Excerpts from "Bandyville School History" Williamson County Illinois Historical Society
Bandyville School, district 24, in section 28 of Herrin Township on the county paved road between Herrin and Johnston City, took its name from the pioneer Bandy family. Perrine and John W. Bandy made their land entries in 1836 on parts of section 20. Cynthia Bandy made an entry in 1840 to complete the family holdings in the section. William P. Bandy was a soldier in Captain John M. Cunning- ham’s company during the Mexican war.
Perrine Bandy was a school trustee until his death in 1838. With Dudley Duncan and Jesse Spiller he supervised section 16 of Herrin Township, the school lands granted by congress. Manuel Hunter, whose daughter lived on Bear Creek, succeeded Mr. Bandy in this office.
School was first held about 1868 in a log house one-quarter mile north and east of the present site.
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Wilshire and Wesley Bandy represented their family in the neighborhood during the school’s first years. Wilshire Bandy was the county’s first coroner, elected in 1872. He later moved to Carbondale, but returned to Marion as lieutenant of the Carbondale militia company that patrolled Marion during the Vendetta trials of 1875.
I am not sure what it is meant that Perrine Bandy was a school trustee until his death in 1838, but the school was first held about 1868. Perrine Bandy was my child's 6th great grandfather. Wilshire Bandy was their 5th great grandfather. I may need to research the Vendetta trials of 1875.
The closest shared ancestor with Country singer, Moe Bandy, is my child's 8th great grandfather, Richard Solomon Bandy (1722 Liverpool, England - 1795 Roanoke, Virginia)
Bandyville School, district 24, in section 28 of Herrin Township on the county paved road between Herrin and Johnston City, took its name from the pioneer Bandy family. Perrine and John W. Bandy made their land entries in 1836 on parts of section 20. Cynthia Bandy made an entry in 1840 to complete the family holdings in the section. William P. Bandy was a soldier in Captain John M. Cunning- ham’s company during the Mexican war.
Perrine Bandy was a school trustee until his death in 1838. With Dudley Duncan and Jesse Spiller he supervised section 16 of Herrin Township, the school lands granted by congress. Manuel Hunter, whose daughter lived on Bear Creek, succeeded Mr. Bandy in this office.
School was first held about 1868 in a log house one-quarter mile north and east of the present site.
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Wilshire and Wesley Bandy represented their family in the neighborhood during the school’s first years. Wilshire Bandy was the county’s first coroner, elected in 1872. He later moved to Carbondale, but returned to Marion as lieutenant of the Carbondale militia company that patrolled Marion during the Vendetta trials of 1875.
I am not sure what it is meant that Perrine Bandy was a school trustee until his death in 1838, but the school was first held about 1868. Perrine Bandy was my child's 6th great grandfather. Wilshire Bandy was their 5th great grandfather. I may need to research the Vendetta trials of 1875.
The closest shared ancestor with Country singer, Moe Bandy, is my child's 8th great grandfather, Richard Solomon Bandy (1722 Liverpool, England - 1795 Roanoke, Virginia)
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