Louisa Tuttle, James Agler, John Agler, Charles Price, Louisa Price, Warner Losh, Emerson Losh
Cynthia Losh, George Shinn and Andrew Shinn.
Rev. A. T. Shinn, a Methodist minister preached the first Gentile sermon in the
Graybill cabin in April 1858 to a full house.
At this time the Macedonia Township and Kane Township were the only two
organized townships in the county. The west line of Macedonia Township took in Silver
Creek and Washington Townships. The first election was held in the old mill. Seventy
votes were cast coming from Loon's Grove (Avoca), Big Grove (Oakland), Rhode Island
Ridge (Waveland and Washington Twps.), Wheeler's Grove and Taylor's Station and
Button's Settlement on Silver Creek. Those townships in all occupied twenty-four square
miles.
In 1879 the Rock Island and Burlington Railroads were surveyed and on July 4th,
188? the first train came to Carson.
The town of Macedonia was soon moved from "Old Town" to the railroad and
grew to its present population of three hundred seventy four, more or less, in a few years.
EDITOR'S NOTE: - This sketch is as nearly as possible in the words of Mr.
Shinn as he told it to representatives of the Senior Class of 1926 in February 1926.
Errors in the spelling of names or other unimportant details may have crept in to the
narrative, but we believe that it is in the main authentic.
HISTORY OF MACEDONIA HIGH SCHOOL
By J. M. Kelly
(Taken from the 1906 Annual)
The history of the Macedonia High School may properly date from 1882, when the
territory now comprising the Independent District of Macedonia was carved out of the
township district and started to do business "on its own hook."
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