"History of Freeborn County", 1882
Freeborn Twp. School Histories
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The territory of Freeborn is divided, for educational purposes, into five school districts, with numbers and locations of houses as follows; No. 11, with schoolhouse in section four; No. 12, in section twenty-three; No. 13, in Freeborn village; No. 98, in section one; No. 101, in section twenty-eight. The districts are all in good condition, and under careful management, having good buildings and moderate attendance. A short sketch of the various districts is herewith presented:
DISTRICT No. 11.—Effected the first organiza¬tion in the township in 1857, and school was first held in a house 12x14, in section three, taught by Miss Normand Olin, to an attendance of about twelve scholars. In 1860 a schoolhouse was constructed in section three, size 20x24 feet, at a cost of $350, and in this school is still held, although in 1874 it was removed to the eastern part of section four, remodeled and partly rebuilt at a cost of $400.
DISTRICT No. 12.—It is claimed that this educational subdivision did not arrive to the dignity of an organization until 1865, and soon afterward a building was purchased for §50 to be used for school purposes. The first school was taught by Miss Minnie Caswell with an attendance of twelve pupils. In 1870, the school edifice now in use was constructed at a cost of about $400, size 16x20 feet. The last term of school was instructed by Miss Nellie Scott, there being an attendance of twenty-eight pupils. The schoolhouse is located in the northeastern corner of section twenty-three.
DISTRICT No. 13.This is the district embracing the village of Freeborn and immediately sur¬rounding country. The organization was effected in 1858, and the first term of school was held at the private residence of E. S. Dunn, on the site of the present village, shortly afterward being taught by Mr. Joel Southwick, with an attendance of ten scholars. The school was held in private houses for about two years when a little shanty twelve feet square was erected, costing about $20, and three years later another school building was sub¬stituted, size 20x30 feet, at a cost of $700. In 1876, the latter structure was dispensed with and the present neat and commodious schoolhouse was built at a cost of $1,500, size 30x40 feet, two stories high, and the finest schoolhouse in the township. The district has lately been organized into a graded school, employing two teachers, and is one of the most effectual educational mediums in the county. George Latin was the last principal, and the average attendance amounted to about sixty.
DISTRICT No. 98.—Effected an organization in 1872. The first school was taught by Mrs. Mattie B. Frisby in the residence of E. D. Burdick in section one. with an attendance of twelve pupils. In 1873. the schoolhouse was erected in the southwestern part of section one, size 16x24 feet, at a cost of $350. The last term was taught by Miss Ellen Roland.
DISTRICT No. 101.—This district effected an organization in the spring of 1876, and the same year erected their schoolhouse in section twenty-eight, size 18x22 feet, at a cost of $450. The first teacher was Miss Emily Blighton. with an attendance of ten scholars. The last teacher was Miss Abby Chase, to an attendance of nine.
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