Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . northeast quarter of Section 36, whichis valued at $300. Organized in 1852, DistrictNo. 8 erected a house during the followingyear; the present building on Section 34 wasput up in 1837, costing $1,200. In 1863 aschool-house for District No. 9 was erected onSection 30. Blandinsville Township (7 N., 4 W.).—Thetownship is about equally divided between prai-rie and timber lands, and in material wealth isthird in the county. It has one brick and nineframe buildings, with 29 teachers whose sal-aries amount to $4,663. The persons of schoolage in the township
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . northeast quarter of Section 36, whichis valued at $300. Organized in 1852, DistrictNo. 8 erected a house during the followingyear; the present building on Section 34 wasput up in 1837, costing $1,200. In 1863 aschool-house for District No. 9 was erected onSection 30. Blandinsville Township (7 N., 4 W.).—Thetownship is about equally divided between prai-rie and timber lands, and in material wealth isthird in the county. It has one brick and nineframe buildings, with 29 teachers whose sal-aries amount to $4,663. The persons of schoolage in the township number 534 males and 564females. District No. 1 school is located on the south-east corner of Section 2; erected in 1872 at acost of $750. The building of No. 2. on thenortheast quarter of Section 7. cost $300. Dis-trict No. 3 has a school-house on Section 18,and District No. 4 on Section 21—the latterbeing built in 1858 for $600. No. 5, on Sec-tion 36, was erected in 1876 at cost of $ No. 6 Includes the town of Blandins-. tp^^C4t^ ^C^-^t^ y [IISTORY nv McDOXorCiH C(K.\TV. 693 ville, and its handsome school-house is worth$10,000. No. 7 school building is located inHire Township. District No. 8 has a house onSection 23, and District No. 9, on Section 29,each costing $300. The school property in Dis-trict .\o. 10 cost $300. The school-housein District No. 11 was moved to its present site,southeast corner of Section 4, in 1S64. M.\C()MH City Ptmnc Schools.—Grant School,which is situated in the First Ward between?lohnson and McArthur Streets, Macomb, waserected in 1S94. While not as artistic as someof the other buildings, it is convenient forschool purposes. All grades except the fifthare taught here. Ida M. Bonwell is Principal;Winifred Comer, Nellie B. Elwell, Edna Bar-rett and Estella Payne, teachers. The last en-rollment showed 132 scholars. Lincoln School is in the Second Ward, onCalhoun between Dudley and Madison original building was burned some
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