Glad to be of help. *Marfy Goodspeed **marfyg@gmail.com** Goodspeed Histories http://goodspeedhistories.com/ * On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net>wrote: > Hi Marfy, > > WOW! As always, you come through with a bonanza of information. > > I'll have to mull this one over to see what if anything I will add to the > abstract which will appear in the 1894 issue of the Republican newspaper! > Perhaps, I'll add all of it with your permission. > > Many thanks and hopefully the 200 or so faithful researchers who come back > each month to review that newspaper, which is taking shape on the Internet, > will read your wonderfully detailed report noted below. > > Regards, > MrBill > > > > > > > > Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marfy Goodspeed" <marfyg@gmail.com> > To: njhunter@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:32:03 AM > Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Higgins School, location? > > Higgins School, District 85 on the 1873 Beers Atlas, but originally > district 385. > Supposed to have been built as early as 1776 on the Raritan Township side > of Co. Rte 579, was moved a couple miles south in 1830, still on the > Raritan side of the road. > > When families in the north and south ends of the school district could not > agree on the location, it was split into two schools with one located in > Sand Brook. Actually, according to Egbert Bush, the southern families moved > the schoolhouse in the dark of night closer to them, which astonished the > northern families the next day. So they then joined a district in Sand > Brook. > > So here's where it gets confusing for you, Bill. The schoolhouse being used > by those southern families was in bad shape in 1873, so it was replaced by > a new schoolhouse on the Delaware Township side of the road, not far from > the intersection with Yard Road. It opened in 1874. It was still called the > Higgins school after Jonathan Higgins, who bought the old building and used > it for a corn crib. This new building remained in use til 1911, when it was > abandoned and sold for a machine shed. Those farmers sure knew how to > recycle. > > Regards, > Marfy > *Marfy Goodspeed **marfyg@gmail.com** > Goodspeed Histories http://goodspeedhistories.com/ > * > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net > >wrote: > > > For cosmetic purposes in writing the abstracts for the Hunterdon > > Republican newspaper - > > > > I would like to know the exact location of the Higgins School , various > > cited as Higgin's School; Higgins' School and the Higgins School > District. > > It was not listed in "Hunterdon Place Names" and Google wasn't any help > > unless I asked the wrong question! > > > > It has been noted to be in Raritan Township near Copper Hill and possibly > > in Delaware Township on the road from "Higgins School to Sand Brook. " > Mrs. > > Mary S. Bond was a teacher there in the late 1800s. > > > > Thanks for a positive "township" or road intersection, location. > > > > Regards, > > MrBill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ > > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >