COLLEGE HILL SCHOOL
(also known as Pop Gun School)
Kinmundy Township, Marion County, Illinois
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Teachers from COLLEGE HILL SCHOOL District #23 (Kinmundy township)
(also known as Pop Gun School)
(According to "The Kinmundy Express" on Oct. 11, 1951, an article was included about the original records of the local school districts, the districts were established in 1872. In the first records available from 1877, it states that in Kinmundy twp., College Hill/Pop Gun School was originally district #3, and was later changed to district #23.)
(Fall 1877) Betty Howell ($16)
(1878) Lucy J. Dew ($21)
(1903-04) Daisy Walton ($25)
(1905-06) Miss Ethel George
(1918-19) no school
(1920-21) Bertha Jackson
(1921-22) Vera Morris (she later was Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey)
(1922-23) Mrs. Bertha Jackson
(1923-24) Vera L. Morris
(1924-25) Pearle Arnold
(1926-27) W.L. Green
(1927-28)
(1928-29) No school
(1930-31) John Monical
(1931-32) No school
(1932-33) No school
(1933-34) No school
(1934-35) No School
(1939-40) no school
(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, and Marion County school directories.)
College Hill (Pop Gun) School District No. 23
Kinmundy Township
This school was located six miles northwest of Kinmundy. An 1892 school picture in the file indicates that the school was later called Pop Gun, but there is no explanation as to why.
Teachers:
Mabel Lacey - 1892
Jennie McCastle of Salem
Annette Grey of Tonti
Ethel (George) Malinsky - 1905
Lem Ballance
Blance Nichols of Alma
Bertha Jackson of Kinmundy
Pearl Jackson
Hannah Robb
John Vancil of Goreville
Joy Vandeveer
Older residents in the district:
William Henry Ford, Calvin Ford (his father), Rev. John H. Balance, John Goodrich Ford, Charles Ford, ____ Metzger, James R. Jones, James C. Jones, William Morris, Henry Warren, Luther Barnes, _____ Harkie
This school closed about 1931 due to lack of pupils.
Footprints in Marion County - Marion Co. IL Genealogical & Historical Society
Vol. VI; Summer 1981; No. 1; P. 54
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Year |
Names of Trustees (Town 4, Range 3) |
Names of Directors at College Hill School (#23) |
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1877-1878 |
I.W. Robb, Richard E. Shelton, William R. Hubbard |
J.E. Jones, Jesse Morris, G.B. Morgan |
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1915-1916 |
C.W. Hanna, H.W. See Jr., J.R. Jones; R.C. Robb - Twp. Treas. |
John A. Holt, J. Lem Ballance, W. Earl Morris |
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1918-1919 |
J.R. Jones President; C.W. Hanna Clerk; W.H. Gray; R.C. Robb Treasurer |
John A. Holt, J. Lem Ballance, G.T. Ballance |
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1920-1921 |
W.H. Gray President; J.E. Craig Clerk; C.W. Hanna; R.C. Robb Treasurer |
Henry Jackson, G.T. Ballance, Wm. Morris |
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1922-1923 |
C.W. Hanna President; J.E. Craig Clerk; J.A. Baylis; F.E. Jones Treasurer |
Henry Jackson, G.T. Ballance, Wm. Morris |
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1923-1924 |
J.E. Craig President; J.A. Baylis Clerk; S. Jones; F.E. Jones Treasurer |
Henry Jackson, G.T. Ballance, Wm. Morris |
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1926-1927 |
J.A. Baylis President; I.D. Ingram Clerk; S.W. Jones; F.E. Jones - Treasurer |
Wm. Morris, G. Tom Ballance, Hall Feather |
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1928-1929 |
J.E. Craig President; J.A. Baylis, S.W. Jones, F.E. Jones Treasurer |
Wm. Morris, G. Tom Ballance, R.H. Feather |
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1930-1931 |
J.E. Craig President, J.A. Baylis, S.W. Jones, F.E. Jones - Treasurer |
Wm. Morris, G. Tom Ballance, R.H. Feather |
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1931-1932 |
J.E. Craig, J.A. Baylis, S.W. Jones; F.E. Jones Treas. |
Williams Morris, G. Tom Ballance, George Cole |
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1932-1933 |
S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, J.A. Baylis; F.E. Jones Treas. |
G. Tom Balance, George Cole |
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1933-1934 |
S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, W.F. Harvey; F.E. Jones Treas. |
Geo. Cole, G. Tom Ballance, Wm. Swift |
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1934-1935 |
S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, W.F. Harvey, F.E. Jones Treas. |
Geo. Cole, G. Tom Ballance, Chas. Ford |
(The above information was gathered from Marion County school directories.)
College Hill School (located six miles northwest of Kinmundy; Kinmundy Twp., Marion Co., IL. Feb. 9, 1892
(The school was later known as Pop Gun.)
Back Row: John G. Ford, Jim Jones, Gene Ford, Will Ford, and Rae Holt.
Second Row: Jesse Morris, Anna Metzger, Mabel Lacey, Mary Morris, Lou Warren, and Frank Jones.
Front Row: Lem Ballance, Ira Morris, Effie (Jackson) Doolen Robb, Earl Morris, Cora Jackson, Lou Harkie and Victor Berger.
College Hill School (Popgun School) - located six miles northwest of Kinmundy; Kinmundy Twp., Marion Co., IL - 1921
Back Row: C. Otto Bassett, Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey - teacher, Lora Bassett, and George Feather
Front Row: Richard Feather, Opal Barnes, Loren Barnes, and James Bassett
College Hill School (Pop Gun School) - located six miles northwest of Kinmundy; Kinmundy Twp., Marion Co., IL - 1924-25
Teacher Miss Pearle Arnold
Back Row: Dick Feather, Opal (Barnes) Cooper Brown, Loren Barnes, George Feather
Front Row: Wayne Barnes, Dale Ballance, Eugene Reese, William Jones
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