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JACK MOORE WILLIAMS
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HISTORY
of
VERMILION COUNTY ILLINOIS
BY JACK MOORE WILLIAMS
IN TWO VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME ONE
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY TOPEKA-INDIANAPOLIS 1930
172. 365 W 67h V. 1 Cop. 2.
PREFACE
From the time that the first white settler cast his lot within the borders of what is now Vermilion County to the present, stretches a period of years marked by the most momentous events in the world's history. Since that time the territory now comprising Vermilion County has changed from an unbounded waste, rich in potential great- ness, but all undeveloped, into an empire in extent and a kingdom in wealth, prosperity and the influence of its people.
In the preparation of this history former publications of a kindred nature and newspaper files have been freely consulted in an effort to reconcile some of the discrepancies of earlier writers. In many instances the aid of men, long residents of the county and authorities on these particular subjects, have been invoked, and the writer takes a reason- able pride in having grouped in sequence the story of Vermilion County, which includes the salient facts of old histories, a wealth of new material, and a history that follows the course of the county from that day in 1819, when the first log cabin was erected, down to the begin- ning of 1930.
Although the writer realizes that in a work of this scope sins of omission have been committed, yet he trusts that the accuracy of this history is commensurate with the effort that has been made to make it what it is. There has been no attempt at fine writing, but only an earnest effort to tell in plain simple language the story of Vermilion County, its institutions and its people.
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The histories of Vermilion County by Hiram W. Beck- with and the later one by Miss Lottie Jones, the Centennial Book by Clint Clay Tilton, and the History of Hoopeston, by S. V. Cox, published by the Chronicle-Herald, have been sources of considerable material, as well as have been the files of the Commercial News, the Morning Press, and other old newspaper files.
If this history proves of interest to the present genera- tion, and a source of study and reference for future generations, the writer will feel repaid a hundred fold for the time and effort expended.
The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness for valuable assistance to Lieut. Charles M. Crayton, Hon. James A. Meeks, Larkin A. Tuggle, H. Ernest Hutton, W. S. Dillon, W. H. Hackman, Charles M. Woodbury, Juanita Martin, Hud Robbins, Clint Tilton, and all others whose cordial cooperation has made the preparation of this work a pleasure rather than a task.
Were these volumes to be dedicated to some one indi- vidual, the editor knows of none more deserving of this honor than Clint Clay Tilton, to whom he owes much for whatever degree of success that may be accorded to this history.
JACK MOORE WILLIAMS.
Danville, Illinois.
March 11, 1930.
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Allerton, Village of 319
Alvin, Village of 156
Armstrong, Village of 284
Bank of Illinois, First State
185
Banks, Other Early 186
Banks, Present Leading 188
Bar Association, Vermilion Coun-
ty 344
Beckwith, Cabin of Dan W. 167
Beckwith, Dan
96
Beckwith, Dan W., Career of
150
Bench and Bar
329
Black Hawk War
102
Black Hawk War, Importance of 114
Black Hawk, Surrender of 104
Black, Reuben
263
Blackman, Captain 90
Blount, Abram 309
Blount Township 305
Bond Issues
403
Bridges, Early 401
Brown's Business College 379
Building Activities 212
Building Associations
188
Building, First Brick. 184
Business Houses, Early. 147
Business Houses in 1929 191
Butler, James D.
234
Butler's Point
94
Butler Township
313
Campaigns, Important 84
Cannon, "Uncle Joe" 341
Carroll, Charles
247
Carroll Township
247
Carroll Township, Churches
252
Carroll Township, Pioneer Set-
tlers of 248
Casualties, American
82
Catlin, Village of
242
Catlin, Business Life of
244
Catlin Township
233
Catlin Township, Early Leaders of 238
Catlin Township, First County Seat 233
Catlin Township, First Officials of 241
Catlin Township, "God's Acre" __
241
Catlin Township, Historical Inter- est 234
Catlin Township, Mines 246
Catlin Township, Pioneer Life in 233
Catlin Township, Resources
245
Catlin Township, Settlers of
236
Center, Danville as a
210
Chamber of Commerce, Activities of 388
Chamber of Commerce, Danville_ 381
Chamber of Commerce, Member- ship 397
Chamber of Commerce, Officers 397
Cheneyville
313
Chicago in 1824 100
Chillicothe, Disappearance of
252
City Government, Danville 200
Civil War 117
Civilization, New 87
Clay Products Industry 415
Clubs
441
Clubs, Early Commercial
383
Coal, Vermilion County 421
Collison 294
Commercial-News, The 477
Commissioners, First 144
Conquests, Spanish
67
Cornstalk Product Company
199
County, Growth of
206
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HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
County Organization, Earliest 139
County Seat, First 141
Court at Butler's Point, First 330
Courthouse, Pioneer
148
Croghan, George 71
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 250
Cunningham, Hezekiah 157
Danville Benefit & Building Asso- ciation 189
Danville Brick Company, The.
417
Danville, Derivation of Name of 146
Danville, Founding of 146
"Danville Plan"
390
Danville Seminary
366
Davisons and Grundys 294
Doctors, Pioneer
347
Denmark
208
Descendants of Pioneers
165
Development of Danville, Rapid
153
Early Civilization 66
East Lynn
316
Education, Present
372
Elwood Township
253
Elwood Township, Churches in
258
Elwood Township, Early Schools
in 256
Elwood Township, Organization
of 253
Elwood, Thomas 253
English Occupation 73
Enrollment, School
213
Experiences, Interesting
157
Exploration
65
Fairmount
304
Fire Department, Development of 199
First Citizens of Danville 146
First Presbyterian Church 202
Fithian, Dr. William
184
Fithian, Village of 326
Fourth Illinois Cavalry 117
Friends, Society of 255
Frontier Life
89
Fur Trade
68
Georgetown, Churches
270
Georgetown, First Physicians of_ 274
Georgetown, Merchants of
272
Georgetown Post Office
272
Georgetown Seminary 363
Georgetown Township 267
Georgetown Township, Early Set- tlers of 268
Georgetown Township in 1820
267
Georgetown, Village of
270
Germantown, Old 197
Gilbert, Alvan
295
Gilbert, Influence of Alvan 155
Grant Township
311
Grape Creek Coal Company.
420
Guymon, Noah
239
Half Century Club 191
Hardships of Pioneer Life
156
Harrison, General
78
Harrison, John H.
480
Harrison Park, Danville 193
Haworth, James
270
Haworth, John and George
253
Hegeler Zink Company, The
211
High School, John Greer
380
Highways, Vermilion County
399
Hoopes, Thomas
216
Hoopeston
215
Hoopeston Chamber of Commerce 228
Elwood Township, Seminary
257
Hoopeston Chronicle
218
Hoopeston, Churches of
230
Hoopeston, Clubs in
227
Hoopeston, Early Importance of_ 215
Hoopeston, Early Religious Life_
217
Hoopeston, First Post Office
218
Hoopeston Incorporated
218
Hoopeston, Industry in 221
Hoopeston, Leading Citizens of
223
Hoopeston, Library
229
Hoopeston, Mayors of
220
Honeywell, Alba
216
Illinois Canning Company
221
Illinois Power & Light Corp.
435
Immigration
78
Incorporation of Danville
197
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HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
Independent Order of Odd Fellows 205
Indianola 252
Indian Tribes 65
Indians, Renewed Trouble With 75
Indians, Defeat of 77
Industries
211
Industry, Infancy of
181
Industrial Center, Danville 432
Insurrection, Indian 72
Jamaica Township 326
Johnson, Henry 267
Kelly, "Mike" 423
Kickapoo Flats 70
Kyger, Daniel 1
182
Lake View Hospital 356
Lamon, Ward H. 338
Lawyers, Early
329
Lawyers, Later Day 341
Le Neve Brothers
286
Le Seure's Lane 401
Library, Danville Public 527
Lincoln, Abraham 507
Lincoln, Early War Service of 108
Love Township
326
Marriage, First
95
Masonic Lodge 205
McFerren, Donald J. and William 227
McFerren, Jacob S. 218
McFerren Park
224
McGee, James
292
McKindree Township 326
Medicine in 1824 348
Medical Profession
347
Medical Society, Vermilion Coun-
ty 352
Mexican War 115
Miami Confederacy 68
Middlefork Township 279
Middlefork Township, Churches of 282
Middlefork Township, Early Set-
tlers of 280
Middlefork Township, Education in 282
Middlefork Township, First Tav-
ern 282
Middlefork Township, Location of 279 Militia, Activities of 81
Mills, Early 487
Mills in Catlin Township 235
Mines, Coal 421
Moore, Regiment of Col. Isaac R. 107
Morgan, Achilles 267
Myers, "Injun" John 94
Mystery, Civil War
501
Newell Township, Earliest Fam-
ily of
285
Newell Township, Education in 289
Newell Township, Methodism in
290
Newell Township, Pioneers of
287
Newspapermen, Early Day
475
Newspaper, The First 433
Oakwood Township
320
Oakwood, Village of
326
Officers in Black Hawk War, Ver- milion County 111
Ohio, Statehood of
78
Osborne, Thomas
303
Palmer, Dr. Asa R.
146
Parochial Schools
377
Partlow Family
280
Payne, John 236
Peace, Treaties and 85
Piankeshaws, The 69
Pilot Grove
292
Pilot Township in 1830 291
Pioneers, Aid Sought of 100
Plank Road of 1843 400
Pontiac, Chief 71
Potomac
284
Power and Railroads 431
Press, The
473
Private Schools 375
"Prophet," The 79
Production, Approximate Coal
428
Public School, First
371
Quakers, Influence of
257
Railroads
437
Railroads, Importance of First
170
Rankin
316
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HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
Regiments in Mexican War, Dan- ville 115
Religious Institutions
201
Republic, New American
73
Ridgefarm, Settlement of
261
Road Contracts, County
407
Ross Township
294
Ross Township, Churches
301
Ross Township, Leading Pioneers 296
Rossville, Village of
298
Saint Elizabeth Hospital 355
Sale of Lots in Danville 145
Salines
66
Salt, Importance of 90
Salt, Production of 91
School, First
154
School Superintendents
367
1
Schools, Vermilion County 359
Settlers, Earliest
78
Settlers, White
86
Short, John C.
192
Sidell, Hon. John 319 1 1 1
Sidell Township
317
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1
Sidell, Village of
319
Societies, German
201
Society of Friends
255
Soldiers Home, National
483
Soldiers in Black Hawk War, Danville 108
South Ross Township 327
Spanish-American War 135
Springhill Cemetery
205
Statistics, County
210
Stillman, Major Josiah
102
Taverns, Early 177 I
Teacher, First 361 1 1
Tecumseh 1 1
1 79
1 Tice Road Law 403 1 1 1
1
Tilton
198
1 1 Timmons, Capt. W. R. 243
Tincher & English
187
Tippecanoe, Battle of 83
Tokens, Silver Peace 76
Towns, Development of 208
Towns, Extinct
495
Traders, French
73
Transportation in 1830
170
Travel, Early Method of
88
Treat, Seymour 89
Treaties, Indian
72
Treaty of Paris
70
1
1
1
Turnverein, Danville
201
1
1
"Turtle," The
70
Twelfth Illinois Infantry
118
Utterback's Business College
380
Vance Township, Origin
303
Vermilion Academy
362
Vermilion County, Area of
209
Vermilion County Bank
187
Vermilion County Bench and Bar 329
Vermilion County Fairs
245
Vermilion County in 1826, Crea-
tion of 142
Vermilion County Historical So- ciety 191
Vermilion County Militia
193
Vermilion Grove
266
Villages, Indian
72
Villages, Pioneer
92
Vincennes, Capture of
74
Vincennes, Treaty of
1
1
77
Virginia, New State of
74
Wattles, James O.
329
Wayne, General Anthony
75
Western Brick Company, The
416
West, William P. and E. A. 277
Westville
277
Westville, Population 277
Westville, Schools and Churches_ 277
Williams, Amos, Public Life of
153
Williams in Danville, Amos
147
Winnebagoes and Pottawatomies, Insolence of 81
Winnebagoes, Uprising of
99
Winter of 1819-20
93
Woodbury, Dr. William W. R.
166
World War Casualties
471
World War Enlistments
470
World War, Vermilion County in the 463
Young Women's Christian Asso-
ciation
523
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Acme Brick Company, The 588
Adams, Harvey C. 1063
Ade, Judge David C. 953
Aldrich, Chester A. 752
Alexander, William J.
824
Alison, Cicero 885
Allen, Lawrence T 567
Allen, Ralph B. 821
Allen, Thurman D 831
American Bank & Trust Company 636
Anderson, Frank G. 809
Andrews, Harvey V.
764
Andrews, P. Keith, M. D. 1054
Atkinson, Joseph R.
798
Austin, Fred S.
884
Auth, Mrs. Rose C. 880
Baker, H. Wayne 702
Banta, William Franklin 568
Bass, Arthur S. 766
Baum, Chester M
815
Baum, William F 656 1
Beaver, George W. 1021
Beggs, William M. 732
Belton, Joseph S. 994
Berhalter, Albert A. 684
Berkey, Wesley L. 1
715
Berry, Chester S. 1 1 1 734
Bireline, Henry 1
1 948
Bishop, Lewis G. I
678
Blayney, G. E. 926 1 1
Bowman, William I. 604
Bredehoft, Oscar M. 993
Bridgman, Gordon 911
Brooks, Charles 930
Brookshier, Martin L., M. D. 1026
Brown, Gladys Price 1033
Bruff, Charles Milton 999
Bruff, Charles Milton, Jr. 998
Burk, Leo W 589
Bushnell, Asa M. 632
Cannady, William M. 840
Cannon, Joseph Gurney 1009
Carter, Charles E. 643
Carter, Clarence F. 642
Carter, I. Ray 623
Cass, G. T., M. D. 844 1
Cathcart, John A. 547 1
Cathcart, William G. 812
Catlett, George R. 790
Chaffee, L. V.
1 1057
Church, Ernest A. 1056 1
Clark, John E.
986
Clark, O. P. 912
Clark, Oren P. 914
Clark, Hon. S. Murray 704
Clem, J. F. 854
Clements, Louis 644
Cockerton, Herbert E. 646
Cole, John D. 573
Collings, Charles W. 840
Cooke, Clay 1006
Crays, Harold C. 712
Crayton, Charles Maurice 1042
Crispin, Samuel C., M. D.
952
Crist, O. H., M. D.
852
Cromer, Capt. Alba Cornelius
Honeywell 832
Cromwell, J. D.
915
Cromwell, J. S.
1023
Culbert, James
877
Cunningham, Charles B.
811
Cutright, Sidney B.
769
Dalbey, Everett Leslie 672
Dale, Dr. Arthur Ernest 827
Daniels, H. M.
892
Danville Benefit & Building As-
sociation
613
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HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
Davidson, Benjamin Franklin 691
Davis, Lauren 756
Debenham, William H. 652
Dewhirst, Ernest M., M. D. 780
Dicks, Forrest A.
814
Dickson, Clarence S.
661
Donaldson, Ross 775
Doney, Barton Taylor 1
917
Doney, Frank G. 916 1 1 1
Doughty, I. N.
990
1
1
Douglas, Herman E. 649 1 1 1 1
Dowell, Nathan 772 1 1 I 1
Dukes, R. F. 933 1 1 1
1 Dukes, W. C. 931
Dyer, Capt. Charles F.
1
805
Dyer, James H.
800
1
Dyer, Capt. Lucien B. 803
Dysert, Walter V.
974
Earel, Albert Marion, M. D. 688
Earel, Capt. Fred E., M. D. 717
Eaton, Adam P. 826
Edmund, George F.
554
Endicott, Fred Lincoln
570
English, Benjamin Charles 686
English, Charles Lewis 687
Equitable Building & Loan Asso- ciation, The 598
Fairchild, Roscoe Simpson 611
Fairhall, Joseph, Jr. 705
Faris, Jesse Otis
984
Farmers State Bank
767
Fecker, Col. Ernest, Jr.
696
Fecker, Frank J.
697
Felgenhauer, Ernest J. 888
First National Bank 792
First National Bank, Sidell 808
Fisher, John F.
600
Fithian, Paul H., M. D.
1065
Fletcher, M. S., M. D. 928
Foster, James A. 634
1 1 582 Foster, John A. 1 1
Frazier, John A. 1 934
Frederick, John 763 1
French, Lewis R.
708
Friend, J. F. 902 1
Funkhouser, Taylor W., M. D. _1067 Furrow, Elmer O. 565
Gannon, John A.
995
Gerety, William F., M. D. 1025
Gibbs, Wilbur W. 796
Golliday, Frank
905
Good, Donald, M. D. 870 1 1
Goodwin, Ross 1
810
Goreham, Wilfred J.
1012
Green Brothers, Inc.
742
Green, Herbert J.
741
Griffith, Edward Clarence 737
Grimes, Morgan Bradford 768
Gritten, Earl
963
Guingrich, John
747
Guingrich, John L.
745
Gunn, Walter T.
595
1
1
Hall, Carey B.
662
Harden, Edwin G.
898
Harlam, James A. 1059
Harrison, John Higgins
560
Harrison Park
563
Hartshorn, John G.
605
Hartshorn, William G.
597
Haskell, William James 736
Haworth, J. Frank
919
Henderson, Ted 1010
Henderson, William T.
1052
Henneberry, Patrick
759
Heskett, Al. W.
551
Hickman, John M., M. D. 1066
Hill, Charles R.
757
Hoff, George S. 938
Hole, Melvin Leo, M. D. 829
Holton, Wade A.
806
Honeywell, Alba
848
Horneman, Herman Carl
680
Howard, H. H.
837
Huber, E. Dean
1
973
Humrichouse, Perl
I
I
I
1
693
Hunt, George
821
1
1
1
Hunt, William C. 1
1
1
819
Hunter, James W.
650
Hutton, Herbert Ernest
982
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1
HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
Iliff, Ellsworth E. 1048
Iliff, Russel 1047
Iliff-Bruff Chemical Company 1049
Illinois Canning Company 770
Interstate Baking Company 1039
James, J. M., M. D. 952
Johnson, George W. 1038
Johnson, Richard H. 602
Johnson, Robert W. 637
Johnston, J. W. 909
Jones, Don A. 793
Jones, Edward Arthur 778
Jones, Ferris H. 782
Jones, Oliver Morton 620
Jones, Solomon, M. D. 858
Jump, Charles G. 842
Keefer, Ira C. 853
Keeney, Herman F. 787
Kercher, Otis
581
Kimball, Winter L.
1019
Kimberlin, Robert D. 744
Kimbrough, Hon. E. R. E.
720
King, Michael E.
552
Kreager, Orla O. 1046
King, Austin W
553
Lamm, Eugene S. 670
Lane, John Vinton 893
Lauten, Ralph E. 694
Lewman, John H. 630
Lindley, Harold Ferguson 590
Lindley, Walter C.
555
Livengood, Leslie P. 991
Longenecker, Otto W. 609
Lowery, W. R. 733
Ludwig, William Y. 614
Lukens, Isaac Thomas
728
Luxton, Thomas George
896
McCalman, Ralph L. 640
McClenathan, C. V. 545
McFerren, Donald J. 714
McFerren, Jacob S.
864
McFerren, William
869
McLaughlin, Eldon LeRoy 639
McNeal, Elmer 895
Madden, Claude P. 701
Mann, Joseph B. 584
Manteufel, Herman 1040
Marlatt, Hugh J. 988
Martelle, Lionel 1044
Martin, Colfax T. 653
Martin, Woods Hibbard 638
Marvin, Ray H. 718
Mason, Frank W., M. D. 873
Mason, J. Smith 906
Matthius, E. C. 1028
Mennel, L. H. 947
Miller, Daniel A. 1051
Montfort, Roy Melloy, M. D. 1060
Montooth, C. H. 1008
Moore, Jean W., M. D. 1017
Moore, John R. 572
Muirhead, Charles 937
Mullins, James E.
776
Murray, William Brooks
1036
Nelson, Charles P 648
Neville, Lem 774
Newlin, John W. 781
Nink, M. Ernest 727
Okuly, Pete 788
Olson, John
862
O'Neal, Harley 762
Osborn, Edgar N 835
Palmer, Maude Mae 100
Parlow, Edwin Reuben
599
Parrett, William J. 558
Paxton, C. S.
936
Paxton, Ernest 930
Payne, James B.
1
967
1
Payne, William J.
987
Pearson, C. Harvey
711
Penwell, Fred Bowman 607
Potter, George A., M. D. 980
Prather, John Thomas 1069
Price, Charles M. 1034
Purnell, J. S.
958
Quartier, J. F. 921
Raimer, Edward M.
1062
Rankin-Whitham State Bank
755
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HISTORY OF VERMILION COUNTY
Rearick, George F. 548
Reed, Cecil K. 1050
Richcreek, Emory Herbert 1000
Riche, Benjamin Canady 977
Rodgers, Russell B.
908
Rottger, Maj. Russel Curtis 992
Ryan, Edward J. 674
Sager, Harry 1030
Sandusky, Clint L. 658
Schlecht, L. H. 878
Schriever, Fritz 950
Schwartz, Max Charles 1013
Schwartz, Rev. William H. 725
Vance, Clarence E. 575
Vermilion Malleable Iron Com-
pany 996
Vinson, R. O. 971
Voorhees, Philip Barton 838
Wade, Sylvanus J. 777
Walker, Melville R. 876
Wallace, Dale 816
Wallace, MacCloyes 818
Snider, Henry 1031
Snider, William T., M. D. 965
Walter, William
903
Songer, Robert C.
675
Southwick, Merritt Andrew 739
Speakman, John W. 668
Steely, Cecil D. 669
Steely, George, M. D.
624
Steely, Harlin Melville
616
Steely, Harlin Melville, Jr. 1022
Williamson, Carl S., M. D. 969
Willingham, T. W. 1005
Wilson, C. S. 881
Wodetzki, Thomas J. 942
Swallow, Howard A. 608
Swift, Robert H. 1
833
Swisher, Charles E. 846
Szilagyi, John 976
Taylor, Benjamin B. 944
Telling, George W. 549
Temple, William F. 785
Test, Mrs. Cora M. (Enos) 794
Testa, Phillip 925
Testa, P. L. 924
Thomas, D. Arthur 1002
Thomas, Oscar 891
Tilton, Charles Virgil 960
Tilton, Clint Clay 1018
Trego, Alfred Henry 576
Twietmeyer, Carl H. 710
Twomey, John F. 629
Tuggle, Larkin A. 592
Urbas, John 918
Utterback, Rufus Martin 682
Sedlmayr, George 941
Sheets, C. A. Edmond 731
Shimkus, John F. 946
Shouse, Hon. Thurman F. 698
Simpson, Clifford C. 823
Sink, J. W. 856
Smith, Arthur H. 871
Smith, E. C. 883
Smith, Everett J. 760
Wallbridge, John Brady 722
Watkins, Harry E. 797
Watt, Merle J. 874
Wellman, Clarence Edwin 677
Whitham, Eugene Howard 750
Whitham, Glenn Howard 749
Williams, Jack Moore
1014
Stevens, Douglas F.
586
Stewart, Arthur L. 922
Stone, Jesse 899
Wolford, Milton John 626
Wolter, Herbert Frederick 860
Woodbury, Charles Mires
955
Yeager, Maj. Gen. Oscar Philip 664
Yeager, Col. O. K. 666
Yeazel, Frank E. 889
Young, Russell 887
Zook, Richard R. 784
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Aldrich, Chester A. 752
Auth, William S. 880
Banta, W. F. 568 McCalman, Ralph L. 640
Baum, William F. 656
Bushnell, A. M.
632
Business Section, Hoopeston
216
City Hall, Danville 192
Clark, O. P.
912
Clark, S. Murray 704
Coal Mine, Westville
272
Country Club, New, Danville
400
Country Club, Old, Harrison Park 400
Court House, Vermilion County's
Second 160
Court House, Vermilion County 65
Cromer, Capt. Alba C. H. 832
Dalbey, E. L. 672
Dyer, James H. 800
Earel, A. M., M. D. 688
Fecker, Col. Ernest, Jr. 696
First Store in Danville 160
Fisher, John F. 600
Fletcher, M. S., B. S., M. D. 928
Grimes, Morgan Bradford 768
Harrison, Jno. H. 560
Steely, H. M. 617
Harrison Park, Band Stand 176
Steely, Mariam M. Marquess 616
Haskell, William James 736
Swallow, Howard A. 608
Szilagyi, John 976
Taylor, Benjamin B. 944
Tilton, Charles Virgil 960
256
Kimbrough, E. R. E. 720
King, M. E. 552
Tuggle, L. A. 592
Lakeview Hospital, Danville 352
Vermilion Street, Danville 208
Library, Carnegie, Ridgefarm 256
Wallace, Dale 816
Library, Danville, Public 368
Westville, Street Scene 272
Williams, Amos, Sr. 80
Williams, Jack Moore_(Frontispiece)
Yeager, O. P. 664
Y. M. C. A. Building, Danville
320
Zook, Richard R.
784
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Maple Street School, Hoopeston 224
Masonic Temple, Hoopeston 216
McClenathan, C. V. 545
McFerren, Jacob S. 864
McFerren Park, Hoopeston, En- trance to 232
Memorial Bridge, Danville, En- trance to 320
Memorial, World War, Vermilion County 464
National Guard Armory, Illinois, Danville 200
Nelson, Charles P.
648
Post Office, Danville 200
Public Library, Hoopeston 224
Residence Street, Indianola
232
Rossville, City Hall 296
Rossville, View of Business Sec-
tion
296
Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Dan-
ville
352
Spring, Dan Beckwith's 176
Steely, George M., M. D. 624
High School, Danville 368
Honeywell, Alba 848
Horneman, Herman Carl 680
Jail, in 1860, Vermilion County 152
Township High School, Ridgefarm Trego, Alfred Henry 576
Lincoln's Law Office 112
Luxton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
George 896
Main Street, Danville 208
Mann, Hon. Joseph B.
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History of Vermilion County
CHAPTER I EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST.
ORIGINAL INHABITANTS-INDIAN TRIBES-IMPORTANCE OF THE PIANKE- SHAWS, POTTAWATOMIES AND THE KICKAPOOS-THE "SALINES" -- FRENCH AND SPANISH CONQUESTS-FATHER MARQUETTE, EXPLORER -PONTIAC'S PLAN-DOWNFALL OF FRENCH RULE-VISIT OF GEORGE CROGHAN-INDIAN TREATY WITH THE ENGLISH-CAPTURE OF VIN- CENNES SUCCESS OF THE CLARK EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER II
INDIAN TROUBLES AND TREATIES
HOSTILITY OF THE INDIANS CONTINUES-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE PEACE CONFERENCE-GENERAL PUTNAM OF THE OHIO COMPANY- SILVER MEDALS AS PEACE TOKENS-"OLD KICKAPOO TOWN"-TECUM- SEH AND HIS PLAN-THE HARRISON CAMPAIGN-BATTLE OF TIPPE- CANOE-DEFEAT AND DEATH OF TECUMSEH-SUCCESSFUL TREATIES WITH THE INDIANS.
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CHAPTER III
THE FIRST SETTLEMENT
THE NEW CIVILIZATION - NOVEMBER 17, 1819 -THE ORIGINAL HOME BUILDER -SEYMOUR TREAT-OTHER WHITE SETTLERS - IMPOR- TANCE OF SALT-THE BLACKMAN CLAIM-"VERMILION SALINES"- ABANDONMENT OF THE SALT WORKS VANCE TAVERN-RUSH OF NEW SETTLERS IN 1821-THE FIRST MARRIAGE-BACKGROUND OF THIS EARLY SETTLEMENT.
CHAPTER IV
THE WINNEBAGO AND THE BLACK HAWK WARS (By Lieut. Charles M. Crayton)
CAUSE OF TROUBLE WITH THE WINNEBAGOES-OTHER TRIBES JOIN- VERMILION COUNTY CITIZENS AID CHICAGO-PEACE IS CONCLUDED- CELEBRATION-SOLDIERS ARE REWARDED-DISSENSION OF INDIANS -BLACK HAWK AND HIS BAND-STATE MILITIA CALLED OUT- RETREAT AND CAPTURE OF BLACK HAWK.
CHAPTER V
VERMILION COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR
REGIMENT OF COL. ISAAC R. MOORE-ABRAHAM LINCOLN ENROLLED IN THE SERVICE-OFFICERS AND COMPANY ROSTERS-IMPORTANCE OF THE BLACK HAWK WAR.
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CHAPTER VI
THE MEXICAN, CIVIL AND SPANISH-AMERICAN WARS (By Lieutenant Charles H. Crayton)
MEXICAN WAR-TWO COMPANIES ENROLLED FOR SERVICE-ROSTER OF INFANTRY COMPANY FROM VERMILION COUNTY-CIVIL WAR-FOURTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY-TWELFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-TWENTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT ILLINOIS INFANTRY -THIRTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-SEVENTY-FIRST ILLINOIS INFANTRY-SEVENTY-THIRD ILLINOIS INFANTRY-FIFTY-FIRST ILLI- NOIS INFANTRY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS IN- FANTRY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY- ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-ONE HUN- DRED AND FIFTIETH ILLINOIS INFANTRY-TWENTY-EIGHTH ILLI- NOIS INFANTRY - SCATTERED ENLISTMENTS - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR-ENLISTMENTS AND ENGAGEMENTS.
CHAPTER VII
ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND FOUNDING OF DANVILLE
LOCATION DETERMINED-CREATION OF VERMILION COUNTY IN 1826-ITS BOUNDARIES - FIRST COMMISSIONERS - BUTLER'S POINT -DAN W. BECKWITH-FOUNDING OF DANVILLE-SALE OF LOTS-FIRST CITI- ZENS-EARLY BUSINESS HOUSES-PIONEER COURTHOUSE AND PROMI- NENT LAWYERS.
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CHAPTER VIII
ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND FOUNDING OF DANVILLE-Continued
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF DANVILLE AND VERMILION COUNTY-POPU- LARITY OF AMOS WILLIAMS-HIS INTEREST IN EDUCATION-EARLY CHURCHES-ALVAN GILBERT AND HIS INFLUENCE-HARDSHIPS OF PIONEER LIFE-EXPERIENCES OF EARLY SETTLERS-THEIR DE- SCENDANTS IN DANVILLE-TRANSPORTATION METHODS-COMING OF THE RAILROAD.
CHAPTER IX
DANVILLE
EARLY TAVERNS-INDUSTRY IN ITS INFANCY-MILLS-RIVER TRAFFIC- PIONEER BUSINESS HOUSES-STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS IN DANVILLE -PRESENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS - HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE-VERMILION COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY-JOHN C. SHORT-HARRISON PARK.
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