Greenville Log School #2

From The Chariton Patriot

October 29, 1903

    The picnic for the reunion of the old scholars and teachers that attended school in the Greenville log school house which was held at Nathan Gilberts Saturday, October 24th, was a grand success.  The dinner was spread on a long table and served in the same manner their picnic dinners were when the old log school house stood on the hill.  After dinner a program was first carried out by the old scholars, L. N. McKinley making the principle address giving a full history of the old school.  After the old school finished their program, another representative of the school of today, of which Miss Maude Foster is teacher, formed a part of the interesting exercises.  Only three of the teachers who taught in the old log school house are living.  They are Wm. West, Miss Sheeks of Wayne County and Mrs. Clayton of Bloomfield.  The scholars that attended the old school who were present were, Nathan, Malisa, Amos and Elizabeth Gilbert, Mrs. Woods of Moravia, Sarah Milemon of Marshfield, IN., I.N., S.C. and A.P. McKinley, James Gittinger of Seymour, George Sears, N.W. Kendall, Mrs. King and Mrs. Adams.   This old school house stood about eighteen rods south and three rods west of the Greenville cemetery.  It was built in the summer of 1853 and torn down in 1863.  This school was not run as our schools of today are.  There were no taxes to run this school.  Every scholar had to pay a tuition fee.  It was known as a subscription school.  After the picnic was over the Greenville baseball team picked a couple of the best players from the Mound scrub team and played the crack team of Washington Center the game stood 2 to 22 in favor of Greenville.

Greenville Log School #2 was located in Washington Twp, section 13, south of Blue Grass Road in the south/east-center of the township.