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V HISTORY 11
OF
MACOUPIN COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
Illustrations
DESCRIPTIVE OF ITS SCENERY,
AND
Biographical Sketches of some of ils Prominent Men and
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PUBLISHED BY BRINK, McDONOUGH & CO., PHILADELPHIA.
CORRESPONDING OFFICE, EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.
1879.
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PREFACE.
O THE CITIZENS OF MACOUPIN COUNTY who have so generously aided us, in various ways, in our efforts to collect reliable data for the compila- tion of this history, we desire to express our grateful thanks. Especially are we under obligations to Judge Lewis Solomon, Hon. C. A. Walker, A. McKim Dubois, Huriah Smith, Peter B. Karnes, Stephen Hettick, W. W. Freeman, Oliver W. Hall, James Raffurty, Col. f. R. Miles, Gen. John I. Rinaker, Major F. H. Chapman, Joseph C. Howell, Hon. Sargeant Gobble, Judge Lewis P. Peebles, Dr. John Logan, Gen. John M. Palmer, Hon. T. L. Loomis, Capt. Thomas S. Gelder, Hon. John A. Chesnut, Hon. Wm. C. Shirley, Fudge P. C. Huggins, C. J. Keiser, H. M. Kimball, John Dews, Harbert J. Keiser, Capt. P. H. Pentser, Nicholas Challacombe, Hon. Hampton W. Wall, Capt. James P. Pearson, R. Meatyard, Samuel H. Chapman, Dempsey N. Solomon, Thomas W. Chiles ; we also desire to return thanks to C. Westermeier, County Clerk, George R. Hughes, Circuit Clerk, F. W. Crouch, Superintendent of Schools, for their courtesy ex- tended us while collecting official data from the records ; and to the Secretaries of the various Lodges of the county, and many others whose names space will not permit us to men- tion. From the press we have received that aid which mem-
, bers of the profession so cheerfully render to one another. To the clergymen of the various denominations, we express our thanks for information cheerfully given, relative to the histories of their churches.
We have confined ourselves, as nearly as possible, to the original materials furnished. The public is aware of the difficulty attending the compilation of a work of this cha- racter, a difficulty arising not so much from a lack of ma- terial as from the vast mass of it, and the difficulty of making a proper selection. The material has been classified as care- fully as possible, and will be found a great help to the public as a book of reference as to the past of the county, its geography. and resources, its topography and all subjects that go to make up the character of Macoupin county. We expect criticism. All we ask is that it be made charitably. If our patrons will take into account all the difficulties to be overcome, the impos- sibility of harmonizing inharmonious memorics, of recon- ciling diverse dates and accurately localising events that are attributed to different localities, and, finally, the imper- fections that necessarily belong to any work, but that of the perfect God, we feel assured the verdict will be a favorable onc.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF COUNTY. PAGE.
CHAPTER I .- Brief Sketch of the North- West Territory
CHAPTER II .- Brief Historical Sketch of Illinois
CHAPTER III .- Pioneers and Early Set- tlers .....
CHAPTER IV .- Customs of Early Days ... CHAPTER V .- Geography, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources, and Railroad Facilities.
32
CHAPTER VI .- Geology 34
CHAPTER VII .- Fauna. 37
Behrens, Henry W
134
CHAPTER VIII .- Flora. 38 Benner, J. G
157
CHAPTER IX .- Civil History. 39 Bird, Joseph 141
CHAPTER X .- The Bench and Bar 52 Black, Dr. Chas. II. 187
CHAPTER XI .- The Press of Macoupin County ..
CHAPTER XII .- Common Schools. 60 Boston, David B ..
212
CHAPTER XIII .- Blackburn University .. 64 Breden, James, (dec'd).
155
CHAPTER XV .- Ecclesiastical History ... 72 Brown, M
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
PAGE.
Township and City of Carlinville. 85
Township of Staunton. Bird.
136
= Bunker Hill
143 157
Brushy Mound ..
162
44 Brighton. 164
Chesterfield. 179
Dorchester. 185
4 Girard.
189
= Gillespie 195
Honey Point 201
44 Nilwood Polk ...
207
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North Palmyra. 215
South Palmyra
Clark, Randal
197
= Shipman. 227
Scottville. 935
Virden
237
4
Western Mound.
245
Corn, S. T. 118
Coultas, Thomas F. 244
Cowan, Balfour
Cox, Chas. Foster. 188
Cromwell, John 206
Crossland, Wm. T. 248
139
Pitman, Samuel.
123
Plain, Jacob L.
121
Potter, Asa.
178
Cummings, Capt. Samuel 256
Keiser, Harbert J. 131
Prouty, C. T. 112
Raffurty. James. 214
Cundall, Thomas G 120 Keplinger, Martin L 123 Reed, Samuel. 114
Keplinger, Peter ... 205 Rhoads, Chas 252
Rhoads, Chas. C 235
Death List of Soldier's Roster. 265 Partial List of Patrons ... 267 Revised Constitution of Illinois 278 Kesinger, John. 138 Roster of Enlisted Men. 262 Davis, Edward H 164 Deck, Abraham 202 Richardson, John 184 Rice, Thomas B 234 David, A. G 115
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Adams, Francis M 198
261
Dews, John .. 246
Dowland, Thomas (dee'd)
183
Link, Lewis W 255
Alford, M. T. 217
17 Allen, W. A., M.D. 226
Anderson. W. E. P. 121
Duncan, James S.
Loomis, Horace J 183
23 Andrews, John 178
29 Armstrong. C. C ... 192
137
Bacon, Robert.
260
Barber, Nathan D. (dec'd
123
Furber, James K 118 McBride. Thos. W 211
Me C'lure. Milton.
108
MeDaniel, Bailey Peyton
1 22
McElvain. Jason N 212
McReynolds, John. 200
Mahan, Thomas, 261
Martin, Brewer.
Martin, Henry F
176
Hackney, James, 252 Masters, John B.
Hackney, Joseph B 251 Matthews, John Pitt, M. D. 10%
Hamilton, Henry C .. 194 Mattoon Family 154
Hankins, Robert A., M. D. 120
Harlan, E.
Meatyard, Robert ... 229
Merrill, Wm. C.
Metcalf, James D.
104 Metcalf, James L. 100
Harvey, George .. 152 Metcalf. Richard J 159
Metcalf, Thomas M
Miles, Col. J. R 169
Miller, Robert P
Mitchell, Travis Moore. 164
Hegans, Lafayette
245
Montgomery, John 174
161 Morrell, John L. 239
Netherton, Abram K 200
Nieman. John C
129
Niemeyer, Wm ..
132
Hodgson, Thomas. 1×4
Holliday, Chas. (dec'd)
103
O'Neil, John, Dee'd 253
Page, Elisha W. 211
Palmer, Ex-Gov. John M 87
Payne, John C. 1.
Pearson, Capt. James P. 200
Peebles, Judge L. P 99
Peek, Wesley D. 194
Pembroke, Elahu 163
Pennington, James T
230 Hupp. E. L. 198
Pentzer, Capt. P. HI
156 Jencks, Wm. O. 154
Pettingill, John A ...
Joiner, Thomas,
Jones, William. 178
Crouch, F. W. 117
Delaney, Daniel. 194
De Werff, John H 135
Klauenberg, Chas. II 118
Law, Henry 233
9 Ahrens, John M 134
Dubois, Alexander McKim 98 Liston, Joseph B 107
Duckels, Wm. 182
Logan, M. D., John. 95
Eastham, W. E 19
Loomis, Judge Thaddeus L 119
Love, Samuel 142
Luken, P. H ... 187
Luken, Thomas J. 186
Lumpkin, James W. 141
Gelder, Capt. Thomas S.
1.82
Gelder, John .. 214
Gilbert, Hon. S. S.
101
Gilson, G. H., M.D ..
Gilson, J. W.
Bley, Dr. George 135 231
55 Bloome, John H.
257
CHAPTER XIV .- Patriotism ... 66 Brown, John HI
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167
Brown, Newell H
250
Brown, Samuel 250
Buffington, Dr. C. D .. 2.57 Harrington, Chas.
94
Harris, Thomas R. 217
Harris, Z ...
Caldwell, Hugh.
182
Carrico, N. 207
Carter, Aaron F. (dec'd ). 1.50
121
Cavender, David. 199
Challacombe, Nicholas. 1×1
Chapman, Major F. H. 100
Henderson, J. W
Hienz, Peter ...
122
Chedester, Guy M 241
Chiles, T. W .. 218
Hilvard, John M., Dee'd
251
Christopher, J. W., Dec'd .. 232
Clark, E. B
212 Clark, H. C
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Clark, Joseph F.
163
Horton, Robert
220
Houck, Ross, (dee'd) 152 Palmer, John Mayo. 113
Howell, Joseph C. 100 Panhorst, Wmn 133
Huddleston, Daniel (dec'd 200
Huddleston, Samuel
163
Huggins, Judge P. C .. 148
Hughes, George R 108
Hilyard. 248
Cahokia 254
Shaw's Point
255
= North Otter. 258
South Otter. 259
Crowder, Mark 121 Keiser, Cobus J 130
Constitution of United States, . 286 Declaration of Independence 285 Cummings, James F. 149 Kelsey, John 171
Clark, R. B. 257
Comer, Lieu't Arthur D. 142
Cooper, Robert R 161
Corbin, L. B 214
Hulse, Capt. A. C .. 226
183
Hunter, Dr. Joseph 157
Mayfield, Alfred S. (dee'd). 122
Burke, Major Beatty T. Burton, Henry W.
107
124
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Castle, Capt. George S.
Hayes, James, 134
Hedley, F. Y.
150
Chase, Taylor G. (dee'd). 173
Hillard, A. A
Haven, Isaac 160
Hayes, E. W. 153
Glessner, Len. C.
120
Gobble, Sargeant
Etter, Henry, 225
Arnett, J. II.
Ferguson, Henry J ... 132
Floyd, T. W., (dec'd).
201
168 Freeman. W. W.
Kimball, II. M. 110
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
Kesinger, John ...
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Wilson, James B
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Rinaker, General John I
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Ackerman, S.
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King, J. C.
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Wilson, John.
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Ring, E. W.
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Adams, Jefferson
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Landreth, John II
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Wise & Hill.
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Ripley, Josias R
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Alford, M. T
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Landreth, A. P.
Law, Henry .4
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Roach, John F
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Allen, Wm. P
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Andrews, John.
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Leach, Thomas 140
Yowell, James II.
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Arkebauer, Henry J.
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Ross, William G
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Behrens, Henry. Between 124-125
Bacon, Robert
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MeElvain, J. N
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Brown, M.
167
Rutherford, Horace E
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Bielby & Bramley. 1.
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Metcalf, R. J.
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Burke, Major Beatty T. 94
Chase, Taylor G., (deceased ). 173
Seaman, M. W., M.D.
233
Breden, John F 154
Searcy, B. P., Dec'd.
226
Brown, John H.
= 142
Sewall, W. W.
242
Brown, Mrs. S. A .. 152
Montgomery, John ..
174
Chiles, T. W. 218
Christopher, J. W., Dee'd 232
Clark. Randal and wife.
197
Shultz, Alexander
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Sievers, August.
134
Carter, Mrs. S. B
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Simmons, Capt. T. H.
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Chapman, Daniel.
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Simons, George W
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Chedister, G. M
238 Olive, Jesse
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Eastham, W. E
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~ Sisson, Jackson ...
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Chiles. Wm. M
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Page, E. W =
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Gilson, J. W
231
Slaughter, Wm. J.
161
Church of the Annunciation.
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Palmer, Mrs. M. E. 11% =
Hayes, E. W
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Smalley, A. J.
149
Clark, Joseph F.
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Palmer, Ex-Gov. John M
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Harris, Z 104
Smalley, Restores C ..
149
Clark, Randal
196
Palmer, James.
Payne, J. C
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Holmes, David and wife. 247
Huggins, P. C.
148
Snell, Guy A ..
C'undall, J. R
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Pennington, J. T
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150
Hupp, E. L. and Wife. 230
Snell, Hosea.
Cundall, T. G.
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120 Potter, Asa.
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.Joiner, Thomas and Wife
139
Snively, E. A
111
Coultas, T. F
244
Prouty, C. T
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Keiser, Harbert J
131
Solomon, D. N.
224
De Buhr, Harbert (der'd.
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202
Reineke, Frederick 140
234
Keplinger, Peter and wife Facing 205
Kesinger, John 138
Kimball. H. M 110
Love, Samuel.
Facing 142
Stratton, Thomas. 235
Roach, J. F
192
Martin, Henry F
176
Sunderland, Chas. 251
Dews, Jo'ın ..
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Metcalf, R. J
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Sunderland, John F 105 Dufner, John
Miles, J. R
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Taylor, Arter
200
Eastham, W. E
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Sievers, August.
Facing Page 134
Montgomery, John
174
Thacker, Z ..
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Fahrenkrog, Wn
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Simons and Sewal
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Morrell, John L. 239
Neiman, John C ... 129
Palmer, Ex-Gov. John M
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Vancil, Imri B
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Gelder, Thomas S.
182
Smalley, J. B
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190
Palmer, John Mayo
113
Virden, A. L 241
134
German Lutheran Church ... Between 124-125
Solomon, Judge Lewis.
219
Peebles, Judge L. P
99
Waggoner, B. F.
249
Gilson, Heirs
Facing, 178
Solomon, D. N
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Prouty. C. T .. 112
Reed, Samnel ... 114
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Walker. Robert J 192
Robertson. Dr. William A
102
Wall, Hon. Hampton V
127
Hartwell & Woodroof.
192
Thacker Z
Between 208, 209
187
Hackney, Joseph B
252
Thacker, T. W
Facing Page 260
Welch, Judge W. R 101
Hackney, James.
252
Thacker, J. W
190
Sunderland, John F
105
Westermeier, Jr., C 116
Hayes, James.
134
Tucker, R
216
Snively E. A
111
Wheeler, Columbus. 164
Hegans, L
189
Trible, Samuel,
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Smalley, Restores C
Solomon, D. N
Thacker. 7, and wife 209
Wilcox, S. B .. 244
Huddleston, R. W
138
Waggoner, Benjamin F.
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250
Walker. Chas. A .. 96
Wills, John W. 141
Hupp, E. L.
230
Walker & Minier ..
188
Wall, Hon. Hampton W
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Wilson, C. B 234
Jenkins, Wm. II.
255
Wheeler. C.
Whiteley. Robert
182
Westermeier, C., Jr.
Keiser, Neimeyer & Co.
Betw'n 124-125
Whitfield, W. HI
196
Wheeler, John and Wife 140
Whiteley, Robert and Family. Facing 136
203
Yancey, Archelaus N. 150
Keiser, Harbert J.
Facing, 131
Williams, Jr., James
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York, James W
York, James W 204
Kelsey, John.
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Wilson, C. B
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Yowell, James HI
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Yowell, James H 210
Keplinger, Peter
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Wilson, James, Senr.
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David, A. G 115
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Dews, John.
Facing 246
Hilliard, A. A. 177
Smalley, John B
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Clark, E. B
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Smalley, Samuel
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County Map. Facing Page, 9
Pearson, J. P
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Solomon, Lewis 219 Deck, Abraham.
Solomon, P. B. 1×3
Deibel, Geo. P. & Bro.
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Rhoads, B. C. 181 :
Stewart, W. H
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Stratton, I. P
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Denby, P. L
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Rice, Hugh.
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Sanner, S. P 150
Miller. R. P. and wife ..
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Taggart, F ..
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Enslow, D. C.
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School Desks. 63
Trible, Samuel
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Fisk, Frank.
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Slagel, C. H ..
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True, Moses, (dec d) 147
Friede, Chas.
132
Slaughter, W. J
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4 Gelder, John. 240
Snell, Guy A
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Panhorst, Wm ..
133
Wales, Chas. E 235
Glenny, Mrs. Kate B ..... 4
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Solomon & Martin
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90
Hartke, F. W
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St. Joseph's Church,
Haven, I. & R. B ..
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Swank, Michael
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Sanner, S P. and Wife.
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Wayne, Churchwell W
Simmons, T. H ..
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Wheeler, John. 140
Hellier, Edwin.
227
Turk, Thomas,
186
Whiteley, Robert.
137
Henderson, John P. :
240
Voge, Henry
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162 Welch, Judge W. R
101
Wilson, Edmund. 184
Joiner, Thomas, 13!
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Wilson, James, 203 Winter, Ferdinand. 118
Keiser, C. J
Williams, Samuel J
Woodroof, Jesse W 193
Keiser, Prange & Co.
Williams, J. M.
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Blackburn University 64, 120
Metcalf, J. D.
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Sawyer, Daniel B
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Brayford, Henry 214 =
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: Miles, J. M 220 Challacombe, Nicholas. 1$1
Miller, R. P
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Chapman, Major F. H. 100
Shirley, Hon. Wm. C
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Carlinville Public School Building. County Buildings 60 .Facing Page 42
Niedermeier, Christian Facing, 146
Nieman, John C. Facing Page. 128
Crouch. F. W
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Nighbert, N. A
Nutter, C. H. & Bro
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Rose, Andrew Jackson.
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Bacon, Robert 260
Mahan, Thomas
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Rusk, David
Behrens, Fritz. Facing Page 134
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Roberts, Wm. B 253
Luken, P. II.
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Raffurty, James, 214
Keiser, C. J. and Family .. Facing 130
Kelsey, John and wife .. 171
Stead, Samuel .. 208
Denby, Wm. A.
Denham, E. W
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Rice, T. B
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Walker, Charles A
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INTRODUCTION.
MEW studies are more interesting and profitable to mankind than that of the past experiences, deeds, thoughts and trials of the human race.
The civilized man and the untutored savage alike desire to know the decds and lives of their ancestors, and strive to perpetuate their story. National patriotism and literary pride have prompted many, in all times, to write and preserve the annals of particular peoples. But narrow prejudice and selfish interests too often have availed to suppress the truth or to distort facts.
It is the aim of this work to collect and preserve in enduring and popu- lar form some of the facts of the early settlement and subsequent growth of a great county of a grand State. The families whose ancestors were early on the ground, and whose members have made the county what it is, are worthy of remembrance ; and their difficulties and sorrows, customs, labors and patriotism, should not be allowed to fall into oblivion. By a knowledge of these the present generation will be instructed, and the future will be guided.
All history, if properly written, is interesting ; and there is not a country, or a city, or a hamlet,-nay, we might say, not a family or an individual on the globe,-whose history might not be more or less valuable to posterity.
From the ancient days, away back in the dim and shadowy past, when the human race first arrived at a state of intelligence sufficient to enable them to transmit a traditionary or written account of themselves, all along down the teeming ages, our progenitors have left in various ways, and by different means, information, more or less mythical, of the age and generation in which they played their ephemeral part on the world's ever-changing theatre of action. It is graven in bronze on the wonderful works of the central nations of Africa, around those "dim fountains of the Nile;" the gray old pyramids in the valley of "twenty thousand cities" are covered with the hieroglyphical language of the "shadowy past." The vast and mighty "palaces and piles stupendous," hoary with the dust of unknown centuries, that bewilder the traveler 'mid Egypt's drifting sands, upon the plains of the Euphrates, and hidden away in the tiger-hunted jungles of the "farthest Ind;" the gigantic ruins of Southern and Central America, under the snow-capped Cordilleras and among the wondrous forests of Yucatan ; the seamed and wrinkled pyramids of the Aztecs, in Mexico and California, and the ten thousand crumbling evidences of a powerful civilization scattered throughout
the great valley of the Mississippi, all bear testimony of countless attempts to transmit knowledge to posterity.
The written history of the American Continent dates back scarcely four centuries, yet within that comparatively short period its pages have garnered from her hills and mountains, from her grand rivers and mighty inland sea-, valuable additions to the world's stock of knowledge.
Like the Eastern Continent, our own has its historie points,-its nuclei around which cluster the memories of heroic deeds, the story of martyrs, and the legends of a barbarous past. St. Augustine, Jamestown, Plymouth Rock, Quebec, Montreal, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Detroit, are localities about which gather volumes of history.
The advance of civilization on the North American Continent has been more rapid than in any other portion of the globe; and, within the memory of living men, the fairest and richest portions have been wrested from the dominion of the wilderness and the savage, and changed into a highly-cultivated region, filled with a race of industrious and thriving people. Prominent among the localities rich in historic lore is the region around the Mississippi river. It early claimed the attention of two of the most powerful nations of Europe, whose pioneers and avant couriers were boldly pushing into the then unknown countries lying towards the "Great South Sea," eagerly looking for gold and precious stones, for fabled Eldora- dos, and fertile lands.
Dim traditions, fragmentary legends, stories of bloody warfare, of disaster and defeat ; essays, letters, and public documents, all bearing more or less upon the history of the county have been carefully examined.
To collect and arrange in one volume these various fragments, this abund- ant material, and to give the cream of all the best authors who have treated the subject, together with all additional information it was possible to obtain, and present it in readable form, has been the object of the publishers of the present work.
We know, full well, the task is not a light one; the contemplated work is by no means a holiday frolic. Hard, steady, close application and untiring energy are necessary to accomplish it, and we have approached the subject with the greatest diffidence, not unmindful of our shortcomings, yet, at the same time, fully determined to do our best, and trust a generous and discrim- inating public to do us justice, hoping and believing that our labors shall not have been wholly in vain.
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The utmost pains has been taken to read thoroughly and compare care- fully the various writers, and to sift out and reconcile discrepancies, for historians not unfrequently disagree upon minor points. The work of read- ing and comparing has been no ordinary one, and the difficulty has not been so much in collecting as in making a judicious and truthful use of the abundant material at hand.
The traditions of the Indians, as given by Heckewelder and others, have been quoted quite extensively, and as an important factor in the sum total of knowledge concerning this region ; and the early discoveries of Marquette, La Salle, Hennepin, and other French adventurers in the valley of the Mis- sissippi and the basin of the great lakes of the Northwest, have also de- manded a large share of attention, as preliminary to the troubles which grew out of the conflicting claims of the French and English crowns, result- ing in a contest for supremacy, and in which not only all the contiguous region, but the entire French and English possessions in America, a large share of Europe, and immense regions in Asia and the islands of the sea, were interested and involved.
Another object to be gained by this work, is to bring to the notice of the people, the immense resources which a bountiful Providence has bestowed upon them, and which it becomes, not merely a privilege to use, but a duty to improve. How little is now known of these treasures, and how greatly profitable such information may be, needs only a thought to comprehend. Our fertile soils, our noble timber trees, our genial climate, our inexhaustible mineral treasures, and our easy facilities for commerce, are, in a great degree, unknown even to our own population. This volume seeks to develop an ap- preciation of them, and to stimulate a desire to improve and extend them.
Then, local customs, old family traits and anecdotes are so rich in interest and so full of instruction to the young, that they ought never to be for- gotten. These, so many as time and diligence could gather, are here recorded and will be found to form no unimportant or uninstructive portion of this volume.
Among the most influential agencies in building a nation, and in establislı- ing a character for its people, are the efforts of its citizens to educate their children and to provide for social religious worship. These two interests will, therefore, show most accurately the tastes, the habits and aspirations of a community.
Hence they have been made prominent in the ensuing narrative, and it is confidently hoped that they will not only interest readers, but will be studied and appreciated.
The work will be found embellished with views of public and private property, in various parts of the County, and with portraits and biographies of many of the prominent men of the past and present.
The chapter on the early history of the State, will be found interesting and instructive.
The Constitution of the United States and of this State, and a roster of the soldiers of the late war, have been inserted with a view to make the work more creditable, alike to the publishers and people of the county.
The work may be incomplete in some particulars. Nor indeed is it possible for it to be otherwise ; but we hope so far as it goes it is truthful and accurate.
We trust, however, that it will be the means of preserving from the empire of decay a host of incidents, of recollections, and of anecdotes, relating to the hardy pioneers and first settlers of the county, which, in the estimation of the historian and student of history, are of priceless value, but which otherwise would soon fade from the memories of the living.
Whether this has been well done is not for us to say. A generous and intelligent public must decide. It is not permitted any man to attain per- fection. Its regions lie beyond our reach. We feel, however, in submitting this work to the inspection of the patrons, whose public spirit made possible its preparation, that satisfaction which results from a consciousness of faith- ful endeavor and an earnest desire to fulfil the expectations of all.
Our work is accomplished, and its result is submitted, with tranquillity, to your inspection.
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