ester ▁county ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 4 , ▁and , ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁six ▁children ▁- ▁five ▁boys ▁and ▁a ▁girl ▁- ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁village . ▁Robert ▁B ently , ▁E sq ., ▁the ▁oldest ▁son , ▁has ▁lived ▁within ▁three ▁miles ▁( 5   km ) ▁of ▁the ▁place ▁ever ▁since , ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁village . ▁ ▁A ▁log ▁school ▁house ▁was ▁ere cted ▁about ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁teacher ▁was ▁an ▁Irish man ▁named ▁David ▁G our ley . ▁Before ▁this , ▁schools ▁had ▁been ▁kept ▁in ▁private ▁houses . ▁Joseph ▁Campbell ▁taught ▁a ▁small ▁school ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁house ▁about ▁ 1 8 1 5 - 1 6 , ▁and ▁James ▁McC une ▁always ▁kept ▁one ▁in ▁his ▁house . ▁In ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 8 , ▁William ▁Jack ▁taught ▁a ▁school ▁east ▁of ▁town , ▁in ▁a ▁house ▁which ▁was ▁built ▁by ▁John ▁Martin ▁for ▁a ▁dwell ing . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 8 - 1 9 , ▁snow ▁fell ▁to ▁the ▁depth ▁of ▁twenty - six ▁inches , ▁and ▁unless ▁the ▁snow ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁winter ▁equals ▁it , ▁the ▁like ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁known ▁since . ▁So ▁say ▁the ▁" old ▁residents ." ▁ ▁A ▁two - story ▁brick ▁school ▁house ▁was ▁built ▁on ▁the ▁hill , ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁village , ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 7 , ▁and ▁is