WOODLAND SCHOOL DIST 19 Formerly Dist. No. 6 - Woodland Twp., Carroll Co IL The first recorded meeting of the School Trustees was held in the Woodland School House, March 8, 1855. John Wilson, President and Michael Sisler, Trustee and Clerk. January 14, 1856 an election was held and Uriah Green, Solomon Leightor and Peter Markley were elected Trustees and Michael Sisler was appointed Clerk. April 4, 1859 finds the Trustees to be John I. Eacker, President, Elijah Funk and William Sisler. George W. Eacker appears in 1860. M. B. Eacker in 1862. Aaron Smith seems to replace Elijah Funk in 1870. John Dietrick seems to replace Smith in 1874. H. H. Gordon replaces Dietrick in 1874. William SIsler seems to disappear in 1875, succeeded by E. Johnson. George I. fisher was Trustee in 1878. James Patton replaces H. H. Gordon in 1880. Robert Williamson comes on the Board in 1884. H. H. Gordon again appears in 1892. George I. Fisher is replaced by Lewis Orr and H. H. Gordon by Henry Kearnaghan. L. B. Eacker, Trustee since 1862 is replaced by J. L. Groves in 1899. James P. Beattie elected in 1900. Henry Kearnaghan is succeeded by Ben Sisler in 1903. John Miller, Sr. one of the present trustees first appears at a meeting in 1911. Lewis Orr was President from 1893 until 1913 when he was succeeded by John Miller, Sr. who has been President continuously since. Elias Smith was member from 1913 until 1927 when he was succeeded by Lawrence Stricker who has been a member until the present. Robert Williamson was a member from 1906 until 1926. Ritchie B. Williamson, the remaining present member was elected in 1933 and is still in office. Teachers who have taught in Woodland School: 1857 A. J. Forbes 5 months $105.00 1858 Elhanan Fisher 6 months $210.00 1859 H. W. Kennedy 1860 apparently no school 1861 E. Fisher, M. Watson 1862 Aaron Smith, Elias Miller 1863 Jane B. Cameron, H. W. Kennedy 1864 Aaron Miller, Daniel Miller 1865 James C. Meader 1866 Aaron Smith 1867 Aaron Smith, Reuben O'Neal 1868 Martha A. Johnson, W. J. Libberton 1869 W. J. Libberton 1870 W. C. Smith, Aaron Smith, Frederick Hacket 1871 Thomas C. Bigger, L. D. Pollock, W. C. Smith 1872 Maria E. Kneale, T. C. Bigger 1873 Maria E. Kneale, P. B. Libberton 1874 Jennie M. Rinedollar, P. B. Libberton 1875 Wm. W. Arnold, Maria Kneale, P. B. Libberton 1876 Samuel Arnold, R. R. Watson 1877 R. R. Watson 1878 John Hay, Reuben Watson 1879 Cora O'Neal, John Hay 1880 R. N. Johnson, F. A. Bailey, John Hay 1881 Eugene R. Moore, Cora O'Neal, R. N. Johnson, G. I. Fisher 1882 E. R. Moore, Mary E. Smith, John Funk 1883 Anna Peterbaugh, E. R. Moore 1884 John Hay 1885 Anna Puterbaugh 1886 Hattie Hunter, John Hay 1887 & 1888 Emma Horning, John Hay 1889 Grace L. Smith 1890 May Sisler, John Hay 1891 D. B. Moyers, John Hay 1892 John Hay 1893 Viola Edwards 1894 John Hay, Mary McDermott 1895 Mary A. Durham 1896 Allen Eisenbise, Verne Sisler 1897 Mina Bicklehaupt 1898 Mabel Sisler, Mina Bicklehaupt 1899 Mabel Sisler 1900 Mabel Sisler, Emma Motchman, Bertha Mader 1891 Della Ross 1902 & 1903 A.P. Sword 1904 Emma Motchman 1905 Laura Williamson 1906, 1907, 1908 Nettie W. Adams 1909 thru 1917 Clara Gordon 1918 & 1919 Mabel Oberheim 1920 Jessie Buckwalter 1921 - 1923 Clara Gordon 1924 - 1927 Mary E. McGrath 1928 Mabel Hall Polhill 1929 Marjorie A. Phillips 1930 - 1931 Margaret E. Legel 1932 - 1935 Lillian Smith 1936 - 1938 Lucille Smith 1939 - 1940 Margaret Jones The years in which the teachers taught are the years their service began rather than the year in which they ended as now. Previous to 1901 there seems to have been several teachers serving during a school or even a calendar year. I find an item in the record of the School Trustees that no teacher was obtainable in the year 1860 hence the vacant date. Prepared by Elmer E. Boyd and given to Mabel Sisler White in the late 1950's. Contributed by Karen Fyock