CHAPTER XIV.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (CONT'D).

EDUCATIONAL.

As stated, John Eller's log cabin was the first school house in Franklin township, and William Judd opened it in the summer of 1857. In the summer of 1858 Hannah Lewis taught a school at the residence of W. W. Jameson.

District No. 1, of the township, consists of sections 1, 2, 11 and 12, and the house was built on the southeast corner of section 2, in 1873. Oliver Coomes was the first director and Annie Huff the first teacher.

District No. 2 embraces all of sections 3 and 10 and the east quarter of sections 4 and 9, being one of the smallest in the township. In this sub-district a school was taught in the summer of 1860 by Hattie Turner, and in the following year a small school house was erected in which Gertie Disbrow was the first teacher. This building was used until the summer of 1876, when it was sold to Mrs. Sarah Robinson for a granary, and a new house built.

District No. 3 contains the west three quarters of sections 4 and 9, and the east quarter of sections 5 and 8. The first school house was built in 1870, on section 9, with Anna Griffith as teacher. The pioneer school was held prior to this, in a log cabin on the same section, and Clara Brooks was the teacher. In 1880 a new building was erected by this district.

District No. 4 comprises the west three quarters of sections 5 and 8, and all of sections 6 and 7, its school house being erected in 1867, with W. W. Jameson as first director.

District No. 5 embraces all of sections 17, 18, 19 and 20. In the summer of 1860 a school house was erected on the northern line of section 19, which was undoubtedly the first public building for educational purposes erected in Franklin township. Mary Cary was the first teacher. About 1874 a new school edifice was erected, and the old one was sold to John Eller for a granary. George Magee was the first director in this sub-district.

Good school houses, in this township, also stand upon the northwest corner of section 22, the southeast quarter of section 23, the southeast corner of section 30, northeast corner of section 33 and the southwest corner of section 36.

"Compendium and History of Cass County, Iowa." Chicago: Henry and Taylor & Co., 1906, pg. 169-170.
Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, July, 2018.