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loh school house; Keturah (Pickering ) Miles taught in the first frame house here, and also in the Martin district, two miles east; John W. Kirkpatrick and J. L. Parsons taught at Shiloh; James Paxton, from Preble County, Ohio, was an excellent teacher, and taught at the old Shiloh school house.
In the reorganization of township matters and final preparations for a general system of public instruction, Center Township had elected John M. Hudelson, Jabez Reeves and G. F. Sutton, Trus- tees, and Samuel S. McBride, Clerk. On May 28, 1853, the voters of the township were called upon to decide on the question of tax for new school houses. On the question "will we be taxed," seventy-one voted for tax and 115 against tax. Six- teen voted in favor of seven houses and sixty-one for nine houses. On September 12, 1853, the Board decided that they " could not conveniently establish schools at present." On October 1, 1853, Center had 536 pupils of school age, and no public schools, at least she had no school houses: the old cabins were in poor condition. On February 6, 1854, Nelson Sisson and forty- five others, asked the Board to establish schools. March 16, 185.4, Nelson Sisson, at a township meeting, moved that " we are both able and willing to build school houses." The motion was lost. It was decided at the same meeting to use the old houses a while longer. April 24, IS54, the Board decided to contract for eight new frame houses, and did so contract with the builders, at an average cost of $370 each. In about two years the houses were completed. In 1856, the teachers of Center Township were: Walter Benson, H. S. Barrett, Miss Watson, William Cann, G. F. Sutton, Alexan- der Britton and Stephen Broadbent. In IS59, under the amended school and township law, Jesse Reeves was the first Trustee. Cen- ter is about the size of Washington, and has ten one-room school- houses --- all frame. The present year a new house has been erected at May's. Thomas Wright is Township Trustee, and is now serv- ing his second term. His predecessor is George W. Rhodes, who also served four years. John M. Gilson preceded Rhodes.
Ripley Township .-- Many of the first settlers in Ripley Town- ship came from North Carolina. They were Friends, their fathers had settled in that State before the Constitution of the United States had been adopted, recognizing or permitting the enslave- ment of the African Race. To the institution of slavery they were not friendly, and this is probably the prime canse of their migra- tion. Into Ripley Township they came in goodly numbers and when they had prepared their cabins for their homes they immed- iately set to work to building meeting houses and school houses. About the first school in Ripley Township was taught in the Wal-
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nut Ridge log meeting house in 1826, by Joshua Pool. Micajah C. Binford, who is among the earliest settlers in this township (though not the earliest) says "that Pool taught awhile and Nathan Hill," finished the school in the early spring of 1827. Other teachers here were: Isaac White, 1828; Robert Harrison, 1831 ; Elisha Hobbs, Nathan Warrington, Thomas Moore, Anna Macy.
The first school house at Walnut Ridge was built north of where the pike now is, and the first teacher in this house was Isaac White. A pioneer school house stood on Benjamin Snyder's farm near where the roads cross just north of the present residence of John Walker; the land now belongs to John Clark's heirs. Here is a sulphur spring, and here the pioneer lads and lasses saw "their little faces reflected from its pebbled bottom." John Walker says there was a school here about 1826, taught by - Sanford. Jacob Beckner, now residing in Arlington, boarded at " Uncle Johnnie Walker's " and went to school here. Andrew Thorp was a teacher here also in 1828 or 1829. A hewn log house stood where Frank- lin's Chapel now stands; it was used for school purposes, and Levi Hill (son of Jesse) taught here in 1833. John Wesley Whiteside, a lame man and a pump-maker, and Caleb Scott, from Kentucky, taught here. A log school house was built in 1832 on Ulrich Siler's land, now Charles Henley's farm. This was northeast of Carthage. Sanford was one of the first teachers. This was not long after the schools at Walnut Ridge and Walker's, probably in 1827. Another teacher here was Charles McComis, a Justice of the Peace.
In 1827 a man named Davis taught a school on the farm now belonging to Micajah Henley. A school house stood south of the Walnut Ridge road on the east side of Blue River in a very early day. Judith M. Henley was one of the teachers. She was a lady of superior culture and education; was educated in Philadelphia; had been in charge of important schools in North Carolina. Her brother, George Mendenhall, was the preceptor of Hon. George C. Clark, of Rushville. "Aunt Juda," as she was familiarly known, exerted a most excellent influence on the lives of the young people under her care. She was the wife of Elias Henley, and the step mother of Thomas W. Henley. In 1834 she conducted a Sunday School here-one of the first Sunday Schools in Rush County- probably the year before ( 1833) Elisha Hobbs had organized one at Walnut Ridge. Andrew Thorp taught a school in a small cabin about 200 yards southwest of the home of the late Jesse Hen- ley, in 1827. On Sunday afternoons it was not uncommon to have spelling schools in the school houses, in those days. A school was taught on the farm of Samuel Brown in Section 10, Township
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15 north, Range S east. Eli Henby taught the first school, some- time in the thirties. Jeremiah Griffin taught the second and third schools. Alfred Hunt taught a school on his father's farm for $10 a month. He was obliged to go to Greenfield to be ex- amined, as the congressional school fund was the only public money to be had, and the sixteenth section of this township was in Han- cock County. He received a certificate to teach as far as "the Single Rule of Three." This was in 1844. The patrons of this school were very zealous in the cause of education, and were fre- quently at the school to encourage both teacher and pupil. The patrons furnished the wood ready for the huge fire-place. Among the pupils of this school were William Bundy, of Carthage; Will- iam S. Hill, Allen Taylor, now in Illinois: Jesse Keen, of Fort Wayne; Joseph R. Hunt; Asa, Isaac and Jesse Allison and many others.
Sarah Cox taught a school in a house on the land of Ezra Hunt in 1840. Amos Hill now owns the land. Jeremiah Griffin and Miss Margaret Hubbard taught in the Hunt school house. A log school house stood near the line between Rush and Hancock coun- ties, built in 1837. Penelope Newby was the first teacher, she taught in 1838-39. Daniel C. Hastings taught in 1839-40, Dizy Thorn- burg, Sarah Hixon, Ellen Hatfield, Allen and Jefferson Hatfield, Samuel Schooley, Joseph Hill and Daniel Adkinson, were among the early teachers here. In I851, this house was abandoned and the " Pleasant View," school was organized. In 1855, the school at Beech Valley was established and Luzena Thornburg (now re- siding in Carthage) taught the first school. She is a graduate of the Friends' College at Earlham, and a member of the first class, 1862. Joseph Overman taught school in what was known as the Barrett school house in 1838-39. This house stood on a farm, a part of which is now the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. He received $20 per month, and taught sixty-five days. He also taught a school in 1839-40. The Acres' school house stood on the township line between Ripley and Center, and John Hart taught here in 1838, and John Bussel in 1839. Other teachers were: James Foxworthy, Joseph Young, Claiburn Acres, and Alfred R. Peters, now a wealthy farmer of Union Township. At the Stin- ger's school house Harvey and William Barrett taught in I850-51. John Lindley taught in Ripley Township and at Stinger's in 1854-55. Robinson Shelton taught in a house on the Addison farm, in a very early day, and afterward taught in the hewn log house on the Stin- ger farm.
A Baptist log meeting house stood, in 1831, on the farm now belonging to Machlan Jeffries, about a mile southeast of Charlottes-
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ville. In this house were several schools taught, all colored. Among the teachers we find: Irving Jeffries, son of Walker Jeffries, Clark Vaughn and Wright Jeffries. One mile east of the above location stood another Baptist church house, on a farm now belong- ing to Betle Hill, of Carthage, which was used for school pur- poses. The teachers (colored) were Joshua and Pleasant Keen. This was in the thirties. Jordan Hays, colored, taught in the old log meeting house (Baptist), which stood on the farm then belong- ing to James D. Roberts, now to Henry Morris, in 1836-37. The first school house in this neighborhood was built on the west line of Anthony Roberts' original eighty acres, and Anthony taught the school in 1838-39. The land now belongs to Micajah Jessup. Henry Bird also taught here. This was a school for colored chil- dren. After Bishop Paul Quinn had organized the African Meth- odist Episcopal Church and the meeting house provided, Alfred and Rebecca Gordon, brother and sister, and members of the Soci- ety of Friends, conducted a school here. The house stood on the ground now occupied by the frame church, called the Mount Pleas- ant African Methodist Episcopal Church. Afterward a log school house was built on the same lot, and Wright Jeffries taught the first school in it. Among other teachers were William and Francis Roberts. Another teacher, who taught in the church house men- tioned above after the Gordons, was Pleasant McCowan, from Union Township, this county. His father owned the land now be- longing to J. T. and T. M. McMillin and Jesse Kirkpatrick, east of Ging Station. Among the efficient teachers in this township the name of Daniel Clark occupies an enviable position. He taught in Ripley Township eight years, from 1847, probably a year or two earlier, and was a very thorough teacher and popular with the peo- ple. Robert Sanford taught a school on the farm now belonging to Mrs. Festus Hall, in 1830.
Poscy Township .- A primitive school building stood on the Samuel Gordon land, immediately south of the residence of Trus- tee John M. Conaway. John Sohn now owns the land. One of the early teachers was Elder Gabriel McDuffy, well known through- out the county, as a pioneer preacher of the Christian Church. He taught here about 1833. Another teacher was John Wesley Whiteside ( 1835), who had taught also in Ripley. Whiteside was very strict in discipline. A similar house stood on the Brook- ville road, west of Arlington, on the Gordon land, now belonging to Harlan Lee. William Mears was the first teacher, about 1835; George Ewing, in 1838; Reuben Jones, 1840-41, Miss Eliza Gallaher and several others. These were the first, however. Aquilla Collins taught a school just west of William Collins, on
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the farm of Jacob Beckner, father of Jacob, of Arlington; this was in the thirties. Another teacher of this school was Newton, son of Gabriel McDuffy (the pioneer preacher). William Brunt taught in 1835, near where Eli Collins now resides. The house stood on the farm of William Collins. John Brunt taught here as early as 1827. This is one of the first schools in Posey Township. Jesse Kellum taught at this place, and there are some mature men in and about Arlington, who have a very distinct recollection of this man. An old teacher familiarly called Jimmy Morgan, was a teacher of this neighborhood. In the northwestern part of the township, near Riverside Meeting house, on the land of Josiah Small, was a log school house; the land now belongs to John B. Bentley. Among the teachers here, we find Madison Elah, of Palestine, Ambrose Cain, and Caleb Scott. John Brunt taught at what was known as the Center Church (Methodist Episcopal). Here was a camp- meeting ground, and the house was used as a school house. It ‹ stood on what is now the Stanley land. North of Arlington the old burying ground is all that is left to mark the spot, this school was more than fifty years ago, and was the scene of some mighty con- tests in spelling.
Near Beaver Meadow south of the road and just east John Campbell taught in 1837-38. Drury Holt, another pioneer preacher in the Christian Church, taught in a small school house on his farm in Ripley Township, now Posey, in 1838. He taught several other schools in this neighborhood. Miss Elsie Swain taught in a cabin on the Johathan Ball farm, now belonging to Mrs. Carrie Ball. She began in 1835, and taught several schools here. She afterward married Henry Leisure. Augustus Porter taught just west of Hannegan Church, in a round log house in 1840. Samuel Bu- chanan and Mrs. Elsie Leisure, nee Swain, also taught here, and Isaac Osborn. William Fitzpatrick came to this school house one day with blood in his eye, and because his (Fitzpatrick's) brother had been punished at school, proceeded to chastise the teacher most unmercifully. He used a rod of the regulation order. It is said that the pupils were so badly frightened that they disappeared through the paper windows. Cyrus Ball was one of the pupils. Richard M. Clark, brother of John W. and George C. Clark, be- gan a school in 1836, in a cabin on the land of John Guard, and died before the term expired. Jesse Shelton now owns the land. John Wood taught in a cabin which stood close to where John W. Clark resides, in 1837. Afterward the log house was built south about forty rods, and among the early teachers were: Jethro Folger, Eliza W. Clark, Lot Wright, Reuben Macy and John W. Clark, two terms. The three frame school houses in Posey, known as
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No's one, two and three, originally belonged to Ripley Township, the south line of Ripley being formerly two miles further south than now; these three houses were built by Henry Henley, Trustee of Ripley. Drury Holt taught in a very early time in a cabin in the center of Section 8, Range 9, near the southeast corner of Cyrus Ball's farm, this was in the twenties. Henry Glendenning was one of his pupils, also the Moore brothers.
Levi Burt taught school in Arlington in 1835, in a house which stood on the north side of the street, west of the branch. Willis Storms now owns the lot, and part of his residence is this old school house. This was the first school in Arlington. Will- iam Westlich, a . Methodist preacher, taught a school in 1836, in the log meeting house, which stood on the corner of the grave- yard, opposite Mazur's store. This old building has long since been demolished. James Kennedy taught in a cabin which stood on the northwest corner of what is now the public school yard, as early as 1837-38. The Noble Junkin school house stood at the graveyard near where Gus Williams now resides. James Mor- gan, John Walker and Alfred Plew taught here in the forties. Eliza W. Clark taught in this house and boarded at Jesse Morgan's. She was a sister of George C. Clark, of Rushville. A fine four- room brick school building is now one of Arlington's attractive buildings. It was built in 1884, by Trustee John F. Price. Eli Collins is now serving the second year as Principal. He is assisted by Misses Minnie Lowden and Della Johnston. Other teachers in the township in the last few years are: W. A. Hall, Frank English, Samuel L. Innis, James and Thomas Alender, Anderson Gardner, Frank Young, - Sisson, H. C. Pitts, D. O. Lowden, Frank Downey, Kate Glass, Hattie Downey, John Glass, Mattie Eaton, Rhoda Gary, Gussie Iles, Morton Clark, Laura Clark, now Mrs. Morris, M. D. Michael, Lot Hufford and wife, J. P. Kuntz, Lulu Robinson and others. Trustee J. M. Conaway has this year erected a fine brick school house, and consolidated two districts, two and five. This house stands about two miles north of Arlington.
Jackson Township .- A frame house was built just across the line from Hannegan meeting house, and James Van Camp taught the first school. Other teachers were Dr. Bulard and James Hunt, about 1845. Pryor Rigdon, in 1845, taught half a mile south of Occident, on the Porter land. Other teachers were: Goble, Roland Haywood, Isaac Osborn. A log house stood at the cross roads east of William Powels', Judge Andrews taught here. E. C. Powell taught in this house in 1838. Other teachers were: John Wood, James Downey in 1830, Wallace, 1836; Lawyer Will- iam Cassady, now of Rushville, taught here with eminent success
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in 1842. Among Mr. Cassady's pupils at this school were Lewis J. Newhouse and Thomas Meredith. James M. Caldwell, well known in Rushville and Jackson townships, taught in this house in an early day, probably about 1840. Probably the first school house in Jackson Township stood on the bank of Mud Creek, west side of the road near the old graveyard. E. C. Powell was one of the early teachers. A log school house once stood where Boon Gil- son's house now stands, and among the early teachers there, were: Alex Brown who taught in 1834. He was an excellent teacher and loved by all, he was compelled to give up his school and died soon after. Dr. Robert Moffett, a brother of Dr. John Moffett's father, taught the next school here. William Moffett, an early settler in Jackson Township, taught school in several neighborhoods. He was the father of Dr. Moffett, now in Rushville. Other teachers at the Gilson house were: John Griffith, a Miss Barwick, McCul- lough, Dr. John Moffett, 1842-43, W. C. Mauzy, 1845-46.
William Moffett taught in a cabin on his own land in 1825: the cabin was about 100 feet north of the old homestead. He con- ducted a Sunday School here in the same year. On the land of William Moffett, there was subsequently erected a log house, es- pecially for school purposes; the land on which this house stood, now belongs to Mrs. Foutz and Mrs. Harris, daughters of Mr. Moffett, of whom we are writing. James K. Check, from Paris, Kentucky, taught here in 1830. He taught one school here a continuous term of eighteen months. John Lewark was another of the pioneer teachers here: another teacher's name was Rhodes. East of D. C. Norris', near Flat Rock, was a school taught by Mr. Goble along in the thirties. William Moffett taught several terms of school, for which he never received a cent of money. He was not very robust, and he would teach school for his neighbors, and the neighbors would clear his land. Thus it was the pioneers assisted one another. A school house stood at the cross roads west of Benjamin Kendal's in an early day. Larkin Kendal taught the school for eight and a third dollars a month, and boarded himself; this was about 1839-40. Ezekiel Hinton taught here two winters, and James Adams was one of the early teachers. James Martin taught school in a cabin southeast of where IIamilton Station now is, or about thirty rods, in 1837; Dennis Fitzgerald now lives in the house. James Martin also taught in a house which stood east of William David's residence. Another teacher here was Horatio Alley. John Gorman now lives where a school house once stood. Stephen Wilson taught here in 1839. Lon H. Carr taught in Jackson Township in the winter of 1857-58, and was Town Clerk of Rushville when the new school building was erected.
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Union Township .- North of Hon. A. M. Kennedy's present residence on or near Ben Davis' Creek, in Union Township, was a school as early as 1822 or '23. The authority for this was the late John Nipp, who settled, March, 1821, on the farm now belonging to Dr. Smith. Cornelius Howard was the teacher. John Lewark, grandfather of Mart Lewark, taught here also. Clark Kitchen taught in a pioneer school house which stood on the east part of the late Joseph Hinchman's farm, taught here before 1833. James Matthews taught here. He was a professional teacher and taught many years with eminent success. He taught a school not quite half a mile east of Dr. John Arnold's farm home, in 1833. The school was in a log cabin, and this is probably the only school taught here. He treated his pupils in a rather odd way. He pur- chased a large amount of calico, gave each girl enough for an apron, and each boy enough for a vest, and himself covered from head to foot with a gown of the same material and marching at the head of the school no doubt presented a rather unique appearance. He furnished the music by blowing on a paw-paw leaf. He also treated to sweetened vinegar and ginger cake.
In 1829-30, James Matthews taught in a school house which he helped to build on the land of Wills Buzan, now belonging to Will- iam C. Austin. This was the first house in the neighborhood, and the district comprised a large territory. James Hinchman, Thomas Duncan and Wills Buzan were the District Trustees. The con- gressional school fund, when it was distributed, yielded this district the enormous sum of $14. Other teachers here we name: Judson
Wisner, Dunn, Thomas Lynch, John Lewark, Thomas Ellis, Edwin Elder (taught in Washington Township), Damel Gary, a Universalist preacher, and very fond of scriptural controversies, and E. H. M. Berry. Of course there were many later teachers, but it is not the object of this chapter to name every person who has taught in the schools of Rush County. The log school house gave way to the frame house, and several of the last named teach- ers taught in the frame. The first house had no floor except the ground for two or three years. Along in the forties, Nathan Thomas, Vincent Hinchman and Jacob Blackledge taught here. While the latter was teaching, a short time before his school was out, the house was burned down.
The present Hinchman school house was built about IS51 on the old site, and afterward removed to the spot which it now occu- pies. The Lewark school house stood east of the Kennedy bridge about half a mile, and near the corner just south of Emmett Kennedy's county seat. John Lewark taught here: later were, Washington Duncan, Richard Rowland, John Davis (before 1845), John Grif-
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fith, William and John Street, and Alfred Joloff. This school house was called the Rowland house, also. A school was taught in the log meeting house (Baptist), which stood near where the Hinchman burying ground now is; this was as early as IS26 or 1827. James Matthews taught here. Here was neither fire place nor chimney, but a hole in the floor plastered with mud, into which charcoal was piled, and this burning, made a bed of coals which furnished sufficient heat; this house was the place of some well contested spelling matches between the schools of this and adjoin- ing neighborhoods. James Minor, in 1826-27, taught in the school house which stood on the bank of Mark Creek, on the land of Thomas Bracken, now belonging to John Looney, Sr. James Fairley (father of John Fairley, of Rushville), taught here. On Christmas he treated his pupils to whisky and maple sugar. This was after a conflict of authority between the pupils and teacher. It is probable that John Lewark taught here also, but this is hardly so well estab- lished as the other facts connected with the school. A school house stood on the northeast corner of the Van Dyke land. It was agreed that when this house shall have remained idle for two years it should revert to the Van Dyke estate. Dr. Helm now owns the land; the house stood almost due east from the present residence of Alfred Wilson. James Fairley taught here in 1828; after this was George Myers (son of Henry Myers), and Miss Kinett; this old school house is a part of the tenant house by the present Black- ledge school house, on the farm now belonging to John Hinchman.
A log church and school house stood at the Alger graveyard, and schools were taught here as early as 1825. Reuben Logan, the well known jurist, taught here in 1830-32. A school house stood on the northwest corner of William Fox's farm fifty-seven years ago. There is no information at hand regarding the teachers here. At the west end of the bridge which crosses Flat Rock, . just a short distance northwest of Plum Creek Church, was a school house on the Newkirk land. Joel Carson now owns the land. Pryor Rigdon taught here in 1834-35. The Mock school was well known in an early day, and large schools were taught here. Among the teachers were: Robert Gordon, 1840, Huse Prine, William Priest, Samuel Gray, John Duncan, Low, Clark Kitchen, brother of the late Lewis Kitchen, of Rushville.
He was locked out on Christmas as was the custom almost univer- sally; instead of a conflict with the pupils he went home, shelled some corn and went to mill. Other teachers here were: Levi Bus- sell, 1839, Josiah Thrasher, 1840, and David Lane. Garrett Cru- zan taught in a double cabin on the land now belonging to Lawrence Ging, just west of the house about 200 yards; this was in 1831.
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The measles broke up the school. This was the first school in this neighborhood. James Bussell went to school here. Sarah Gifford taught in a cabin which stood on the west part of the farm now belonging to James Bussel. Robert Dunn, now of Rushville, went to school here; this was fifty-two years ago. A school house stood northeast of Griffin Station, and William Mauzy, now of Rushville, taught the school. Peter Newhouse taught in a cabin south of A. M. Kennedy's, about one-quarter mile, in 1830. The Furry school house, or Stringtown, as it was sometimes called, stood north of where Solomon Furry now resides, on the line between Michael Furry and John Muller. It was in a thick underbrush of spice and paw-paw bushes, and was built in 1833-34. James Matthews taught the first school in 1834-35. Other teachers were: Peter Newhouse, John Smiley, John Gray (brother of George and James), John Cantley, William Street, William Curry, Reuben and John Riley, Joseph King (afterward a Representative in the Leg- islature from Johnson County), Harvey Nutting, Levi Bussel and Huston. Ebenezer Smith, one of the best known citizens in our county, and father of seven boys who taught in the schools of our county with credit, taught at the Stringtown school house in "those other days." What was known as the Abernathy school house stood just south of the present No. I, in this township, on the south side of the road. Among the first teachers here were: Jud- son Wisner, 1847, Cynthia Ann Sangston, 1848, Wood Clemmons, Mary Jane Rush, Hiram Hall, Gerry Longfellow, from Delaware. John T. McMillin now has the old Abernathy school house in which he and his wife went to school. It is his shop. David Priest taught in a cabin which stood on the south end of the Waller farm, called the Hittle cabin. George T. Moffett now lives on the farm. Har- vey Nutting taught in the old Ben Davis' Creek frame church in . 1848-49.
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