Ohio Township - Continued
The town of Baresville was laid out in 1846, by Jacob Bare, and lies on the Ohio River. it is the only town in the township and in it is located the only postoffice, called Hannibal. The population of Baresvill is reported, for 1880, at 341, and the township including the town 1,905. The present justice of the peace are A. G. W. Potts and T. G. Allen.
The school statistics for the township for the year ending August 31, 1881, are as follows: Total amount of school money received within the year, $5,080.04; amount paid teachers, $2,379.40; paid for sites and buildings, $520.00; paid for interest and in redemption of bonds, $343.61; fule, ect., $218.19; balance on hand September 1, 1881, $1,618.84; No. of subdistricts and subdivisions of seprate districts, 9; No. of school houses, 9; No. of school rooms, 12; value of school property, $9,500; No. of teachers necessary, 12--gentelman 10, ladies 2; adverage wages of teachers per month, gentlmen $34.00, ladies, $32.00; total number of pupils enrolled, 452.