Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

608 HISTORY OF STaRR COUNTY.
and is supposecl to have been succeecled by Franlrlin Pratt, whose name,
however, is not signed as treasurer. In '51 the balance clue James Baswell,
for builcling sc).loolhouse in clistrict 3, was paid. In March, '62,
there were nine school clbtricts. The teachers were. respectively :
Davicl Redding, R. McAllister, Miss E. Smith, J. E. Gliarrett, A. %I.
Bassett, J. 13. Kent, B. DriLke, ancl J. R. 13olland. In clistrict No. 8
there mas neither schoolhouse nor school. Sal;~r,y ranged from $16 to
$28. T IVO hundred and twen ty-three pupils \vverlae en~ollecl. The first
regular recorcl of board of trustees is dated April ti, '63, wllen the nine
districts were fully orgznized with 353 scholars. E. J. (+riffin mas
treasurer in '65. In October of this year the election of trustees under
the new law resulted in the choice of J. W. Earllart, Benj. Ennnell ant1
James Snare. They also servecl up to '70, when the following nalnecl
teachers, appointecl in '67, were here : Mary IIay, Andrew Turnbull,
A. W. King, A. Hemment, G. W. McClyment, Simeon 13el1, Itl~amer
Duybault, A. J. Dyer, Ira Stockner and J. L. D. Long. In '71 the
name of Samuel Cruni appears as trustee. In '72 Messrs. Snl~re, Cruai
a8nd James Woods formed the bonrcl. In '76 Jaines A. Uunnell, James
Snare, Jalnes Woods ancl E. J. Griffin, treasurer, formecl the board.
In this year also the boundaries of districts mere changed tllroughont.
In '77 the olcl schoolhouse and lot of district 5 were ordered to be sold.
This house mas solcl to J. T. Eagelston for $69. In '78 Messrs. Crt~m,
Snare and Bunnell formed the board, ancl in September the lot of djstrict
No. 5 mas solcl to Elixa McLaughlan for $10. In '79 C. BocooB,
Alex. Kessinger a.nd Samuel Cruln were the trustees. In 'SO 13. W.
Crum sncceedecl Mr. Griffin as clerk. In '81 Jonathan Gleeson was
elected a trustee; in '83, George Wright ; in '83 Jonatlian Gleeson ;
G. M. Wright and Cyrus BococB formed the board, ~vith the first
named, pres~clent, and they, with B. W. Crlnn, have fornletl the board
down to the present time. The election held in district No. 2 on the
question of building a new schoolhouse, July 17, '80, resulted in nine
votes for ancl two aeainst the project. William Whitten ancl L. A.
Foster mere judges ot election, with Nathan Downing, clerl;. In '86
there were 249 males and 231 feinales under 21 years ; one gratletl and
eight ungraded schools, attended by 256 pupils ant1 presidecl over by
seven male and seven female teachers, the former earning $1,4ti0.90,
and the latter, $1,862.54. The total receipts were $6,608..63 ; expenditures,
$4,963.78.
O$cicilg~.-The supervisors of the tommship, other than the first n a~ned
in organic chapter, were : 185460: Nathan Snare ; '56, EIenry Breese ;
'57, Milan 13. Little ; '58-60, Benjamin Bunne11 ; '60-2: flatl~an Snare;
$2, Samuel Crum ; '63, Samuel G. Averv ; '64, Nnt.han Downing; '65,
John Snare; '66, John Ackley ;'67, ~olln"~cl