Summer 1840
The first public school was opened; the first teacher was Miss Cornelia Sheldon, daughter of Gen. Sheldon, in a log building near north Main street near General Sheldon's residence.
The evidence
“The first public school, 1 think, was opened in the summer of 1840. he first teacher was Miss Cornelia Sheldon, daughter of Gen. Sheldon, now Mrs.”
1856-history-of-rock-county/04-correspondence-pioneer-letters.md, PDF p. 52 / book p. 34
Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 52 / book p. 34) · open the whole page “An item or two in reference to it touching its early educational history, and I am done. The first public school, I think, was opened in the summer of 1840. The first teacher was Miss Cornelia Sheldon, daughter of Gen.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/09-rock-county-ch03-pioneer-reminiscences.md, PDF p. 346 / book p. 350
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent
On the printed page (PDF p. 346 / book p. 350) · open the whole page “Miss Cornelia Sheldon (later Mrs. Isaac Woodle) taught the first term of school in the summer of 1840. She was succeeded the following winter by Rev.”
1908-brown-rock-county/12-janesville-schools.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 281 / book p. 258
Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent
On the printed page (Vol. 1, PDF p. 281 / book p. 258) · open the whole page
