The first school in the neighborhood (near present Footville) was opened by Mr. Charles Newton.

The evidence

• “The first school in the neighborhood, however, was opened by Mr. Charles Newton, in 1847, in a building about a mile north of the present site of the village, known as Watts' Hotel. He taught it one year, and then removed to a little building across the river, where he also kept a school, finally giving it up in 1849, when, as before stated, the control of the institution passed into the hands of Miss Kinney.”

  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.

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