A school was first opened by Miss Kinney, after Charles Newton gave up his school.

The evidence

• “Miss Clara Moulton being the lady to whom the fifty-two "youngsters" render their obedience. It was first opened in 1849 by Miss Kinney, the residents in the neighborhood being Josiah Antisdell, Samuel Church, Harmon Daly, Simon and Clark Antisdell and Mr. Inman.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/16-rock-county-ch10-villages.md, PDF p. 669 / book p. 673

  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