Young School

Kinmundy Historical Society

YOUNG SCHOOL

Meacham Township, Marion County, Illinois

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Teachers from YOUNG SCHOOL – District #19 (Meacham twp.)

(listed in Kinmundy twp. in several of the Marion Co. School directories)

(1903-04) Fredereka Steuber ($30)

(1904-05) Miss Longnecker

(1909-10) Maud Baylis

March 2, 1916: Young School, a country school located 3 miles southeast of Kinmundy, burned on Friday

(1915-16) Mary E. (Conant) Reese

(1916-17) Orville Fyke

July 12, 1917: Some gypsies who were camping out at Young School House were arrested for stealing chickens.

(1918-19) Anna Marlow

(1920-21) Herma Hamilton

(1922-23) Gladys Brown

(1923-24) Lela Swift

(1926-27) Eugene Kline

(1928-29) Rhea Hill

(1930-31) Anna Marlow

(1931-32) Anna Marlow

(1932-33) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1933-34) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1934-35) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1935-36) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1936-37) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1937-38) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1938-39) Mrs. Bertha See

(1939) Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson?

(1939-40) Mrs. Bertha See

(1940-41) W.L. Green

(1941-42) Mrs. Alice Hanna

(1942-43) No School

(1943-44) Eva Soldner

(1944-45) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1945-46) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1946-47) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1947-48) Miss Velma E. Edwards (married Kenneth Wilkinson in 1948)

(Nov. 20, 1947) The one-room school house of School District No. 19, known as the Young School, was completely destroyed by fire Monday evening

March 11, 1948: Miss Velma Edwards married Kenneth Wilkinson. She is at present teaching the Young School in her own home since the building burned

Sept. 2, 1948: The country district of Young is not having school this year, and are sending the students to Kinmundy.

Aug. 30, 1951: The Kinmundy Grade School district No. 25 was enlarged considerably yesterday when Miss Margaret West,

County Superintendent of Schools, dissolved districts 19 (Young), 21 (Sherman), 22 (Shanghai), and 26 (Meadow Branch).

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, Marion County School Directories, One Room Schoolhouse Memorial in Salem, IL and information from those who had attended school there.)

Young School (District No. 19)

Located in Meacham Township where Armstrong Rd. T’s into Sullivan Rd.

1906 – 1915

Directors: Billy Maxey, James Perry, Wm Whittenburg

Teachers: Rose (Lovell) Whittenburg, Mary (Shepard) Harrell, Claude Wilkinson, Grace (Hocker) Davis, Carrol Kell, Burly Swalley, Etta (Spencer) Robb, Grace (Tate) Holman

1915 Mary (Conant) Reese

It was during this term the school burned down and the reaminder of the term was taught in Dell Wilkinson’s house close by.

Names of families attending: Potter, Cockrell, Maxey, Whittenburg, Perry, Schulley, Engelbretch, Wilkinson, Coughlin, Corrnell, Hubert, Davis, Wright, Speller, Cox, Soldner, Lane, Maxey, Harper, Diss, Farrel, and Johnston

1916 – 1948

School was burned down but was built back and school started again the next fall 1916.

Directors: Ellis Wilkinson, Herman Soldner, Earl Lane, Robert Maxey

Teachers: Orville Fyke, Alice (Gaston) Hanna, Anna (Engelbretch) Marlow, Eva (Wyatt) Soldner, Bertha (Rose) See, Bill Green

1947-48 - Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson

School burned down again during this term and wasn’t built back this time. The school term was finished up in Velma Edwards home [up on the Nick Kline hill] about three quarters of a mile up the road.

Young School – Meacham twp – District 19

Teachers 1906-1915

Rose (Lovell) Whittenburg

Mary (Shepard) Harrell

Claude Wilkinson

Grace (Hocker) Davis

Carrol Kell

Burly Swalley

Etta (Spencer) Robb

Grace (Tate) Holman

Mary (Conant) Reese

Directors

Billy Maxey

James Perry

Wm. Whittenburg

During 1915, when Mary Conant Reese was teaching, the school burned down and the remainder of the term was taught in Della Wilkinson’s home near by. School burned, but was rebuilt, and school started again the next fall, in 1916.

Teachers Directors

Orville Fyke Ellis Wilkinson

Alice (Gaston) Hanna Herman Soldner

Anna (Engelbrecht) Marlow Earl Lane

Herma (Hamilton) Lane Robt. Maxey

Eva (Wyatt) Soldner

Bertha (Rose) See

Bill Green

Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson

In 1939 the school burned down again and this term was finished up in Velma Wilkinson’s home (up on the Nick Kline’s hill) about three-quarters of a mile from the school. The school wasn’t built back this time, and the Kinmundy School bus came by and picked up the children and took them to the Kinmundy School.

Names of families going to Young School included Potter, Cockrell, Maxey, Whittenburg, Perry, Schully, Engelbrecht, Wilkinson, Coughlin, Cornell, Hurbert, Davis, Wright, Speller, Cox, Soldner, Lane, Maxey, Harper, Diss, Farrel, Johnston, Gentry.

Other families: Beard, Wilson, See, Smith, Armstrong, McClure

(One Room School Memorial – Archives - Salem, IL)

Year

Names of Trustees

Names of Directors at Young School (#19)

1915-1916

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

C.W. Hanna, H.W. See Jr., J.R. Jones;

R.C. Robb - Twp. Treas.

E.A. Wilkinson, W.H. Maxey, J.J. Davis

1918-1919

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

J.R. Jones – President; C.W. Hanna – Clerk; W.H. Gray;

R.C. Robb – Treasurer

Clabe Cockrell, Noah Marlow, J.A. Perry

1920-1921

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

W.H. Gray – President; J.E. Craig – Clerk; C.W. Hanna;

R.C. Robb – Treasurer

J.A. Perry, Noah Marlow, J.W. Whittenburg

1922-1923

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

C.W. Hanna – President; J.E. Craig – Clerk; J.A. Baylis;

F.E. Jones – Treasurer

Noah Marlow, Robt. F. Maxey, Ellis A. Wilkinson

1923-1924

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

J.E. Craig – President; J.A. Baylis – Clerk; S. Jones;

F.E. Jones – Treasurer

Robt. F. Maxey, Ellis Wilkinson, John B. Robb

1926-1927

Listed with Meacham twp:

Fred Holzhausen – President; J.N. Jones – Clerk;

J.F. Britton; E.E. Brown – Treasurer

O.R. Diss, R.F. Maxey, Ellis Wilkinson

1928-1929

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

J.E. Craig – President; J.A. Baylis, S.W. Jones,

F.E. Jones – Treasurer

Orville Diss, Ellis Wilkinson, J.W. Whittenberg

1930-1931

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

J.E. Craig – President, J.A. Baylis, S.W. Jones,

F.E. Jones - Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson, Earl Lane, O.R. Diss

1931-1932

Listed with Meacham twp:

David Courson; Chas. Mangner; E.A. Merritt;

E.E. Brown - Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson, O.R. Diss, Earl Lane

1932-1933

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, J.A. Baylis; F.E. Jones – Treas.

O.R. Diss, Ellis Wilkinson, Earl Lane

1933-1934

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, W.F. Harvey;

F.E. Jones – Treas.

O.R. Diss, Earl Lane, Ellis Wilkinson

1934-1935

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

S.W. Jones, J.E. Craig, W.F. Harvey, F.E. Jones – Treas.

Earl Lane, Ellis Wilkinson, W.E. Harper

1935-1936

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

S.W. Jones – President; J.E. Craig; W.F. Harvey;

F.E. Jones – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1936-1937

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

S.W. Jones – President; J.E. Craig; W.F. Harvey;

F.E. Jones – Twp. Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1937-1938

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

W.F. Harvey – President; Geo. Cole; Frank Johnson;

F.E. Jones – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

H.G. Soldner

1938-1939

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

W.F. Harvey – President; Frank Johnston, Geo. Cole;

J. Norris Vallow – Twp. Treas.

Earl Lane – President; H.C. Soldner – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1939-1940

Listed with Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; George Cole,

William R. Doolen; J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treas.

Herman G. Soldner – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1940-1941

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; George Cole,

W.R. Doolen; J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treas.

Herman G. Soldner – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

Earl Lane

1941-1942

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; W.R. Doolen;

J.N. Vallow - Treasurer

Herman G. Soldner – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1942-1943

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; W.R. Doolen;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1943-1944

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; W.R. Doolen; J. Fletcher Cole;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Herman G. Soldner – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1944-1945

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; W.R. Doolen; J. Fletcher Cole;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1945-1946

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; Fletcher Cole; G.C. Doolen;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1946-1947

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; Fletcher Cole; G.C. Doolen;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Herman Soldner – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1947-1948

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; G.C. Doolen; Dwight Ingram;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1948-1949

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

Frank Johnson – President; G.C. Doolen; Dwight Ingram;

J.N. Vallow – Twp. Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Ellis Wilkinson – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

1949-1950

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

G.C.. Doolen – President; Dwight Ingram; T.A. McCulley;

J.N. Vallow – Treasurer

Earl Lane – President; Herman Soldner – Clerk;

Ellis Wilkinson

1950-1951

Listed in Kinmundy twp:

G.C.. Doolen – President; Dwight Ingram; T.A. McCulley;

J.N. Vallow – Treasurer

Ellis Wilkinson – President; Earl Lane – Clerk;

Herman Soldner

(The above information was gathered from Marion County school directories.)

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; Nov. 19, 1907 - Teacher - Mary (Shepard) Harrell

Back row - third from right side is the teacher, Mary (Shepard) Harrell

Second row - last person on the right is Nellie Mabel (Maxey) Spencer (aged 16).

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; This school was rebuilt in 1916 after it was destroyed by fire

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; 1916 fire

"The Kinmundy Express" - March 2, 1916

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; 1918

Raymond Wright, Nellie Johnston, Kenneth Wilkinson

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; ca 1926

Back row: __________ Kenneth Wilkinson, Anna (Engelbsetch) Marlow, Phyllis (Lane) See, __________, __________

Front row: _________, __________, Robert Lane, ________, Paul Lane, __________, _________

“The Kinmundy Express” - Nov. 20, 1947: “Young School Destroyed by Fire Monday Evening”

"The one-room school house of School District No. 19, known as the Young School, was completely destroyed by fire Monday evening. The Kinmundy Fire Department was called by the building was too far gone to do any good at all. The teacher, Mrs. Velma Edwards, has 13 pupils, and Mr. Earl Lane, one of the directors who happened to be there to get his small daughter, left the schoolhouse at 4 o’clock. The fire in the furnace had been banked for the night as per usual. Thirty minutes later, neighbors discovered smoke pouring from the attic and in just a few seconds, flames began to leap from the roof. Just what really caused the fire, no one will ever know. But it is presumed that possibly an overheated stove pipe was the cause. The neighbors say this because just one day last week, the overheated pipe caused the building to catch fire around the flue during school hours. The fire was quickly extinguished. The building had been wired for electricity, and the wires from the poles were strung just last Friday. But as yet, no electricity has been turned on. So it couldn’t have been defective wiring. This building was built in the summer of 1916 after the former building was burned. So this is the second fire this district has suffered. The building was partially covered by insurance. The directors of the district held a short meeting directly after the fire and declared a school holiday of one week until they can make arrangements to get school started again or get the pupils in school somewhere."

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson - teacher - 1947-48

Back Row: Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson - teacher; Ralph Perry, Billy Johnston, Nancy (Beard) Baker, Henry Edwards, Jr.,

Front Row: Herman Perry, Dale Smith, Farrell Armstrong, Patricia Wilson, Leon Perry, Loraine Wilson, Ronald Beard, Barbara (Lane) Ball.

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; Velma (Edwards) Wilkinson - teacher - 1947-48