Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois. Historical and biographical, Part 16

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"is the hull, which represents the ' old hard shell' Baptist, and is of a more durable and lasting nature, formed by nature to resist to a greater extent the warring of the elements, and the corruption of time, yet with all of its apparent strength and beautiful formation, it is only another garment which hides from your view the true and only church of the living God. Beneath its solid walls is the ker- nel, the spirit and life of the Christian religion, the Christian Church itself ; and to further demonstrate the illustration, and lay bare to your understanding the truth of my theory, I will remove the shell and reveal the kernel, which is the Christian Church, to your carnal eyes." And the speaker proceeded to crack the nut, when, to his consternation, and to the surprise of the audience, out rolled a hideous black-headed worm, that had eaten through the outer covering of the "soft shell " Baptist, pierced the solid walls of the " hard shell;" and entered the citadel of the true church, devouring it as it went. The speaker was nonplussed, and amid the surprise and merriment of the audience the meeting was summarily closed, and it was not a great while before the minister also closed his ministerial career, and devoted himself to more congenial pursuits.

The first church building was a hewed log structure in the southeast corner of Sumpter Township. This was long known as the Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, and was remarkable for its powerful revivals. It was built about 1840, and ten years later was the only church in the county. It rotted down, and was only removed in 1881 or 1882. This denomination has good frame churches at Toledo, Neoga. Greenup, Jewett, Christian Run, Shiloh and Bethel. The organization at Greenup probably dates back further than any other in the county. It was a regular station in 1839, and was probably organized as early as 1835. An old log schoolhouse was used as a place of worship for years, until, in 1851, the present frame structure was erected. The Protestant Methodists have a fine brick church in the west part of Woodbury Township, known as Zion Chapel.

Among the carlier churches built was the Presbyterian place of worship at Neoga village. in 1854. This was organized by Rev. Joseph Wilson, who was the first person to preach in the village. This organization has had a thrifty growth, and numbers some 130 members. This denomination had a considerable membership at Toledo, and. in 1866, two lots were donated by the Board of Super- visors to this organization for a building site, but it failed to use it. The Presbyterians have a church. also, at Greenup, where a

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neat frame church building was erected about 1876. The Baptists have an organization at Neoga, where they built a place of worship in 1872, in Neoga Township, in connection with the Christian denomination, and elsewhere in the county.

The Christian denomination has a large following in the county. Some of the early ministers of this denomination were Revs. Thos. Goodman, Battye, White, and Benj. Daree. D. S. Conner was also an early itinerant of this denomination. This denomina- tion has only been noticeably present in the county since 1860, but it has organizations now at Hazel Dell, which has a frame building of its own; at Washington schoolhouse, in Crooked Creek Town- ship; in Union Township; in the eastern part of Neoga Township, where a frame church is owned jointly with the Baptist; Corinth Church, frame building in edge of Woodbury Township; at Janes- ville, which worships in a frame church of its own ; at Webster schoolhouse, in Cottonwood Township; and at Plum Grove school- house, in Greenup Township.

The Free Methodists, a sect better known as the " Perfection- ists," have a frame church at Toledo, erceted in 1883. This sect has a considerable representation in the county, and maintains an energetie crusade in behalf of their doctrine. A large tent, known as the tabernacle. is moved about from place to place in the county, in which services are held.

SCHOOLS.

Schools were no more popular than churches at first. Much of the delay must be accounted for on the ground of difficulties almost impossible to overcome, but carly schools, above all other consid- erations, requires that " there be first a willing mind." There was a school opened as early as 1828, just north of the county-line. and children attended it from miles around. It was probably 1840 before one was built in Cumberland County territory. This was known as the Owen schoolhouse, from the fact that Jephtha Owen taught singing-school here several seasons. Among the early teachers in the county was Benjamin Aleshire, who commenced about this time and taught more or less for fifteen years. A. J. Busick was an early teacher, also E. H. Starkweather. The latter was a native of Vermont, and was generally known as a " blue- bellied Yankee." He taught school in his own cabin for years. Greenup had a very early schoolhouse, perhaps earlier than 1840. It also had the first brick schoolhouse. From time to time, the

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various neighborhoods erected buildings for their schools, and in 1850 there were seventeen in the county. From the reports are gathered the following statistics, which indicate the growth of this factor in the county's development: In 1867, there were 72 school houses, and 4 new ones built; 4,192 pupils enrolled, and $22,475.19 expended for school purposes. In 1871, the statistics were, 76 schoolhouses, and 8 new ones; 5,293 pupils, and $21,406.65 expended. 1872, 76 old and 3 new houses; 5,610 pupils, and $24,289.09 expended. 1873, 77 old and 3 new houses; 4,234 pupils, and $25,331.10 expended. 1874, 82 old and 2 new houses; 3,827 pupils, and $21,330.03 expended. 1877, 85 old and 5 new houses; 4,198 pupils. and $21,800.91 expended; estimated valne of school property. $39,881. 1878, 87 old and 5 new houses; 5,060 pupils, and $24,501.14 expended; property valued at $38,923. 1879, 76 old and no new buildings; 3,849 pupils, and $23 .- 882.76 expended: value, $31,879.50.

1880, 86 old and 2 new houses: 4,406 pupils and $23,059.62 : value of property, $31,844

1881, 87 " 3 "

5,525

20,732.24; 28,650.90;

37,955

1882, 86 66 66

66 40,944

1883, 73 3 66 3,906

3,931 28,722.92; 66

66 47,567

In the matter of improvement of buildings, the reports show that in 1873. there were 3 brick, 59 frame and 16 log schoolhouses in the county. In 1874. 2 brick, 66 frame and 14 log: 1877, 3 brick, 67 frame, 13 log: 1878, 5 brick, 66 frame. 14 log ; 1879, 5 brick, 65 frame. 16 log: 1880. 6 brick. 66 frame. 14 log: 1881, 5 brick, 70 frame, 12 log; 1882. 7 brick, 70 frame. 9 log: 1883. 7 brick. 60 frame, 6 log. In regard to these statistics it should be said that they are compiled from the Township Treasurer's reports, by the County Superintendent of Schools. There are some inconsistencies, which will be readily discovered, but they will serve to show approxi- mately how the school interest has progressed. There are graded schools in Toledo. Greennp, Jewett and Neoga. The school at the county-seat occupied for nearly twenty years a two-story frame building, which is now doing service as a dwelling. In 1881. the present brick structure was erected. It has four rooms. but the school now has but three departments. At Neoga, a two-story frame building was erected in 1867, and two years later a wing was added, furnishing four schoolrooms. In 1879. a two-story brick building was erected at Greenup, which supplied two schoolrooms below and one above. The latter is so arranged that a partition may be made up stairs, and so provide an additional room when necessary. At Jewett, a two-story brick house was built in 1882,

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and has two schoolrooms. A two-story brick building is also in process of building at Janesville, within the limits of the county. A greater liberality is being shown by the Board of Supervisors, in this public question of education, and sixty days for office work and sixty for school visiting have been allowed to the County Superin- tendent. This is sixty days more than has ever been allowed here- tofore, and hence the schools suffered very seriously. Since the present incumbent has held the office of Superintendent, there has been a marked improvement in the grade of scholarship, and the movement seems to be toward a still higher grade.

SECRET ORGANIZATIONS.

The great benevolent societies have representative lodges in all of the principal villages of the county. At Neoga, the Masonic Order is represented by Neoga Lodge, No. 279, with seventy mem- bers. This lodge meets in a pleasant hall once a month, and is in a flourishing financial condition. The Independent Order of Odd-Fel- lows has a representative in Neoga Lodge, No. 347, of about forty members. The insurance organizations, Knights of Honor and American Legion of Honor, have each a flourishing lodge here. At Toledo, the Order of Free and Accepted Masons has a lodge, organ- ized October, 1868. It is known as Prairie City Lodge, No. 578, and has some forty or fifty members. There is also a Chapter of the Eastern Star, Prairie City Lodge, No. 179. The Toledo Lodge, No. 355, Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, also finds a home here. It was organized in 1868, and now has forty members. This Order is in a flourishing condition, and owns the hall it meets in, valued at some $500. At Greenup are lodges of both the great fraternities. Greenup Lodge, No. 125, of Free and Accepted Masons, was char- tered October 3, 1853, with Thomas Coulson, Charles Nisewanger and S. W. Huffcut. The lodge has increased to twenty-two mem- bers. The lodgeroom is in the old building on the west end of Main Street, where the first meetings were held thirty years ago. Some twelve years ago, the lodge occupied a more modern building, but being burned out, it returned to the old building. A lodge of the Eastern Star was chartered here November 13, 1873, with Lucy P. Nisewanger, Ann M. Quinn, Elizabeth Jones, Sarah Ewart, Esther B. Tutewiler, Isabella H. Monohon, Sarah J. Shull, Martha J. Mark- well, Martha E. Starbuck, Nancy Jones, Mary J. Lee and others, as charter members. Atalanta Lodge, No. 116, of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, was chartered here October 14, 1853. The

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charter members were James Ewart, Philip Wolcheimer, Warren Covell, S. M. Smith, B. C. Talbott and A. N. Ward. The lodge meets in the same building with the Masonic Lodge, and own it in company with that fraternity. The lodge is in a flourishing condi- tion, and has forty-four members.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY'S WAR RECORD.

The people of Cumberland County were noted for their fighting qualities, from a very early day up to a date subsequent to the war of the rebellion, and had that great contest been decided by a resort to fists, this region of the country would have contributed some of the most noted champions in the field. It was not until the era of the war that weapons began to be freely used here, in personal encounters, and hence, while Cumberland County contributed her quota to the armies of the North during the years 1860-65, there was nothing to distinguish this section from the great mass of the loyal North. The people here were largely " Douglas Democrats," and intimately acquainted with Lincoln. He had practiced law in the County Courts, a large number of his relatives were residents here and in the adjoining County of Coles, and he numbered among the leading men of Cumberland some of his most intimate friends. The political events, therefore, that led to the fatal issue of the war, were full of interest to the people of Cumberland, and, while their sympathies were principally with the " Little Giant," their belief in " State sovereignty " and the constitution as the supreme law of the land, made them supporters of the result of the election of 1860. The menacing attitude taken by the South up to the commission of overt acts of rebellion was not generally condemned, as there was a strong opposition to anything like abolition or coercion; but when the echoes of the attack on Sumter reached here, the rallying to the support of the Union was practically unanimous. Prejudices in regard to negroes, in regard to candidates, or any of the agitating questions of the hour, were forgotten, and every man and party was for the Union. Political lines, however, were strictly maintained, and Seymour and MeClellan received the full party vote, notwith- standing the significance of their election. As the war progressed, other elements entered into the situation here, and embittered the feeling between the political parties. Hot-headed men of both polit- ical elements came together at public meetings, with furloughed or returned soldiers on one side, and deserters on the other, and a num- ber of fatal encounters occurred. There is no evidence that

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desertions were encouraged by the people here, but there was no effort made to give them up, when once here, to the authorities. A natu- ral suggestion of the reason would be, that these persons were not likely to submit quietly to arrest, and the people had not the cour- age of their convictions sufficiently to feel prepared to shoot old acquaintances, or be shot by them. The county gained a somewhat unenviable reputation on this account, and rumors of a premeditated attack on the county-seat by returned soldiers were common. After the unfortunate riot at Charleston, in Coles County, the citizens here were in a fever of expectation, and several times the people came rushing in from the country around to defend the county-seat from an imagined assault.

On the call of the Governor for the organization of six regi- ments, there was not the spontaneous enthusiasm evinced here as in many sections. While generally in favor of the maintenance of the Union, the prevailing sentiment was opposed to the war as a specific means to that end, and many who were moved otherwise went to other places to offer their services to the General Government, and some 250 men enlisted in various organizations and were credited elsewhere than Cumberland County. In 1862, Hon. Thos. Brewer became (as his Democratic colleagues express it) "rather shaky in his Democracy under this strain," and took an active part in encour- aging the enlistments, making speeches in all parts of the county. It was about this time that the larger number of volunteers began to be enrolled, the One Hundred and Twenty-Third Infantry being raised at this time. The Twenty-First Infantry, raised in 1861, how- ever, received a full company from Cumberland.

In June, 1861, the Board of Supervisors appointed a committee of one from each township " to see to the wants and procure such necessaries as, in their judgment, shall conduce to the sustenance and . support of the families of the absent volunteers." This provision. generous in its terms and boundless in its limits, suggests an appre- ciative regard for the soldier and his sacrifices, but the records of the county and State nowhere show that this provision went fur- ther than the records of the county, and, as a matter of fact, in the judgment of the larger part of this committee, nothing was neces- sary " to conduce to the sustenance and support of the families of absent volunteers." In February, 1865, the Board offered a bounty of $400 for each person " that may volunteer in the United States service to fill the quota of Cumberland County in the draft now ordered by the President of the United States, and that for that

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purpose the Board issue county orders sufficient for the purpose of procuring volunteers to fill the quota of the several towns in said county, and that this Board levy a tax of $1 upon cach $100 of valuation of taxable property in said county, and $1 cap- itation tax on all males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty." It was further provided that bouds should be specially issued to meet the orders issued for this purpose. But all this elaborate machinery was destined to be brought to naught. The public sentiment rebelled, and it is said that threats of hanging the members were made with sufficient earnestness to secure the rescinding of the order at the next meeting. No bounty was paid by the county, but under this call Union Township sent sixteen substitutes to the field at a cost of $6,500, and Sumpter Township sent two at a cost of $800. The Adjutant General's report gives the total expenditure of the county for the procurement of volunteers at $8,151.25. The same report gives the summary of the quotas and credits of the county as follows: Population in 1860, 8.309. First and second class enroll- ment in 1863, 903; in 1864, 985; in 1865, 906. Quotas in 1861. 233; in 1862, 159; under call of February 1 and March 14, 1864, 203; under the call of July 18, 1864, 154; a total of 749. The total credits. prior to December 31, 1864, were 880 men, which made an excess of credit of 131 men. In December, 1865, the quota of the county was 169, but diminished by the excess of credit, the actual assigned quota was only 38. The credit under this last report was 40, leaving an excess of 2 of credit, in a total quota during the war, of 918, and credit of 920; so that it appears that Cumberland County contributed something more than a full regiment to the Union armies during the years 1861-65.

These men cannot all be traced through the records, but in nun- bers of from 5 to 20, they are found in Company E, Twenty-Fifth Infantry; Company E, Thirty-Eighth Infantry; Company G, Fifty- Fourth Infantry; Companies Fand HI, Sixty-First Infantry; Company C, Sixty-Second Infantry; in the Sixty-Third Infantry, in several companies; Company E, Sixty-Sixth Infantry; Company C, Sixty- Eighth Infantry; Company E, Seventy-First Infantry; Company B, Eighty-Eighth Infantry; Companies I and E, Ninety-Eighth Infantry; Company K, One Hundred and Forty-Third Infantry, and Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-Second Infantry; beside in larger num- bers in the Twenty-First, Fifty-Ninth, Ninety-Seventh, One Hundred and Twenty-Third, One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Illinois Infantry Regiments, and the Fifth and Tenth Illinois Cavalry Regiments.

G. Monoton

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Twenty-First Illinois Infantry .- Company B. of this regiment, was principally made up from Cumberland County volunteers, a few members only coming from Coles County. The officers of the Com- pany were: Captain, J. P. II. Stevenson, till 1863; P. Wolsheimer, till March, 1865; Austin Blake, till mustered out. First Lieutenant, P. Wolsheimer, till promoted; C. L. Smeidell, till 1863; Austin Blake, from April to August, 1863; H. A. Ashmore, till mustered ont. Second Lieutenant, C. L. Smeidell, May, 1861, till March, 1863; Austin Blake, from March 19 till April 27, 1863; A. Y. Hart, April, 1863, to September, 1864; O. Goodin, till mustered out. The regi- ment was organized in the Seventh Congressional District, and ren- dezvoused at Mattoon. On the 15th of May it was mustered into the State service, for thirty days, but on the 28th of June it was mustered into the United States service for three years, with U. S. Grant as Colonel. August 6, 1861, Col. Grant was commissioned Brigadier-General, and was succeeded in command of the regiment by Lieut .- Col. J. W. S. Alexander, who was killed at Chickamauga.

On the 4th of July, 1861, the regiment marched for Missouri, an innovation in the usual plan of moving troops out of the State. Arriving at Mexico, Mo., after various experiences which savored of war, but without meeting an enemy, the regiment rested for two weeks, when it proceeded by rail to Ironton, Mo. Here the Twenty- First remained until October 20, when it marched out and partici- pated in the fight at Fredericktown, returning after the engagement to Ironton, where the regiment remained until the latter part of January, 1862. At this time it formed a part of Gen. Steele's force, which marched on Jacksonport, Ark., but here it was ordered to Corinth, via Cape Girardeau, and reached Hamburg Landing May 24, 1862. On the evacuation of Corinth, the Twenty-First was placed in pursuit of the retreating enemy, whom it followed as far as Booneville, Miss., when it returned and formed a part of the expe- dition to Holly Springs. On the 14th of August, 1862, the regi- ment was ordered to join Gen. Buell's army in Tennessee, and, march- ing via Eastport, Miss., Columbia, Tenn., Florence, Ala., Franklin, Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tenn., it arrived at Louisville, Ky., September 27, 1862. In the ensuing campaign against Bragg, the Twenty-First bore an honorable part, engaging in the battles of Per- ryville and Champlin Hill, Company F being the first to enter Per- ryville. From thence the regiment marched to Crab Tree Orchard, and Bowling Green, in Kentucky, and thence to Nashville, Tenn.

On the movement of the army from Nashville, in December,

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1862, this regiment formed a part of the Second Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Army Corps, and was in the skirmish at Knob Gap. On the 30th of the month, the Twenty-Sixth, in company with the Fifteenth Wisconsin, Thirty-Eighth Illinois, and One Hundred and First Ohio, had a severe engagement with the enemy near Mur- freesboro, where it charged the famous rebel " Washington Light Artillery," twelve Parrott guns, and succeeded in driving every man from the battery, when it was compelled to fall back by the advance of a division of infantry. During this battle this regiment had a fierce struggle and did gallant duty, losing more men than any other regiment engaged. From Murfreesboro to Chattanooga, the Twenty-First was with Roseerans' army, and took part in the skir- mish at Liberty Gap, and subsequently in the great battle of Chicka- mauga, where it lost 238 officers and men. After the latter fight, the regiment was attached to the First Brigade, Fourth Division, Fourth Army Corps, and remained at Bridgeport, Ala., till the lat- ter part of 1863. The regiment was subsequently ordered to Texas, where it was mustered out of the service, and finally discharged at Camp Butler, January 18, 1866.

From the publication of the society of the regiment, in 1881, the casualties of Company B are given, as follows: Allison, Lewis F., died at Andersonville Prison, June 24, 1864; Ashmore, Thos. J .. killed at Stone River, December 30, 1862; Ashmore, John II., killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862; Ashmore, Hezekiah A., died at Oak- land, Ill., date unknown ; Akers, Albertis, died at -- , Ill., date unknown; Buchanan, Wm. W., died at Neoga, III., 1865; Benge, Lewis F., died, place and date unknown; Brannon, Thos. H., died at Neoga, III., 1878; Compton, Wm. H., died at Andersonville Prison, November 16, 1864; Collins, JJohn G., died in Wisconsin, date unknown: Dodds, Thos. H., died at Ironton, Mo., October 16, 1851; Devers, Geo. W., died at Andersonville Prison, April 18, 1864; Furguson, Wm. E., killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862; Gordon, Allen, died at Charleston, III .; Gilliard, Leander, died in Coles County, Ill .; Hedge, Wesley, died of wounds, at Stone River, January 11, 1863; Howard. Samuel, died in Cumberland County, III., 1877; Kensell, Wm .. killed at Stone River. December 31. 1862; Kensell, Ephraim, died at Ironton. Mo.,'November 5.1861; Kise. Edward, died at Watseka, III., date unknown; Lake, John. died at Louisville, Ky., date unknown; Lake, Andrew JJ., died since discharge: Lewis, John W., died of wounds, at Stone River. February 8. 1853: Miller, Hiram C., died at Columbus, Ky., 1862; Maynard. Jno .. die l of wounds, at Nashville, Tenn., February 28, 1863; MeCormack.

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Hugh, died in Rebel Prison, Danville, Va .; Moffat, James M., killed at Chickamauga, September 20. 1863; Potter, Francis M., died at Iron- ton, Mo., date unknown; Russell, Samuel D., died at Niles, Cal., date unknown; Redfern, John H., killed at Stone River, December 31, 1862; Robinson, Thomas, died of wounds at Stone River, February 13, 1863; Rawsey, John C., died at Andersonville Prison, May 10, 1864; Ross, Henry, died in Illinois, place and date unknown; Rhodes, Jacob E., died at Corinth, Miss., September 27, 1862; Rhodes, Franklin, died in Coles County, Ill., date unknown; Sell, James, died at Buffalo, Kan., Decem- ber 27, 1878; Tefft, Jerome, died at Ironton, Mo., October 17, 1861; Williams, Daniel, died May 4, 1864; Wharton, Henry, died in Illinois, place and date unknown; West, David, died at Chattanooga, Tenn., December 23, 1863; Willson, Thomas J., died since discharge. The surviving members were reported at the same time, as follows: Cap- tain P. Wolsheimer, Neoga, III., Postmaster ; Captain Austin Blake, Thayer, Kas., farmer; Second Lieutenant A. Y. Hart, Paradise, Ill., carpenter; Alliback, Joseph R., New York City, commercial agent; Berry, W. N., Majority Point, III., farmer; Bemer, Chris., Brushy Fork, Ill .; Curtis, Thos. H .; Lovington, Ill., shoe-maker ; Curtis, Edward, Tuscola, Ill., painter; Condit, Jacob H., Neoga, Ill., farmer; Clark, William, Great Bend, Kas., farmer ; Clark, Fred. L., Great Bend, Kas., farmer; Cain, John G., Nashville, Tenn., R. R. postal clerk; Eggers, George, Majority Point, Ill., farmer; Elliott, Aaron, Ironton, Mo .; Ewing, M. A., Neoga, Ill., mechanic; Forcum, John E., Neoga, Ill., farmer; Filson, James, Mattoon, Ill., laborer; Gordon, Robert S., Mount Carmel, Ill., druggist ; Goodwin, Orville S., Bell Air, Ill., farmer; Hendrix, Samuel, Paradise, III., farmer; Hoover, Samuel N., Xenia, III .. farmer ; Hacket,; Charles R., Great Bend, Kas., farmer; Hart, Chesterfield, White's Mill, Ky., farmer; Hilder- brandt, Francis, southeast corner Twenty-Fifth Street and Cass Ave- nue, Saint Louis, tailor; Jones. Wiley, Johnstown, III., farmer; Kim- ery, Alfred W., Neoga, Ill., farmer; Kiger, George W., Whitley's Point, Ill., farmer; Landsdown, Marion, Oakland, Ill., artist; Lands- down, James E., Oakland, III., farmer; Martin, James, Carlton, Neb., farmer; Mundell, Robert, -- , Kas .. farmer; Newbanks, Henry M., Effingham, Ill., laborer; Poorman, Noah. Larned, Kas., farmer; Pemberton, James B., Newman, III., hotel keeper; Phipps, Thomas J., Newton, IH., miller; Phipps. William, Shell City, Mo .; Pitt, William, Blue Earth, Minn., farmer; Rice, William; Rhodes, Elwin, Ottumwa, Iowa, farmer; Stone, John, Newman, Ill., merchant ; Sayre, Thomas P., Florence, Kas., farmer; Wilson, Samuel F., Neoga, Ill.,

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Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois. Historical and biographical, Part 16

Author: Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : F. A. Battey & Co. Number of Pages: 860

Author:
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : F. A. Battey & Co.
Number of Pages: 860