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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, IL.
Calet Garrett
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Carefully Compiles from Personal Examinations and Surveys.
Published by W. R. BRINK & CO, of Illinois. 1875.
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CONTENTS
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Reference Table.
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County Court Huit-,
Station
Kieler, Isıte.
History of County,
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History of Townshije,
Connolly. J. I . .
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List of Patrons,
Caraway & Elf-,
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David -- #. Too.c.
Carter, O. S.,
Ellan, William,
Cox, J. M .. .
97
Garrett, V'ile-h,
Coffin. F. R.
105
Garet, Vithan
25
First House in Druggles Un.,
50
Gin, Harret41.
33
Game, andra,
41
Henson, Cierre W.
59
Hamm.1. Jums4 R
Hammet, James K.,
62
Hanuck, WilliJos,
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Bourbon,
Irwin, Jol.n T.,
Haglin, John M ..
Camargo,
Jones, O. G., .
81
Howe, Willems,
Douglas, County,
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Illinois,
10-11
Newman,
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TOWNSHIP PLATS.
Township 14,
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Alliant, Samon 1,
Raam tt, Harvey J . M D
Skinner. Isaac,
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Larlar. F F
Barnes, J v . M D ..
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Willice, Amin w fi ..
$25
Boon, James T.,
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Wwwlv, Thatna- Il ..
Young, Vilam W. Jos ...
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Cannon, Ifon. J ti ..
Varuark, lb.bett E.
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PORTRAITS.
Bench Iluum,
Brack. Alexander,
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Ciadli v. Junu + W.,
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Nie, H. C.,
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Mosburger. Jacob,
Perkins, H. P ..
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Rice, Martin. .
76
Mc Neill, Vexmaler,
ELadder., Jos pluss.
92
Snowden, Sargent,
46-47
Murphy, Wiltinta F ..
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Union School Building.
51
Nel-on, H C.,
Wat-on, W. L.,
l'erkine, Homer P ..
Whitney, Har ago P.
25
W.wwly. S. M.,
96
Welch, J W.
10
Raat, James L, M. D.,
Relien, Josephus,
37
Rav. \n.h.w.
41
Rice, Maren, .
Pic man, JIcha,
3"
Scott. Geony. D.,
40
Sang m' Snow.ien.
3G
Sbete, Willinni,
30
Murphy. W. F.,
12-13
Munlock, J. D.,
63
Hemingway, Tusoph
MeKimer, J W.,
73
Lamb, W 11
21
Minaluck, Wilber F.
89
Lester. DE.
41
MeIntyre, James,
93
Mocker, Davel .A . M. D.
March, D. M.,
Miller, George W
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H=Im, O. S., .
80
Hem, George Samuel-ir
Hine-boro,
MAPS.
Arthur.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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STATISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF
DOUGLAS COUNTY,
BY CIVIL TOWNSHIPS, WITH ABSTRACT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, LIS
FROM CENSUS OF 1870.
NAMES OF TOWNSHIPS.
Voters hy Township. !!
White Population,
Colore:l Population,
Improved Lands
Unimproved Lands.
Horses.
Cattle
Males.
| Sheep.
Swine.
Corn.
Wheat.
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ARCOLA
600
2332
30,767
1601
1 35
1126
1490
C11
50
2019 13,309
723
2433
BOURBON
295
1457
21.945
5153
4218
869
148:
34
1027
4614
7966
1070
:624
BOWDRE.
301
1313
26,643
4206
1137
Dc.S
13c1
184
1141
3525
6588
533
CAMARGO.
373
1785
23
31,039
4038
3126
1003
3773
164
1329
6250
8134
665
GARRETT.
347
1599
33,819
3096
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1800
102
1363
5214
11,068
1430
NEWMAN
339
1075
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25,142}
5.3674
833
1971
226
410
2.485
9241
v39
1032
SARGENT
991
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24,022
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352"
793
1948
68
1166
2898
7960
1:65
411
TUSOLA
,49
2335
36.262
1605
4125
2230
$53
401
3774
14.013
6.57
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TOTAL.
3276
13,381
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229,639! 29,0831 21,599}
7827
16,509
1041
30,779
78,884
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Stone Quarries
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Lune Kilns
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Cemeteries
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HISTORY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY.
ILLINOIS.
SiPARLAPHI. VLEY, Douglas Contents is in the east outre of the State, mal Denglasses honderd on the north by & hampsige twenty upon the rest of h-d- ger, Dis Counts on the sunny, wiehe Menlucie and I : it out the West.
the Suite, and com'ajul au uret of about $si span uith .
Douglas was formed by at & t of the Legcliente in Fast and tur terrier. the ni which it was taken was at the north out of takes the customs for the in- twenty-four tough-ional Townships, T'as racalle impresi demand- and trasportinice of the new townof Thebold and brands, they got find out upon the Illinois Central Railroad, and the hitherto asprecedente starting up of the North part, together with the relions trip & sun twenty -ave moles to Clarle- ton, the timingy seat, to was nothing of an a wife supple of comptent shell, who were willing to take the others necessarily dentrohe he when parte m.
centration weight. The degust instead of the new tommy hil but all of Township 14, 10, 14, 11, and 14 14 let it was shown the" the new count" would not contain the requireu arra, when spor. the a hmann a . moule which raped the area to the requisite square miles, and a supplementary net was passed to cover the deficiency. "The set making the new courty went in forte Felenty
The hier bill had passed both hours before the de-euvery of the diaryancy was made, a change retning to have been made in the & nate whichi relied the area. Only three days of the session remained, and Dr. J. W. M. kinney, it & mango, repaired at once to springheld, and writing ont the supp! men iry hill, adeal eighteen actions of land. This was, between Ist and It wiebeck, A. M. and efter a deal of hard work, the bill was considered in the lume muler a mi-ph a- sion of the rules. read a second time and passed, reported to the senate and again passend unter a suspension of the miles; and the auctor had a certified copy of it in the jamsession, and was me his way instile los mix well. R. P. M. the Governor having approved of this bill bry for thebuck the same afternoon. The election was held in Colr- County the fir -: Monday in March. Ist and the Clerk of I'niles County was directed to make ht- returns to Colennon Bright and J.L. B Met msn.
In fixing the County lines an area of somte fifa-n square miles was ent out of the Smith-East corner, to accommodate the citizens of Wiklund and shine, who preferred to remain in Coles, and by this concession the manager- of the partition secured the co-operation of chat locality ; and this was talein all that could be granted by the proposed new county, for the statute trytired an area of not Less than I00 square miles. This partition would leave Douglas with His vetion- of land, the average being just about to square miles. section- of land in this taunts are of various areas, the -wall of bremer as low as 200 acre, whil-t the largest overrun 1000 acre -.
The selection of a Grunty sent under the new arrangement wa- the unration of almost superhuman exertions and very large voting Anda and Tu-mela were the principal contesting points in the einige in of the portion of the west end, indeed of the Tomaty generally; but the way ut & warm, wespring nearly a central position, had dam- strona - - nel 'e 1- 11 nu al Ine is about three the east of Tuscola, and is not tut north of the geography- cal rvotre of the f'hunty.
legal vote, and the pull in with of the towns was or a visuels progesteron that at this time neither was considered, and wales quentes an ele fun was hed as terioon these two places, the contest having her pulled to them, and which resulted in the choice of Tuernla
Ine are nonanyting convention was held in the then thriving ville of Burbuo, Section 11, 15, 7. in 1 - de, in the toystory & hot-hour provide the tra wick mulling within the board of the new counts. Tia the renun aure command were dieted almost withent iquestions, and were Com. Judge, Jana- Lawiny now living at Areola Ste paquetes & ope Robert Hop- kin-, one of the pioneiro af Nossman Town-tip, stres desser, and dolat for & County flere we John ( qu'elles, nos bring a hi- Jarige east of intent
Her a lar- land.huper in Drachen Tuwenig. . 4 living / . net livingon In farm in Sargent Translate. And the att Sounds newsof his
derinte brat pen few, sul Mr. William II. j.m . - mosk a ajuns
In the aut creating the que o fragte, fratele. (wants la the Boston-de los
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A. T. Whames from An :
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sand sagen Inmy mathed by the Sun' s that there was a tom uslup called Free Froh in Presell County the mine was changed to Bude, in hetper of "t noiv lan "
Theactas I minute test wanted in honor of saphan & Douglas. It is inter- withthe the Embarras and Kach ik a misere, almut, however, at their soares, for both lagonic beautiful, mat gible -freuns, the bine towards it- culture with the Which in Lawrence Crains , and the other down by the Me-tappi, in Randolph Counts, pausing Caudais in ats rente, where it Decotas & Junius-
which was called Ka-kaskin, the true name of the river, which, Junsever. is locally called the " fikas." It is possible. if not probable, that the name Okaw is a corruption of the worl Ka-ka-kin, or indeed, it may be only the accepted and prayer proquociation.
The rivers ire tronged, as u were, by a plentiful growth of timber. principally nak and hickory. The flora of the county growing upon the Variety of it peruhar to the central part of the sure is diversified. The variety- of timeet are white, black, spanish and red no's, shell-bark and white livkurs, seat and white maple, black walnut sta amore, cherry, red and shipgary y la black and bones lovit, hackberry, cottonwill, linden, laswowi nad mularry; the timber corupre-ing about one-third of the area of the territory. Unal list Dos been discovered in this county.
The remainder is part of samt is Limun as " Grand Prairie," now rapidly filling up with three" farmer, the increase of whom upon um praine is son- destul ; for, within the recollection if comparatively new minuto, it was con- sileted almost uninhabitable, all the sarhier settlers keeping within or che- to the timber. it steming to have atton led a kind of protection, and the first who boldly pushed ant to sutle on the protiv were thought to say the leve, in he acting unwisely. Now, however, the prairie is dotted with dwellings and barn- a- bir as the ore can reach in any direction. Gives of timinr, oreluirds, with miles on miles of substantial helaing mutereept the view, where 20 years ago the " arooless waste" was borndel caile by the horizon. In three days the traveler generally made a her line across the prairie for some point of timber, or perhaps only a knoll pointed out to him by some obliging acquaintance, and me-els selecting the best ground male or diroce through the gras without aby sign nt a mai In time. however, the recruited travel begin to have a " trail," which heennung better detin : was istted a "trace," which in its turn PAYU way to the present well-made and well-drained public roads, which are generally laid on the setting lives d'une lengthemup the distance in any ili- nation, except at the cardina! pri "- ule it one third, while this square tra- solong have the farm- in I tre chee. V real alstiver laned umin the num- ber at extra sales traveled los war the teams in a given territory in the matter
Ivations of the paines, directly neuro up in his mind their de fautes apart. Emingles County belongs to the Fourteenth I agresiones Detect. com- prising the tonuties of Verankern, Douglas foles, Pitt, Men and flum- padar, and i n presented in the Home by Joseph to. Cannon, Lag. of Ingla-
1. i- in the thirty -- 4and S. nararial Distrat, the Cmnties of which are f'nles,
Plus best tape m' tweet w . h din the new de gust of the I f . R. R. After- these boots, there about the largest rast an Tresult, and unest the first for-
The present fanet Home web que at a special terms of the Counts ferd
aral an ale nus ppon their mer Col 2tje rent,, made by the Band, which "I . ¿ site, wound ing the staff of the work, and in conjunction with
fram till of doing
Company, in at : Vedl mit the Sun pojem
I've Juliana an ! Finans Central Railway was herchest through the. ( stats
it will be schon the amended " portions are fully made one of the largest paszapper, freight and mat nostra in the W -t
the line to Titre II te al war of the way a period of the tube ml finally upun ytalle martis. be guir with the Day i Buna it reais. I at present wenn floor fint tram passer ir - rond higher 25, - Township Bond- in Area. Buarbit amt Powers For-loop seine seted in aid of this end rupice to the moment in the der rate of Seiten, but it heup claimed that the riding on the birds was alle Lel as well as the entity of the election, that there never was a law ,anbietern stuber, it is not probable that these bonds will ever be paid this road is doing an immense and in roping
A projectred road meaning in a smile-westerly direction troms Areola, is graded, and the proposto for its comp letas a gond. Another road in esemplation is the Danville, Tumula and Western, non graded from To-cola to a paint within the . nulest Ional) .
A description of the sunsteril passers of steel and the "Duration of the steam engine would -Print hihi a sprint provinces Er the development of a east region of country, w si h, at the time of it decaters we just in sug rp to the knowledge & ie ontal
The development of the Laurel wenn- and experivite at the great Net, van be traced directly to the File ad aveter The old settler, " he rides in !! cite in the luxuriant mbre car will tell womierhad -turn - of dualed Din.
walt But the railsbal " thay to Jos and, and he mets they re jerhan, a "le Ped
midler the -inning . in.
THE AMINIL.
This peculiar payde, sowie patented by short and-five her ili, in the south-west comer of france ( he's was pro bed in their inte it have
rised trous the trong x1 : p dich as the Swift, wie, in the I . men of to - of kanrigas thought sempre . with the me the Show on as, of when we miss
Io maperdl amit a marriage ontoph in
to asmed the frase for - de Machines, und wenn of that there may in ties and white
fifty in
rackt have been sesided; but It , light taxes in the traints, whilst the sugr gate is large, the distribution of it makes it easy upon the individual. The manner of laying real, however has one excellent advantage, for a tra- The embryo cities of Tuscola and Arcola probably poled ten times their , seler posted in the sistemul surses - in the west, van by simply procuring the
HISTORY OF TOWNSHIPS.
GARRETT TOWN .- HIP
GARRETT You sauce deveupon the northwestern eurer of Douglas von,at.
on the east lo the the river for the same master Thesis risse to here in farther down beat- a lasatstol cover it to the moment Kuchiki, and
Jane Drew William Home, Op. 1 \. Masher, gul Witham Eller Valet Inarrett was able first supervisor droits this township after towychthe vergez Und; Were etter ted. 1 0' Mollen Ient printh ben tannts Jmse iln timber which border the Okow and at tribu, instrupas & reach able portion of the area of the township The index all Theme Central Kul- maud na through it from vast to west, south of the centre, atal the townolup sauded ite construction with a saddes ciption of thirteen them und dollars for the stuck of the company. The retirent broly . pressing the thin ne tunheutely burnt on the night at July sal. ISTS, and the nos chers a is peter deven, rod The town of Atwee was laid out boy the Fullest and Illinois Central ful- road in !5;3, on the lamb of Harves iMer and Faster Nalini mn Bought- county, and of the Richies at Putt mounts 'The spartan at the town with tegand to its surroundings is good, and! it bula fair to have a Linger growth Theshipments of grain and stock at this pouit are alremh of siae naporLince. Goalsod station is on the railroad between Atwind and fuscola.
TUSCOLA TOWNSHIP.
THE township which contains the mounty sont was one of the largest settled from the fact that its territory in current almost eurirely of prince. It present state of improvement is largely due to the railroad when The Illinois Central Railroad extend- through mn s din ot in nearly north am! santi, and it is interested at Tuscola by the Indiana and Illinois C'entral
The early settlers were the Hackett- Dwu J Jones, Joseph W. Smith, and in the northern part t. P. Planney, & F. Borgs and B. C. Nelson William Brian is the wallest settler in the town-hup, and for several yours remained the only inhabitant, The township rratuoi nue 'arrang bund, and ranks Honey the wralthiet and best supraveil of the proms. The towmhp took stock in the fadiana and Illinoi- Central Railroad to the aumint of twenty thousandt dollars.
In tsof the city of Tools was laid out and predictions were freely male br knowing ones that it would one day time the comate siet of the proposed new evooty of Driglas, all of which, Mogubirly . nough, was verified. 4 0; Wallace, Dr Harvey Ba-sett, Tlewas Win-tv, Hum. J G. L'annon, were among those who figured prominundly in the early history of the town The umwith of the town has been com-uderally retired he destructive bre, but cow com- tains comp fine buildings, public and private Among there is the public schoul bitilding, an imfaring -teurture three stories in height with a tusement. It is provided with a large bell and a town clock, and his accommodations for considerably over five hundred children. The contract price wiis originally thirty-two thousand dollars, but this amount was antarquently inerea-ed so that the cost was uvarer forty thousand. The district issant bonds to the amount of twenty thousand dollars to meet the rest of com-truetuns These were made payable in three, five, and even years, and were wildt tor ninety-two and a half cents. The court-house is a neat soul handl-ome tructure, and a Gine row of brick buildings has been recently erected containing a handsome hall for lectures and atuu-ement -.
Two Den-papers are published in Tu-rola, tu- Tuselo Gucette and the Satur- day Journal."The first is the success - Sty I'm A. . , In timewhen the 29th of August, 1972, in the interest of the independent regulation party, by F. C. Smith. O. B. Lester bought the ollier on the sith .f February, 1-23. changing the name to the Townley Intette. In April, 1-Fi, Lenger survived an appwintrueot in the Pension Department at Wa-langton, leaving the Gazelle in change of Theodore Fisher, the present wetter The Saturday Journel, of which Mr. Lindsay is el.tor, in a pajur of V.rgerirculation, and devoted tothe interests of the republican party.
At the fire which mes Tral on the night of Mann with, Je, some airty-nine buildings ware brut, Solod'ag " maria! Blek, de Bust arudur in the city, which areniet the site of the prevent Opera Block mentioned above. The other buildings wipe of wheel, but any of theer buttonand large quan- tities of valuable merchandise. The loss by this are was probably out for short of one hundred and City themad dothis. The Seguinte Prostyterian, Methodists and Christian have churches, as have also the colored Moduliet.
CAMARGO TOWNSIUP
Cavaano is the oldest settled townshipad Thoughts county The town-bip derives its name from tar town, and this is taken front that of the city of Camargo, in Merien, and was posted by ts! J. B Methan, bing Sad favorably known to old residents, med who - reed honorably during the war berwren that somuntry atel the | mitad states
The original town hat searge was land ati in Suspender, I~ 45, and way that called Sow Salem Med addition was - sheyarat wiele and the place Win conferred igen at. Ita bases the beaver of to pour the sablet tore in the county, and the hrst renaty rotiet w o In It be re mtoler " di ju t. studi," protititan to the whetion of the es unty wat. The town proper romanen almost eighty avevo, lying on the road track of the bandlawry's said the come and they Combinatie and
chorclas both have good mood
Coming west per mail, found the village of I verseny, the me ! falling in the
" Unele Juk " Mr. Juhn A, En binan at West Virginia, Pame lor te frien Vermilion segunty in that year, and settled " pied claiming a more los, for elections, todes vanty of courses and military to-tre There was in
of friendly In lian-, pund ering stemt our humfred . amtal at " Hagu "-which
bistrode. Mr. till pool de. the red de har land in the county -the > W is It, 9 -the postent being used to Andre Julia. Henry thay wie in
Solo Samniet, the father of W. 4, & J. K Ha mort, arrived in Nayetulwet 1550, and +plat on Sec 14. 16. 5 They del dwar milling at twaretown and Ing. ne, in hana, et the month of the og & rollins, sand neste frequent beats to Chuapago per wagen, returning made sal . A. Merun Row, Judge John J). Munken, Ir Mc Kinnie, and the Marina were among the super early n-nont.
In these years, without rain, a drink of se tar could not be held between the Entrarmos and the bttle Vermillion, bo- upon the artrir not a sign ni inhabi tants could be seen- anie al or was pos turks appeared at that time that the primes amid not be settled up, the proximity of umber sending to offer a kindl of protection.
Mr James R. Homenet, had a great do it to do with the noteret- of the In- liana & lihnois Central funnvad, and contributed botes of lus fine and ninne y to the furtherance of the interests, in preparing the mundo of the jungle for a favorable view of the enterprise, The mainand ats, efter siM'en years of prey urution, finally bwilt through the town-lep in 1874, god is mupid'y winning its Way to the importaner claimed for it by 11- tricarte,
The line of the properes Dauvarie, Givenby any Wistern Randound croce the town-lup from the south west to the northra-t. The Embarr.oetlow- in , north und synth direction through the town-hijs Best of the centre. Timber butlera the stream hat east and west is prairie. This township contains some of the finest improved farms in the county, and at the same time is one of the richest
SFWMAN TOWNSHIP.
THE city of Newman was laid out contemporary with Tussila, and the name was given it in honor of K. Newman, Dag. one of the igual properties Arunning the early settlers may be mentioned Etoch Howell, who was one of the Temat Jialgis of Code Commis; and the Winkler-, who would their land to the Hopkins; James, Comelius, Robert, and William flopkins wore leading ; day. men of the day. Einfort Hopkin- was one of the Judges af Coles t'aunty at the time the separation of Ihurgias from ('ole- occurred, and was re-elected to fill the fracturain terms for Domplas County. He died a few years ago, and Mr. Williamn Ile pkins is also deceased at a rige old age
The town-lop is nearly all prairie. Toward the north the country rises in opiund, known as the "Ridge" Here James M. Coulley ami his brother; Mr. William W. Young, deceased; and the Reverend Jonathan Whalley were the first settin. Ivane Skinner, of Newman, is one of the oldest residents, and an- nther old inhabitant is William Sunte The Indi ing and Ilinois Central Railroad traverses the southern part, and the township took stuck in the mad to the amount of twelve thousand dollar The town-hip contain4 Mqne hne farms, stung which is that of Mr. & M Culbertson, lying north and west of Vraman, vi over two thousand acres, the large-t entign ass burly of lait in the eastern and of Douglas ( aunts. The view from the rolling prairie kopen 24 the " Ridge," in the upper part of the township, is more extensive than phv which may be obtained trong any other part of the & wanty.
A man named Bob Mattison, some time previous to 1440, or about that date. wttled in this township. He I rought with hun twelve or fifteen daves. He -on learned they would be ine atomed this remain a Year, and to propose to return with them to Kentucky. P'ut he workonel without his host. A party et determined " Abolitionsts," as Motion was pleased to toro them, put in very desidest algesture A-bmore and others to do that they -how it now he returned to slavery, and a number were carneed from Mattion and went to Li- HUNHA, Tetttu In go etther to I na rin, nº Kenonike, and rem'in- to this day in Douglas Bunnty. In the trial which grew out of the case, Abraham Lincoln adl 4). B. Fukin were employed ax opposiog counsel.
SARGENT TOWNSHIP.
SARGENT township takes its name from Snowden Sargent, une of the old set- flera of this part of famglia t ounts. There is nu truling punt of an import- ance in the town-hop, bin- being done Between the town of bowman and Oakland, in Cate County. The tady post office is Brushy Fork, more Le- miliarle trouve in the mightylow das 'Vigrand Turk." . Among the utd wstilte an Snowden Sargent Andrew Gewinn, Samuel Allin, William F Murphy, the Brittens, 1. W Baret, and Williams Hancock, and the familie of Murder and Chaos in it
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