Schools of the Past: Lincklaen: Joint District #10, The Red Schoolhouse, Part III
This week’s third part of the above district concludes the documentation (to date) of the one-room schoolhouses that dotted the Lincklaen township in the northwest corner of Chenango County. The souvenir card copy with this article gives us the information that Leon J. Parker was the teacher and J. R. Hinds trustee. The students were usually given these cards at the end of the term and the following names appear on the rear of this 1905-6 year: Mildred E. Burt - Anna M. Burt - Amie O. Burt - Henry H. Burt - Ida M. Hinds - Delia I. Hinds - John I. Hinds - Clarence H. Kelly - Matie D. Peterson - Edna E. Peterson - Aria Peterson - J. Leroy Parslow - Mabel E. Sawyer - Gertrude C. Sawyer and George O. Sawyer. A total of 15 students which is a far cry from the 50-60 that were taught in the early years of this school!
Credit for the copy of this card is given to the former historian Joy Barber as this card, in her possession belonged originally to her husband’s paternal grandmother Mildred. E. Burt! To have survived the many family changes of any of these souvenir cards is rather unique.
However, let us return to the winter term of 1855 through the spring term of 1864 and take a last look at the family names that appeared over the years. 1855 would see Brown, Poole, Benjamin, Sanford, Birdlebough, Eaton, Swan, Payne, Jaquin, Coon, Breed, Justice, Darling, Mott, Shier, West, Wilcox, Rogers, Warner, Lord and Bennett as families still living in the township.
1856 the name of Haze, Clark, Woodruff, Wheelock, Sharp, Hayes, appear for the first time with Julia E. Birdlebough as teacher. Total number of students 50-60. The winter term was taught by Charles W. Smith with again basically the same family names.
Continuing to the 1857-58 term, saw the name of Rood appear for the first time with Electus B. Dean teaching and the register being sworn as correct by Riley Bush - Justice of the Peace.
The year 1858 (spring term) the parents names were listed in the register with their children’s names below. This year register shows: Horace Poole, Sarah Wheelock, O. Brown, S. Warner, L. Harris, J. Birdlebough, A. Coon, H. Clark, O. Breed, H. Hayes, E. Darling, R. Bennett, J. West, J. Payne, S. Justice, A. Jaquin, as sending their children to this schoolhouse.
Continuing on the same parents names appear for the winter term November 1858 - March 1859 and we find the name of R. Brooks, S. Warner, David Mathewson and Orin Baldwin appearing as parents (new residents to the township?)
For the winter term commencing October 31, 1859 the names of West, Harris, Wilcox, Birdlebough, Brown, Poole, Payne, Hayes, Darling, Thomas Jones, Brown, Mathewson, Swan, Coon, all family names still living in the township.
1860 would be basically the same family names and the name of S. Angel appears and it is assumed this was the teacher for that term. Again the same names appear on the balance of the school register.
An annual amount of wood was assessed to each family as support for maintaining the school in the winter. For the year 1848 listed are the names - Levi Darling 1/4 cords - Samuel Breed 3/4 - cords - Rufus Bennett 1/2 cord - Elijah Darling - 3/4 - Darius Benjamin- 3/4 - Schuyler Pulford 3/4 - N. Brown 1/4 - Louis Catlin - 3/4 - Mr. Swan - 3/4 - Miss Sanford - 1/2. These amounts were based on the number of children each family sent to school.
The last school year listed in the register was for the spring/summer term of 1864 with the names of Poole, Harris, Woodruff, Mathewson, West, Coon, Swan, Lord, Bennett, Jaquins, Warner, Ryan and Breed as families having children attending this school.
It is not known when the school closed but with the decline in the number of students as evidenced by the 1905-6 year, it was the decision that consolidation was the only way to have the children educated.
Thus we conclude the Lincklaen Township with a final credit to the Chenango County Historian’s office files for having this extensive historical information. Now it is time to travel down the Chenango County highways to the Township of McDonough for a look at their history of their one-room schoolhouses. It is sincerely hoped that all who read these “schools of the past” enjoy the many historical facts that this writer has been fortunate to research and receive from the assorted historians of this county named Chenango.
Credit for the copy of this card is given to the former historian Joy Barber as this card, in her possession belonged originally to her husband’s paternal grandmother Mildred. E. Burt! To have survived the many family changes of any of these souvenir cards is rather unique.
However, let us return to the winter term of 1855 through the spring term of 1864 and take a last look at the family names that appeared over the years. 1855 would see Brown, Poole, Benjamin, Sanford, Birdlebough, Eaton, Swan, Payne, Jaquin, Coon, Breed, Justice, Darling, Mott, Shier, West, Wilcox, Rogers, Warner, Lord and Bennett as families still living in the township.
1856 the name of Haze, Clark, Woodruff, Wheelock, Sharp, Hayes, appear for the first time with Julia E. Birdlebough as teacher. Total number of students 50-60. The winter term was taught by Charles W. Smith with again basically the same family names.
Continuing to the 1857-58 term, saw the name of Rood appear for the first time with Electus B. Dean teaching and the register being sworn as correct by Riley Bush - Justice of the Peace.
The year 1858 (spring term) the parents names were listed in the register with their children’s names below. This year register shows: Horace Poole, Sarah Wheelock, O. Brown, S. Warner, L. Harris, J. Birdlebough, A. Coon, H. Clark, O. Breed, H. Hayes, E. Darling, R. Bennett, J. West, J. Payne, S. Justice, A. Jaquin, as sending their children to this schoolhouse.
Continuing on the same parents names appear for the winter term November 1858 - March 1859 and we find the name of R. Brooks, S. Warner, David Mathewson and Orin Baldwin appearing as parents (new residents to the township?)
For the winter term commencing October 31, 1859 the names of West, Harris, Wilcox, Birdlebough, Brown, Poole, Payne, Hayes, Darling, Thomas Jones, Brown, Mathewson, Swan, Coon, all family names still living in the township.
1860 would be basically the same family names and the name of S. Angel appears and it is assumed this was the teacher for that term. Again the same names appear on the balance of the school register.
An annual amount of wood was assessed to each family as support for maintaining the school in the winter. For the year 1848 listed are the names - Levi Darling 1/4 cords - Samuel Breed 3/4 - cords - Rufus Bennett 1/2 cord - Elijah Darling - 3/4 - Darius Benjamin- 3/4 - Schuyler Pulford 3/4 - N. Brown 1/4 - Louis Catlin - 3/4 - Mr. Swan - 3/4 - Miss Sanford - 1/2. These amounts were based on the number of children each family sent to school.
The last school year listed in the register was for the spring/summer term of 1864 with the names of Poole, Harris, Woodruff, Mathewson, West, Coon, Swan, Lord, Bennett, Jaquins, Warner, Ryan and Breed as families having children attending this school.
It is not known when the school closed but with the decline in the number of students as evidenced by the 1905-6 year, it was the decision that consolidation was the only way to have the children educated.
Thus we conclude the Lincklaen Township with a final credit to the Chenango County Historian’s office files for having this extensive historical information. Now it is time to travel down the Chenango County highways to the Township of McDonough for a look at their history of their one-room schoolhouses. It is sincerely hoped that all who read these “schools of the past” enjoy the many historical facts that this writer has been fortunate to research and receive from the assorted historians of this county named Chenango.
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