White County An Early Leader In Education
White County earned a leading role in schooling from 1784 incentives through Section 16 land grants. Early subscription schools began around 1811 in Big Prairie, with crude school houses, open fires, mud chimneys, and shared desks. Pupils toed the mark for reading and arithmetic while spelling schools and night singing events unified frontier communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White County
Illinois
Northwest Territory
Hiineis
Orlando Burrell
Carmi
James Ratcliff
Big Prairie
George Crabb
Pike
Cabolls
Smiley
Adams
McGuffey
Smith
Murray
Kirkham
Websters
Enfield
Commission Form Of Government Officials Listed 1877 1882
Historical roster shows commission members by year from 1877 to 1882 across towns Carmi Gray Heralds Prairie Burnt Prairie Enfield Hawthorne Indian Creek Mill Shoals Emma and related figures. Names include G W Webb Christian Cook Leonard Pyle T S Barnes Alexander Williams J P Stilwell James Finch W H Robinson Emma J M Jackson J W Armstrong and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
John W. Armstrong
James Finch
Phillips
Alexander L. Garrison
Alexander Williams
Emma
Thomas Randolph
Burnt Prairie
Wm. H. Robinson
Mill Shoals
John Land
Hawthorne
G. W. Webb
Daniel Charles
Elvis Stinnett
J. P. Stilwell
Wm. M. Funkhouse
Carmi
Leonard Pyle
Heralds Prairie
W. H. Robinson
Isaac FE. Brown
M.A. Miller
Enfield
T. S. Barnes
Indian Creek
Wm. M. Funkhouser
Samuel Goodman
D. C. Davenport
George L. Allen Hawthorne
William M. Funkhouser
Joseph Hunsinger
Frank J. Foster
Christian Cook
Jonathan L. Dagsey
Isaac E. Brown
Mark A. Miller
William H. Gilbert
Jacob E. Ziegler
Joseph Pfister
George L. Allen
Jonathan B. Dagley
M. A. Miller
Geo. W
J. M. Hon
Geo. L. Allen
John M. Simpson
Benj. F. Reeves
Jacob C. Ziegler
J. Press Newman
Geo. W. Nicks
John Epley
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W. A. Miller
Asst
Richard Travis
DIY
Teachers Institute
Bent Fuller
Commission
DIAL
MR. and
Mrs. W. A. Gann
Cabana Motel
Fred and
Helen McGuire
W. Stewart
West Sain Street
Myers Home Service
North
Carri
ROW IN Corporation
Carm
Dean's Flowerland
East Main
Complete Auto Services
Atlas Tires and Batteries
People
Duckworth
Standard Service
Carmi, Illinois
Whit. Com
Grandpa
Raymond Haley
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