Quick School

[David Sechrest]

Quick School

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5/20/06 at 10:17, David Sechrest wrote:
5/20/06 at 0:27, fiddlestix wrote:We're new to town. I'm interested in researching the history of the brick school house on Silgas Rd. (550 N). I know that it was called the Quick School and was built in 1885. Where would I begin to learn more? Thanks.



fiddlestix, welcome to the Historic Columbus Indiana Message Board!

The old Quick School was also known as School No. 11. It was built in 1871. In 1942, it was sold and became a home.

I would check with both the local library and the Historical Society for additional info. Also, it doesn't hurt to either call or stop by and introduce yourself to the local owners. Maybe they can shed some info as well.


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fiddlestix,

I sent your question to a fellow that spent a lot of time in the northern part of Bartholomew County. Below is his first answer.

Richard



As for your question. First that school was named Quick after Judge Tunis Quick who owned the farm and lived just north of the school. When you are going east on 550N take the road north or to the left right at the corner and Judge Tunis Quick lived on the farm on the right. It was later owned and lived in by George Lowe. George had 2 daughters Christine who married Russell Peel and her and Russell are both dead now but they had 2 daughters Janet and Jean. They are both still living here in the county in fact Jean had a daughter that married Bird Welmer's youngest son Davis. Very sweet girl. George's other daughter Emma married a Scheidt who lived on the Hartsville Pike Rd. east of Columbus and had 2 sons named Don who is still living and Norval who has been dead several years. Emma just died a few years ago and was getting well into her nineties.

Also Judge Quick built the house on River Rd. where Charlie Kaler's widow now lives.

As for the old one room schools you have to find a map that shows it and it will have a number on it. That is Flat Rock Township and I think I can find out the number for you when we get the moving along a little more. We are still torn up pretty much.

Hope this helps you some but can dig out more as this is just off the top of my head.

If she is in a big hurry to find info check with Mrs. Grossman in the Clerk's office and tell her I asked her to give this person or whoever all the help she can give. Mrs. Grossman is a great lady and easy to work with.

Charlie

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Re: The Quick School--
Thanks for the info. I've met the previous owners. We're buying the house and will move in in several weeks. I'm a teacher with three small children. How appropo that there will again be a teacher and children there!
Thanks again!
Deb

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NOTE: I repeated some of the school history and Tunis Quick information onto this Quick School site because of some information I just researched and verified to be accurate about Tunis Quick.

Summary of New Information About Tunis Quick:

My Great, Great, Great Grandfather Spencer Records (1762-1850) had a daughter named Susannah. Susannah married Judge Tunis Quick. However, in November 1836 Spencer and his wife (in older age) moved into Tunis Quick's home until his death in 1850. A quote from Spencer Records' Memoirs of 1766-1795, state the following: "This I was reluctant to do, but as there seemed to be no alternative, about the last of November 1836, we went to live with our son-in-law Tunis Quick, and our daughter Susannah, with whom we still reside (presumed statement in 1842 by research)."

Briefly, Tunis Quick was a native of Virginia, born in 1797 and that he arrived in Indiana with his parents in 1819 after several years in Ohio. He married Susannah September 3, 1823, when she was 18 years old and he was 21. Mr. Quick held various local offices, and he also served two terms in the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly during the 1830s. Tunis Quick was a tough, smart and a leader among his peers. Apparently, Judge Tunis Quick built the school house near his home or it was named after him, when he was about 74 years old. I don't know his death date.

Mr. Records sold his plantation in Ohio (he states) in 1821 and moved to Bartholomew County, North Columbus. He died in 1850 after riding his horse in a bad rain storm, and got sick and never recovered.

References on all the above:
(a) Brant and Fuller Publication, History of Bartholomew County, Indiana (Chicago 1888), Page 373 and Page 734 for both names filing land claims.
(b) Memoir of the Ohio Valley Frontier 1766-1795, Contributed by Naomi Mullendore Haugham. She was a Great, Great Granddaughter of Spencer Records and a former Professor at Franklin College, Franklin Indiana.
(c) Indiana Magazine of History, Volume LV, December 1959

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New Tunis Quick School History Information & More
Bartholomew County Indiana

Composite Review: The old Quick School was also known as School No. 11. It was built in 1871. In 1942, it was sold and became a home for George Lowe. The school was named Quick after Judge Tunis Quick who owned the farm and lived just north of the school. When you are going east on 550N take the road north or to the left right at the corner and Judge Tunis Quick lived on the farm on the right. It was later owned and lived in by George Lowe. When you review very old early 1800 land plots and maps you will notice Quick names and S. R. Quick name. The S. R. Quick was wife Susannah Records Quick.




Additional History:

My Great, Great, Great Grandfather Spencer Records (1762-1850) had a daughter named Susannah Records. Susannah married Judge Tunis Quick. However, in November 1836 Spencer and his wife (in older age) moved into Tunis Quick's home until his death in 1850. A quote from Spencer Records' Memoirs of 1766-1795, state the following: "This I was reluctant to do, but as there seemed to be no alternative, about the last of November 1836, we went to live with our son-in-law Tunis Quick, and our daughter Susannah, with whom we still reside (presumed statement in 1842 by research)."

Briefly, Tunis Quick was a native of Virginia, born in 1797 and that he arrived in Indiana with his parents in 1819 after several years in Ohio. He married Susannah Records September 3, 1823, when she was 18 years old and he was 21. Mr. Quick held various local offices, and he also served two terms in the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly during the 1830s. Tunis Quick was a tough, smart and a leader among his peers. Apparently, Judge Tunis Quick built the school house near his home or it was named after him, when he was about 74 years old. I don't know his death date.

Mr. Records sold his plantation in Ohio (he states) in 1821 and moved to Bartholomew County, North Columbus. He died in 1850 after riding his horse in a bad rain storm, and got sick and never recovered.

References on all the above:

(a) Brant and Fuller Publication, History of Bartholomew County, Indiana (Chicago 1888), Page 373 and Page 734 for both names filing land claims.
(b) Memoir of the Ohio Valley Frontier 1766-1795, Contributed by Naomi Mullendore Haugham. She was a Great, Great Granddaughter of Spencer Records and a former Professor at Franklin College, Franklin Indiana.
(c) Indiana Magazine of History, Volume LV, December 1959
(d) Letter from Fiddlestix board member deceased.
(e) Picture from Bartholomew County Historical Society