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HISTORY
OF
SANGAMON COUNTY,
ILLINOIS;
TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS, EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL HISTORY ; PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS,
EMBRACING ACCOUNTS OF THE PRE-HISTORIC RACES, ABORIGINES, WINNEBAGO AND BLACK HAWK WARS, AND A BRIEF REVIEW OF ITS CIVIL, POLITICAL AND MILITARY HISTORY.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
HISTORY OF ILLINOIS.
INTRODUCTORY
17
Stupendous System of Improvements Inaugurated-Illi-
The Mound Builders
17
Other Races ..
18
Indians-Illinois Confederacy-Starved Rock.
21
The Battle of Nauvoo.
Early Discoveries-First Settlements.
22
Mexican War .....
English Rule ..
23
The War for the Union.
General Clark's Exploits-County of Illinois.
24
Governors of Illinois ...
Northwestern Territory-Ordinance of 1787 ..
25
Lieutenant Governors-Other State Officers
Illinois Territory-State Organization-First Constitu- tion-The Winnebago War.
26
Representatives in Congress. 43
Black Hawk War-Internal Improvements
27
Then and Now.
29
HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.
IN THE BEGINNING 45
The Garden Spot
45
First White Men in Sangamon County ..
46
First Settlement ..
46
Other Early Settlers. 47
Stephen T. Logan
87
Area and Position of the County .
47 47
Acts of the County Commissioners
48
County Commissioners from 1821 to 1849
50
Board of Justices
50
Township Organization
50
Rivers and Creeks 51
Navigation of the Sangamon River. 51
Creeke.
54
CHAPTER II.
GEOLOGY
55
CHAPTER III.
PIONEER LIFE. 60
Early Manpers and Customs
60 62
Clothing
62
Weddings
65
Shakes 66
67
Bee Hunting
67
Snakes
Agriculture 67
68 Religion
CHAPTER IV.
JUDICIAL
70
Probate and County Courte.
74
CHAPTER V.
THE BAR OF SANGAMON COUNTY.
76
FIRST DECADE.
77
James Adams
77
Jonathan H Pugh.
77
Thomas M Neale
D. McWilliams
108
James M. Strode
A. Mc Williams
108 108
William S. Hamilton
78
Thomas Moffett.
78
William Mendel.
78
Samuel McRoberts
H G. Reynolds
Alfred W. Cavarly
79
S. S Whitehurst
John Reynolds
80
FIFTH DECADE
108
James Turney
80 SIXTH DECADE
105 105 105 105 105 106 196 106 106 106 10g 107 108 108
Josiah Lamborn.
67 Levi Davis
A. K. Smede.
David Logan
William 1. Ferguson. Archibald Williams.
O. H Browning
William A. Mineball
Benjamin West ..
Israel Crosby
William Walker ..
Elliott B. Herndon
FOURTHE DECADE.
Thomas Lewis.
J. France.
77 77
C. M. Morrison
William Prescott
108
L. F. McCrillis
103 108 108 108
Benjamin Mille
Henry Starr
George Forquer
80 84
Edward J. Phillips
Edward Jones.
86 86 37
David Prickett.
Organization of the County.
William L. May ..
Dan Stone.
Josephus Hewett.
David B. Campbell.
Antrim Campbell
A. T. Bledsoe. .
Charles R. Wells
Schuyler Strong.
Ninian W. Edwards
Cyrus Walker.
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
Jesse B. Thomas, Jr
E. D Baker ...
John D. Urquhart.
John C. Doremus
98
THIRD DECADE
General Shields
Silas W. Robbins
Justin Butterfield.
98 98 102 103 104 104
Wolf Hunting
U. F. Linder.
91 91 91 92 92 92 92 93 93 93 93 93
96 96 98
Character of the Pioneers
SECOND DECADE.
Henry E. Dummer.
28 29 30 31 32 33 37
nois and Michigan Canal -- Panic -- Repudiation Advocated Mormon War.
United States Senatore. 38
78 79 A W. Hayes
109
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CHAPTER VI.
THE BAR OF SANGAMON COUNTY (continued) 110 110
SEVENTII DECADE ..
John T. Stuart .. 110 114 115
Samuel H. Treat. Benjamin S. Edwards
REMINISCENCES
170
Cotton Picking. 170
By George Brunk. 173
Auburn and Vincinity Forty Years Ago, by M. G. Wads- worth ... 174
By S. C. Hampton
179
By R. W. Diller
180
By James J. Megredy.
181
By E. H. Beaclı.
182
By John S. Condell, Sr.
183
Christopher C. Brown
Eugene L Gross
By W. T. Bennett.
185 186
By George P. Weber
Pioneer Women 187
William E. Shutt
125 125
Robert L. McGuire ..
By Mrs. Charlotte Jacobs
Leonidas H. Bradley
125 125 1225
Norman L. Freeman
Richmond Wolcott
Thomas C. Mather.
Clinton L. Conkling
Lloyd F. Hamilton.
James W. Patton.
Samuel D. Scholes,
Pioneers and Pioneering, by W. H. Herndon 206 Alfred Orendorff.
CHAPTER XI.
THE PRESS 213
ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL.
Simeon Francis.
Josiah Francis.
Allen Francis ..
W. H. Bailhache.
Edward L. Baker
David L. Phillips
219 220 223
Horace Chapin
Milton F. Simmons
THE DAILY JOURNAL
THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN
George R. Weber.
ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER
George Walker.
Charles H. Lanphier.
John W Merritt.
Edward L. Merritt.
George W. and J. R. Weber.
George Smith
H W. Clendenin
Thomas Rees
DAILY ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER
SANGAMO MONITOR
SANGAMO DAILY MONITOR
Thomas W. S. Kidd.
THE SPRINGFIELD TIMES
S. S Brooks. THIE MASONIC TROWEL.
H. G. Reynolds
ILLINOIS STATE DEMOCRAT
THE SUNDAY MAIL
ILLINOIS FREIE PRESS
Frederick Gebring.
STAATS WOCHENBLATT
H. Schlange.
AUBURN CITIZEN
A. B. Stover ..
Moses G Wadsworth
THE EVENING POST.
F. H. B. McDowell. 239
S. P. V. Arnold. 240
CAMPAIGN PAPERS 240
CHAPTER XII.
THE REED AND DONNER PARTY.
241
CHAPTER XIII.
POLITICAL
249
Official Vote of Every General Election.
272
CHAPTER XIV.
NATIONAL, STATE AND COUNTY REPRESENTATION 278 NATIONAL REPRESENTATION. 278 President of the United States. 278
United States Consuls.
278
214 216 217 217 218 218
John C. Lanphier
Henry H. Rogers
John C. Snigg.
Robert H. Ilazlett.
William L. Gross.
John M. Palmer. John Mayo Palmer.
George W. Murray
Robert W Maxwell.
George A. Sanders
James H. Matheny, Jr
Henry A. Stevens. James E. Dowling
133 133 134 134
John M. Creighton
George A. Wood
134
Thomas Sterling
Joseph M. Gront.
William Henry Colby
William F. Herndon.
Henry B. Kane.
Frank H. Jones
John A. Chestnut.
137
Thomas J. Thompson.
Winfield S. Collins
William A. Vincent.
Larue Vredenburgh. Alexander H. Robertson 138 138
William T. Ilouston
Albert Salzenstein. 138
Frank R. Williams 138 Noah H. Turner. 139 Edwin C. Haynie. 139
Walter B. Wines 139
CHAPTER VII.
THE FISHER MURDER CASE.
140
CHAPTER VIII.
RAILROADS 144
Wabash, St. Lonis & Pacific 114
First Locomotive in Springfield. 145
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis 146
Ohio & Mississippi. 147 Illinois Central. 147
Springfield & Northwestern 147
Contemplated Roads ... 148
CHAPTER IX.
WARS
149 The Winnebago War ... 149
The Black Hawk War. 14J
List of Soldiers in Black Hawk War. 162
Reminiscence of the Black Hawk War 165
The Mexican War .. 167 Roster of Mexican War Soldiers. 168
CHAPTER X.
James C. Conkling. 115 James H. Matheny 116 William H. Herndon 116 Norman M Broadwell. 119 119 120 120
William J. Conkling.
John E. Rosetto.
Charles S. Zane.
John Alexander McClernand.
121
Charles A. Keyes.
122 123 123
Milton Hay. William M Springer
124
By Mrs. James Parkinson and Mrs. Sarah King 187
188 191 191
By Eliza Headley.
Thomas G. Prickett.
By Mrs. John Lock.
192
By Mrs. Robert Burns.
193 193
By Mrs. Sarah P. Husband
By Mrs. Ann H. McCormack.
194
Old Settlers of Sangamon, by John T. Stuart .. 194
By Dr. Alexander Shields .. 201
Henry S. Greene.
A. N. J. Crook.
James C. Robinson
James A. Kennedy
Charles Philo Kane
130 130 130 132 133 133 133 133
James A. Creighton
134 134 134 137 137 137
137 138 133 138
223 224 224 225 225 226 227 228 229 229 230 230 230 232 232 235 236 237 237 237 237 237 237 237 238 238 238 238 238 239 239
Paul Selby.
126 126 126 1:26 127 127 127 127 128 123 129 129 129 129 130 130
By Elizabeth Harbour.
Isaac K. Bradley
By John H. Harrison 185
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United States Assessor
278
Congressional
278
Shelby M. Cullom 279
SIATE REPRESENTATION .. 280
Governor.
280 280
Secretary of State.
State Auditors 280
State Treasurers
280
Superintendents of Public Instruction 280
Attorney Generals. 280
State Geologists.
280
Adjutant Generals
280
Senatorial and Representative
280
COUNTY OFFICERS. 282
County Clerks 282
Circuit Clerks 282
Recorders.
Probate Judges 282
County Judges 282
Sheriff's. 282
Coroners 283
Surveyors 283
School Commissioners 283
Superintendents of Schools 28 3
Prosecuting Attorneys 282
Treasurers
CHAPTER XV.
REMOVAL OF THE STATE CAPITAL 284
Building of a new State House. 287
Law providing for building a new Capitol. 288
Efforts to nullify the law and their failure. 289
Laying the corner stone ..
289
Description of the new State House. 2-9
Work completed. 292
Epitome of the legislation for the new State House. 292
CHAPTER XVI.
TEMPERANCE 296
Early Temperance movements.
298
The Washingtonians .
298
Constitution of the Springfield Washington Temperance Society.
299
Washington Song
300
Sons of Temperance 300
A Grand Jury's Certificate.
300 303
Temple of Honor.
303
The Maine Law
303
Women's Temperance Crusade
304
CHAPTER XVII.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION 305
Departure of Mr. Lincoln 306
Major General John A McClernand. 318
The Beginning of the End, 352
Assassination of President Lincoln. 353
The End.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE WAR FOR THE UNION, Continued. 362
Seventh Infantry 362
Ninth Infantry 367
Tenth Infantry 367 Eleventh Infantry. 371
Twelfth Infantry 371
Fourteenth Infantry
374
Nineteenth Infantry.
374 374
Twentieth Infantry
Twenty-first Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry.
Twenty- third Infantry.
375
Twenty-seventh Infantry 378
Twenty-eighth Infantry.
378
37~ Thirtieth Infantry. 382
Thirty-second Infantry
382 Thirty-third Infantry. 383 Thirty-fourth Infantry 384 Thirty-fifth Infantry. 384
Thirty sixth Infantry 384
Thirty-eighth Iufantry. 3×4 First Annual Meeting. 440
Thirty-ninth Infantry. 387
Forty-first Infantry 387
2-
Forty-sixth Infantry
387
Forty-eighth Infantry.
Forty-ninth Infantry 387
Fiftieth Infantry. 3×7 387
Fifty-first Infantry
Fifty-second Infantry 387
Fifty-third Infantry.
387
Fifty-fourth Iufantry
3-7
Fifty-seventh Infantry
387 3c7
Sixtieth Infantry
Sixty-second Infantry
Sixty-third Infantry ..
Sixty fourth Infantry
Sixty-eighth Infantry
388 3-8 389
Seventy-second Infantry
389
Seventy-sixth Infantry
Seventy-seventh Infantry.
Seventy eighth Infantry
Eighty fourth Infantry
Ninetieth Infantry
Ninety-first Infantry
Ninety-second Infantry
Ninety-fourth Infantry.
Ninety-fifth Infantry.
Ninety-seventh Infantry.
One Hundred and First Infantry
One Hundred and Sixth Infantry ..
One Hundred and Seventh Infantry.
One Hundred and Eighth Infantry
One Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry.
One Hundred and Fourteenth Infantry.
One Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry ...
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry.
One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry
One Hundred and Twentieth Infantry.
One Hundred and Twenty second Infantry ..
One Hundred and Twenty-third Infantry.
One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Infantry.
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Infantry
One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Infantry
One Hundred and Thirtieth Infantry.
One Hundred and Thirty-third Infantry
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Infantry.
One Hundred and Forty-fourth Infantry
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Infantry.
One Hundred and Fiftieth Infantry.
One Hundred and Fifty-second Infantry.
One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Infantry .
One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Infantry First Cavalry
Second Cavalry
Third Cavalry.
Fourth Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry.
Sevonth Cavalry
Eighth Cavalry.
Ninth Cavalry.
Tenth Cavalry
Eleventh Cavalry
Twelfth Cavalry
Thirteenth Cavalry
413
Sixteenth Cavalry.
First Artillery.
Second Artillery
Chicago Board of Trade Battery.
Chicago Mercantile Battery
Springfield Light Artillery
Twenty ninth Colored Infantry 415
Recruits for Regular Army .. 415
Nineteenth United States Infantry . 416
Roll of Honor . 416
CHAPTER XIX.
OLD SETTLERS' SOCIETY 431
Constitution of Old Settlers' Society.
431
First Annual Celebration .. 43: Address of James II. Matheny 432
Re-organization of the Society 439
Second Annual Meeting 441
Members of the Society 441
Third Annual Meeting 442 Forty-fourth Infantry 387
390 390 390 390 390 390 390 390 390 390 390 391 391 392 39-2 3922 399 399 399 399 399 399 399 401 401 401 401 402 403 403 403 404 404 404 404 404 405
405 407 407 408 403 405 409 409 410 412 412
Fifteenth Cavalry.
413 413 414 414 414 411
374 375 375
Twenty fourth Infantry'
372
Eighteenth Infantry
Good Templars 303
Red and Blue Ribbon Movement.
283
Fifty-eighth Infantry.
388 388 388
Seventy third Infantry
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360
Transfer of Battle Flags. 490 Twenty ninth Infantry
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Address of Samuel Williams Fourth Annual Meeting Address of Governor Palmer 451 418
442
Killing of William Kelley 529
Murder of Henry Stay .. 529
Riot at Illiopolis 529
Murder and Suicide 530
Uxoricide and Suicide 530
CHAPTER XXIII.
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS. 531
John Carroll Power 53t
Joseph Wallace 533
E. L. Gross. 533
W. L. Gross 533
Alexander Davidson. 533
Dennis Williams
533
CHAPTER XXIV.
MISCELLANEOUS. 535
The Mormons. 535
Shooting Stars 535
County Jail.
535
Poe-try. 536
California Emigrants 536
How Mill Privileges were secured.
536
The Weather ...
537
Mild Winter.
537
The Sudden Change.
537
Snow Blockade ...
538
Almost a Tornado
538
Rain Storm ..
538 538
Storm at Williamsville.
539
Tornado on Sugar Creek.
539
Cholera.
539
Shoemaking.
539 540
German Evangelical Lutheran Concordia Seminary 482 482 Rev. Mr. Wyweken.
Prof. II. C. Wyneken 483
Prof. G. Kroening 483
Bettie Stuart Institute. 383
St. Agatha's School.
484
CHAPTER XXI.
ILLUSTRIOUS AND PROMINENT DEAD. 487
Abraham Lincoln .. 487
Stephen A. Douglas. 50I
William H Bissell. 505 tion. 545
Governor Matteson. 506 Richard Yates 50.7
James D. Henry .. 508
Andrew McCormack
509
Robert L. Wilson. 509 510
William F. Elkin
John Calhoun General E. B. Harlan 511 512 General I. N. Haynie. 512 513
515 519 519
Archer G Herndon
William Butler .. 520
Dr. Gershom JJayne. 521
Reuben F. Ruth 521 .
Charles R. Hurst. 522
Dr. John Todd. 522
J. K. Dubois
522
CHAPTER XXII.
DARK DEEDS .. 524
Murder of Mrs. Van Noy. 524
Killing of Dr. Early. 525
Fatal all'ray. 525
Murder of George Anderson 525
Murder at Mechanicsburg 525
Murder of an Infant Child. 525
Homicide in Chatham
526
Tragedy near Camp Butler.
Fatal Affray.
526
Shocking Murder.
526
Tragedy at Camp Butler.
Killing of Wesley Pileher.
526 526 Soldier Shot ... 526 Robbery and Murder at Pawnee.
527 Found Dead .. 527
Killing of Joseph Ward. 528
Murder of William Mortar. 528 The Portuguese. 578
Doings of a Desperado .. 598
Murder of Sharon Tyndale. 528
CHAPTER XXV.
AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES .. 543
Agricultural Societies. 543
The First County Fair ..
544
Sangamon County Agricultural and Mechanical Associa-
Sangamon County Agricultural Board .. 545
State Fairs ... 5.0
The American Berkshire Association 550
CHAPTER XXVI.
VARIOUS THINGS 551
The Deep Snow
551
Railroad Villages. 552
The First Court House .. 554
The Second Court House. 555
The Third Court House .. 555
The Fourth Court House. 555
The Fifth Court House .. 556
Villages and Stations in the County.
55€
Table of Distances.
556
Railroad Accident ..
556 557
Terrible Accident.
Fearful Railroad Accident. 557
Steam Boiler Explosion 557
Census Reports 557 558
Our Legislators
Assessments for 1881 558
Distressing Accident. 558
Two Children Killed by Lightning. 558 Terrific Explosion. 561
576 576
Globe Spice Mills.
576
Springfield Paper Company .
576
526 Wagons and Carriages ...
576
Machine Works ... 576
Elevator Milling Company. 576
Excelsior Mills
577
Home Mills 577
Printing and Binding. 577
Boiler and Sheet Iron Works. 578
578
Springfield Trunk Mannfactory.
Springfield Woolen Mills 578
Reminiscence of Elijah Iles. 580
Springfield Home for the Friendless 583
541
First Entries of Land. 541
Death of a Cetenarian. 542
Sangamon County Bible Society
542
Thirteenth Annual Meeting. 465
Address of Judge Vandever. Remarks by Hon. James C. Robinson 466 467 467
Fourteenth Annual Meeting.
Address of Welcome by John B. Miller 468
Response by Mr. Diller .. 468
Address by Governor S. M. Cullom. 468
CHAPTER XX.
EDUCATIONAL 474
Educational Convention ..
4:4
Biographical sketch of James P. Slade. 477
Common Schools. 479
Illinois State University 479 481
Rev. Francis M. Springer.
454 455 455 457 457
Ninth Annual Meeting.
Address of William II. Herndon
Tenth Annual Meeting.
Present to John Carroll Power.
Eleventh Annual Meeting
458
Address of Rev. John Slater .. 459 Address of Rev. W. H. Milburn. 459 459 Address ot Rev. Mr. Short .. Twelfth Annual Meeting. 461 462
Address of IIon. Milton Hay
Fifth Annual Meeting . 451 Sixth Annual Meeting 452 Address of Governor Palmer. 452 453 Address of D. L Phillips.
454
Seventh Annual Meeting. Eighth Aunnal Meeting ..
Hard Times. 553 Thomas H. Campbell
Erastus Wright. Rev. John G. Bergen, D. D
514
Orlin H. Miner ..
Heavy Storm of Wind and Rain.
Matrimonial.
Rendition of a Fugitive Slave.
Withey & Iro.'s Carriage and Wagon Manufactory. Sash Manufactory ..
11
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Western Union Telegraph ...
584
St. Joseph's Church
609
United States Express Company.
584
English Lutheran
German Lutheran Trinity 610
Schools. 585
First Portuguese Presbyterian. 610
Public Schools. 587
A Retrospect. 561
Sangamon County of To-day.
562
CHAPTER XXVII.
CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
563
Incorporation
565
Town Officers.
565
City Charter 563
City Officers 566
568
Speculation and Hard Times
569
Masonic ..
Springfield to a Stranger
570
Change of Name ..
571
Growth of the City
571
The Post Office ..
571
Springfield as a Manufacturing Point
573
American Legion of Honor.
Illinois Watch Company
574
Other Societies.
Ide's Machine Works
575
The Excelsior Foundry.
575
The Capital Railway
Booth & McCosker's Carriage and Wagon Manufactory.
575
Teachers' Institutes ..
594
Graduates of the High School
595
Springfield Library Association.
626 626 627
Ursuline Convent
549
Banks .
Ridgely National Bank
First Methodist Episcopal.
600
Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company .
Second Methodist Episcopal,
603
First Presbyterian ..
60.4
Second Presbyterian
605
Board of Trade ..
628
Central Baptist.
606
The City of the Dead.
629 631
German Baptist.
608
Springfield Water Works.
633
Colored Baptist.
608
Artesian Well
633
Christian. .
608
Amusements
635
Church of the Immaculate Conception
608
Biographical ..
German Catholic
609
The Colored People.
736
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
Auburn
745
Island Grove ..
931
Ball ..
784
Loami
938
Buffalo Hart.
802
Mechanicsburg.
953
Cartwright
813
New Berlin.
Chatham.
827
Pawnee.
Clear Lake
851
Rochester.
987
Cotton Hill.
873
Salisbury.
1011
Cooper.
862
Springfield
1022
Curran ..
883
Talkington
1028
Fancy Creek.
897
Wheatfield
1040
Gardner.
913
Williams
10-15
Illiopolis
919
Woodside.
1059
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Bettie Stuart Institute ..
485
Starved Rock
Sangamon County Fair Grounds.
546
Map of Sangamon County. 15 and 16
State Capitol.
35
National Lincoln Monument 630
Map of Illinois .. 735
PORTRAITS.
Breckenridge, Preston
259
Lamb, James
207
Buck, Dr. H. B.
397
Lanphier, Chas. H ..
233
Bergen, Kev. Geo.
517
McClernand. General J. A
319
Carpenter, William
475
McCoy, M. D.
993
Cartwright, Peter
601
McConnell. E. F. 753
Constant. J. T ..
805
North, Robert ..
449
Caldwell, Ben. F
Power, George.
419
Davis, Dr. W. H.
3.45 63
Robinson, Henson.
362
Foutch, Thos
643
Ruth, R. F.
925
Irwin, Alex. B.
779
Saunders, J. R ..
1-9
Iles, Elijah
117
Irwin, Robert.
301
Tracy, Frank W ..
831
Keyes, J. W.
133
Loose, J. G ..
423
Lowder, Geo. W.
1035
Williams, Samuel ...
171
Lincoln, Abraham.
Frontispiece
Wohlgemuth, Dr. Henry
153
Logan, Stephen T
Power, William D.
558
Diller R. W ..
951 Fullinwider, J. N
Shepherd, Thomas C
711
Shields, Alexander.
677
Van Deren, Cyrus W.
610
St. Paul's Episcopal
610
Congregational
611
Hebrew Temple
Young Men's Christian Association
In Honor of the Dead
First Decoration of Graves.
Decoration Day, 1881. .
Removal of the Capital
Address of Rev T. A. Parker.
Healthfulness of Springfield
570
Odd-Fellowship.
Hebrew Societies
Knights of Honor.
United Workmen
Royal Arcanum.
Etna Iron Works
575
Newspapers.
Springfield City Railway
Citizen's Street Railway
Rev. John F. Brooks 597
Illinois State Library
Religious 6: 0
627 627 627 627 628
State National Bank.
Third Presbyterian
606
Fires and Fire Department.
616 621 622 623 623 623 6:24 62{ 624 624 625 525 626
Colored Methodist
610
Plymouth Brethren
611 611 612 613 614
German Methodist
Second Portuguese Presbyterian 610 610
American Express Company . 585
Williams, Colonel Jobn. 4.3
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First National Bank
963
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