Deb, can you provide more indepth information on each of the independant school districts to put on the Iowa Ghost towns site. www.iowaghosttowns.com Mel [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 9:13 AM Subject: [IASCOTT] Six Independent Schools > Chapter 35 cont. > > SIX INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS > > In the latter '50s within the present limits of the Independent district > of > the city of Davenport, there were six schools, none of them occupying the > sites > on which their successors the present schools are located. These were in > independent districts, each having its own board of directors, each > managing its > own financial affairs, and providing for its own expenses independently of > the > others. This condition continued until 1858, when a change in the school > law > of the state made consolidation and the support of the schools by general > taxation possible. May 5, 1858, pursuant to previous notice a public > meeting was > held at the courthouse at which these six districts of Davenport township > Nos. 10, 2, 7, 17, 5 and 11, were formed into one district, each > subdistrict > having its representative board member and the officers of the combined > district > being chosen by the electors at large. On this same day at this meeting, > an > election was held at which Dr. A. S. Maxwell was elected president; T. D. > Egal, > vice president; J. R. Johnson, secretary, and George H. French, treasurer. > > In this consolidation district No. 10 became subdistrict No. 1, and was > represented by J. M. Frizzell; district 2 continued the number as > subdistrict No. > 2, with Wm. T. Clark on the board; district No. 7 became district No. 3, > Henry > Lambach; No. 17 became No. 4, with T. H. Codding; No. 5 remained No. 5, > with > W. L. Cook, local member; No. 11 became No. 6, with S. G. Mitchell > representative on the district board. > > > > Debbie Clough Gerischer > Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County > http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ > IAGENWEB: Special History Project: > http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm > Gerischer Family Web Site: > http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ > > > ==== IASCOTT Mailing List ==== > Check out Cathy Labath's IAGenWeb site! > http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ > It has a wealth of information about Scott county, Iowa > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >