer, T. K. Roach, Belle Courtwright, A. M. Johnson, A. R. Bullock, B. C. Underwood, J. W. Bugg, Homer Fiscus, Sarah Null, J. Fiscus, J. W. Siders, Malinda Bennie, J. E. Hainline, Amanda George, Annie Russell and Nannie Pedrick. District No. 6.--School building erected in 1872 on the northeast corner of section 23; size, 20x30; there are sixty scholars in the district with an average attendance of thirty-five. John Carmack, J. E. Carlyle, Eli Murray, Thomas Parker, and Thomas Bennett have been directors, and Mrs. Sweeney, J. T. Murray, Miss Kane, J. Griswold, John Lovett, M. Martin, and Andrew Adair have been teachers. District No. 7.--The school building stands on the northwest quarter of section 36; its value is $300; in the district are ninety-eight scholars. The following are the directors: Elijah Welch, William Cormack, and Allen Murray. Hicks, District No. 8.--This school district was organized in 1852, and a house built the following year, and in 1867 the present building was erected at a cost of $1,200. It is 24x30, and is located in section 34. In the district area about forty scholars, twenty-five of whom attend school. The directors serving since 1852 are: E. N. Hicks, Jefferson Hire, William Swazy, James Beard, Samuel Pulliam, F. F. Myers, James Bice, and Franklin Hire; those teaching were George Davis, Miss Foler, Peyton York, R. Kimble, J. Argenbright, Sarah Null, Martha Welch, Taylor Murray, Alice Humphrey, J. S. Hutchens, Vespassion Stookey, James Fulkerson, Amelia Templeton. Dssttrict [sic] No. 9.--In 1863 a house 18x26 was built on section 30. There are forty-six scholars in the district, with an average attendance of seventeen. Since its organization the following-named men have served as directors: Solomon Kious, Vandever Banks, Philip George, B. H. Roberts, Newton Eakle, John Zimmerman, and Jacob George; while the following-named teachers have been engaged: Abner Keithley, Lucretia McElroy, Maggie Kious, Austin Allison, Advice Ades, Charles Davis, J. S. Hutchins, Libbie Harris and Nellie Doran. |
| McDonough Families News, Memorabilia |