North Grove School in Sycamore, Illinois-- Part 1: Where Henry Beard's Children Attended

I have been writing about Henry Beard, the escaped slave who joined the 105th Illinois Infantry Regiment out of DeKalb County, campaigned with them and after the war relocated to Sycamore.

From the June 28, 2011, MidWeek  "School visitors take a trip through time."

There will be an open house and fun fair at North grove School (a one-room schoolhouse) hosted by the North Grove School Associates who keep the place going.  The school was built in 1878 by Swedish immigrants.

It is one of only two preserved one-room schoolhouses in DeKalb County.  At one time there were 130 of them.

--Old SeceshSchool