“The existence of Praireville academy and other private schools on the east side of the river delayed the division of the original district for some years longer than would have been the case under other circumstances; but in 1850 the eighty qualified school district electors living on the easterly side of the Fox river, in the old district, were notified to attend the preliminary meeting for organization of a new district, ‘No. 12.’  Among the names of voters then returned are found of those… Silas Ware, still living in Waukesha;…”

Reference Data:

The Columbian History of Education in Wisconsin, by John William Stearns, 1893, page 546