North Grove School in Sycamore-- Part 5: Descendants Visit

Henry and Judy beard's children and grandchildren eventually moved out of the area.  Judy outlived Henry by 22 years and eventually moved to town and lived on North Avenue where there is still a tight-knit community where many Blacks live and attend church.

Recently descendants of the Beard family came from Detroit to see the schoolhouse.  Four generations of Henry and Judy beard's son Raymond were at the North Grove School Association's fourth annual North Grove School Days.

They also visited the original five-acre farm and then Fairview Cemetery in DeKalb where Judy eas buried in 1942.

Next year, another branch of the Beard family living in Aurora, Illinois, will visit the annual North Grove School Days.

--Old Secesh