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"Bill," a slave of Mr. Marney, of the American Botiom, was a few weeks after the massacre of Mr. McMahan's family carried away captive by two of the Indians engaged in that transaction together with two other Indians. Bill was never restored to his friends; but it was reported that he was poisoned by his misstress, to prevent his restoration according to the Treaty of Greeneville.
Robert McMahan married a second wife, and raised a large family. He resided many years in Ridge Prairie, south-west of Troy, and died in the year 1822, aged sixty-three years.
Sally McMahan was born March 9th, 1785; was married to Mr. David Gaskill, and raised a large family. She lived in Ridge Prairie, during the greater portion of her life. Towards the close of her life she removed to the city of Alton, where she elied on the 23d of Jannary, 1850, in the sixty-fourth year of her age. To her I am indebted for such of the facts stated in this memoir, as occurred in her presence.
In Gov. Reynold's account of the above transaction it is stated that two daugli- ters of Mr. McMahan were led away captive; and no mention is made of Mr. M.'s preparations for defence. It is evident, however, that if he had seen the Indians before they entered his house, he could have defended himself successfully until the report of his blunderbuss would have brought him assistance from the Station.
G. C.
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
NATIONAL BANK ALTON, ILLINOIS.
Designated Depository and Financial Agent of the United States.
Collections made and Exchange for sale in all the prinicpal Cities of the United States,
C. A. CALDWELL, Cashier. E. MARSH, President.
ATKINSON & PATRICK,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
CUT STONE;
QUARRY ON BELLE STREET,
Back of the Woolen Mills,
ALTON, ILINOIS.
Building Stone promptly shipped to any part of the Country by Railroad or otherwise.
MORGAN & COREY represent the leading Fire, Life and Accident Ins, Companies in America,
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A GAZETTEER OF
ISAAC SCARRITT. JAMES W. STEWART ISAAC SCARRITT & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, CARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades, Cloaks, Shawls, AND NOTIONS GENERALLY. AGENTS FOR R. J. ROBERTS NEEDLES. Third Street, Third Door West of the Railroad, ALTON, ILLINOIS.
PHILADELPHIA BOOT AND SHOE STORE.
T. M. BOYLE, DEALER IN
BOOTS & SHOES
South Side Third Street, Bet. Belle and Piasa, ALTON, ILLINOIS.
CHAS, RODEMEYER, Manufacturer of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, ROCKAWAYS, AND
WAG Third Street between Piasa and Market Sts., ALTON, ILLINOIS. MORGAN & COREY represent the Resolute Ins. Company,
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
RICHARD FLAGG,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
OS,
BOOTS AND SHOES, CARPETS AND OIL CLOTH, SOUTH SIDE THIRD STREET. ALTON, ILLINOIS.
R. T. LARGENT, COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT, DEALER IN
Lime, Cement, Coal, dc., AGENT FOR NORTERA LINE & NAPLES PACKET CO'S .. A Office on the Levee. Open all hours, day and night. ALTON, ILLINOIS.
THOS C. MULLIGAN. HI. C. MULLIGAN MULLIGAN & BROD
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of
SADDLES, HARNESS, SCOTCH COLLARS, HALTERS, BRIDLES, Etc .. No. 6 Second St., - ALTON, ILLINOIS.
All orders from a distance promptly attended to."
of New York, Assetts $280,730.
A GAZETTEER OF
· THOS. RICHARDSON,
FARRIER RS ER,
And Manufacturer of Miners' Tools, Drills, Boring Rods. PLOUGHIS. SCRAPES, Etc., Etc .. Shop Cor. of Fifth and Belle Streets, ALTON, ILLINOIS.
U. S. BAKERY ! J. H. F. JOESTING,
Confectioner & Baker,
CORNER MARKET AND SECOND STREETS, ALTON, - - ILLINOIS.
JOHN T. SCHULZE, JR. CHAS. GORGES
SCHULZE & GORGES, Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
SNUFF, &C., &C. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. South Side Third Street 5 Doors West of Piasa, ALTON, ILLINOIS. -
Ja" Orders from Country Merchants respectfully solicited.
MORGAN & COREY, General Insurance Agents.
LAT
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
FRED. INGLIS,
RECTIFIER AND WHOLESALE DEALER
OLD BOURBON
FRENC BRANDY
OLD PORTWINE
HOLLAND GIN
1844
1847
1858
1850
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
LIQUORS, WINES, AND CIGARS. PROPRIETOR OF
MAGNOLIA BITTERS, ALSO, AGENT FOR SAND'S CELEBRATED CHICAGO CREAM ALE, DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS, HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, BOKER'S BITTERS,
STOUGHTON'S BITTERS, Vo, 16 Second Street, Opp. Topping Bros. & Co .. ALTON, ILLINOIS.
A GAZETTEER OF
ALTHOFF & STIGLEMAN, Manufacturer of
WOODEN WARE, PAILS, TUBS, CHURNS, WELL BUCKETS, &c., &c., Piasa Corner Seventh Street, ALTON.
-
ILLINOIS.
S. WILLIAMS & CO., . COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
DEALERS IN HIDES, WOOL, TALLOW,
Pelts, Furs & General Produce, SECOND STREET,
- ALTON. -
ILLINOIS.
ERBECK & PETERS,
HOUSE, SIGN, AND
Ornamental Painters,
Piasa bet. 4th and 5th Streets,
MORGAN & COREY represent an aggregate Insurance
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS
RAILROAD LINE.
LATE ST. LOUIS, ALTON & CHICAGO RAILROAD. THE ONLY ROUTE BETWEEN Chicago. Bloomington, Springfield, Alton, And St. Louis without Change of Cars.
Shortest and Quickest Route to
Joliet, Peoria, Decatur and Jacksonville.
TWO EXPRESS TRAINS LEAVE ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO DAILY. LOCAL CONNECTIONS.
AI CHENOA For Poorin, Galesburg. Burlington, ele , etc.
17 BLOOMINGTON-For LaSalle, Dixon, Fulton, Freeport, Galena, Dubuque, wi Hl points in Northern Iowa.
17 SPRINGFILD-For Decatur, Jacksonville, Quincy, Keokuk, DesMoines. + tfuniwa, and all points in Southern lowa.
CONLLCTING AT CHICAGO with the lines to all points North and East, and HUSEIOUIS with Steamboats tor Cairo, Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans, and with the Paritic and other Railroads for Kansas City, Leavenworth, Lawrence Hp ants Wet
Baggage Checked Through to all Important Points.
ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS
Arc run on Night Trains through to Chicago and St. Louis
SPLENDIDLY FURNISHED SALOON CARS for Ladies and Families, and fort bh Snowing C'us for Gentlemen ire run en Day Trains,
FOR TH KETS Apply At the Company's Offfre, Dearborn Street, ut the West de. I non In pot Chicago, and corner Fourth and Pine Streets, under Planter's Ja ;st. Louis Mo., and at tu Depots at Fast St. Louis and at Alton
GENERAL OFFICE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
1 B BLACKSIONI, - HI. KNIGHT, Ass't Sie Internt
M' WICKER, J ( . MCMULLEN,
GMT Freight Agent- Ass't Sup't
A. NEWMAN,
Gen'l Ticket Arent
C. N. PRATT,
Passenger Agent
ROBERT HALE, Gen'l Sup't.
Capital of over $22,000.000
HENRY SLIPE,
Manufacturer of all kinds of
PLUG TOBACCO
NO. 30 Second Street,
BETWEEN STATE AND PIASA STREETS,
ALTON ILL.
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A GAZETTEER OF
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MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Troy.]
preachers, and large audiences. Rev. Jesse Renfro is a local preacher, in this vicinity.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- A frame building, twenty-four by thirty feet. The following are among the ministers who have occupied its pulpit for stated periods. Revs. William Chamberlain, Thomas Lippincott, J. R. Dunn, Calvin Butler, John Gibson, Lawson A. Parks, Socrates Smith, James B. Darrah, Caleb J. Pitkin and William Ellers. Elders, John McKee, Dr. Franklin A. Sabin.
BAPTIST CHURCH .- This is a frame building, forty by thirty feet, erected in the year 1848. The following are among the ministers who have at stated times occupied the pulpit. Rev. John M. Peck, - Harris, Elijah Dodson, Elihu J. Palmer, T. W. B. Dawson, John Padon, John H. Mize and W. D. Ross. Deacons, A. W. Waddle, Lyman Barber, Wm. A. Wilson. The Sabbath School has eighty-five scholars.
LUTHERAN CHURCH-Erected in 1865, is thirty by forty-five feet, and is fourteen feet high to the eaves. It has a steeple and a bell. Cost of the latter, at New York, two hundred dollars. Rev. Mr. Wagner, Minister. Frederick Zenk, Gerhard Struckhoff, Herman Take, Elders. Services in the German language. John Paul Grosse, teacher of a German school at the Lutheran Church.
The TOWN OF TROY was incorporated in 1855, under the general incor- poration Act, and in 1857 under a special Act of Incoporation.
The corporate bounds of Troy include the north-east quarter, and the east half of the north-west quarter of section nine, township three north, range seven west.
STREETS IN TROY .- The streets running nearly east and west are the the following, beginning with the northern-most street; Clay, Market, Charter, Plum, Center, Oak and High streets. The streets running nearly north and south, beginning with Border street, on the line between the north-east and the north-west quarter of section nine, township three north, range seven west. Border, Washington, Main, Kimberlin, Hick- ory, Webster, Ash and Charcoal streets.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES .- John Shomleffel, President; William R. Hen- derson, James M. Seybold, Samuel Rawson, M. M. Armstrong, Caleb, Johnson, Clerk; Andrew Mills Police Magistrate.
TROY CITY MILLS-T. A. Throp & Co., proprietors. Mill four stories high-forty-six by seventy fect; of brick, and has four run of stones. The capacity of the mill is forty thousand barrels of flour per annum. Cooper shop attached, one hundred by twenty-six feet, with fifteen coop- ers employed.
George Milbank's Steam Flouring Mill-brick-three stories high, and has two run of stones. This mill does a large and profitable business.
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A GAZETTEER OF
[Troy.
Troy Steam Saw-Mill, with circular saw. John B. Padon proprietor. This mill went into operation in the spring of 1866.
There are four general stores, three physicians, two tailors, two boot and shoe makers, one tinner, five carpenters, six blacksmiths, one sorgo manufacturer, three wagon makers, two saddle and harness makers, one plasterer, one hotel and four grocers.
TROY ELECTION PRECINCT comprises township three north, range seven west, and sections 32, 33, 34, and such parts of sections 35 and 36, township four north, range seven west, as lie west of the west fork of Silver Creek.
One citizen of Troy Precinct was elected to the House of Representatives of this State in the years 1822, 1824, 1826, 1828, 1830 and 1844, for terms of two years each, and to the State Senate in 1838 for a term of four years.
Two citizens of Troy Precinct have respectively held the office of Sheriff of Madison County for terms of two years.
One citizen of Troy Precinct is at this time a Representative in the State Legislature from the district composed of the Counties of Madison and Bond.
This is the Banner Precinct of the Union party-giving a larger Union majority in proportion to the number of voters than any other precinct in Madison County.
CHURCHES IN TROY PRECINCT OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGE OF TROY .- Mt. Gilead M. E. Church, on section 11, building of brick. Mt. Zion M. E Church, on section 19-a frame building. A Roman Catholic Church, on the south-east quarter of section 27-services in the German language. A Presbyterian Church, (brick,) on the line between sections 33 and 34- services in the German language.
OTHER TOWNS.
MARINE
Is a flourishing village upon the St. Louis and Highland Stage Route, twenty-three miles north-east from St. Louis and twelve miles east from Edwardsville, the county seat. The settlement was commenced in 1818 between the east and west forks of Silver Creeks by Isaac Furguson, R. P. Allen and Elijah Ellison. The settlement is large and spreads over an undulating rich and beautiful prairie, well watered. Captains Allen and Blakeman came in July, 1819. The first frame house was erected by James Ground in 1820. The first meeting-house for public religious worship was built in 1821. Its use was not confined to any particular denomination ; and it was also used as a school-house. The Rev. John M. Peck was among the first who held religious services in it.
Captain Blakeman built the first grist mill in 1825, and the first saw mill and distillery were built by Thorp & Bowman in 1826.#
The town of Marine was laid out by Welch and James Breath, in 1834, on section sixteen of township four north, range six west, and the first house in the village erected by them the same year.
The first church whs erected in 1845. The Union Presbyterian Church was built in 1854; the Roman Catholic Church in 1860, and the Lutheran Church in 1865.
Marine contains three large general stores, three school-houses, two grist mills, and mechanics in abundance.
BETHALTO.
Is situated on the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad, eight miles north-east from Alton. According to the census taken July, 1865, it then had a population of five hundred and fifty; at present it may be safely es- mated at six hundred and fifty'. There are six religious societies: Baptist, Catholic, Cumberland Presbyterian, Christian or Campbellite, Lutheran and Methodist. Of these the Catholic, Lutheran and C. Presbyterian have church buildings; the latter being just completed at a cost of over $4,000.
*Among some of the hardships of the earliest settlers here was the repeated fail- ure of their crops for some reasons unknown. The wheat raised in 1823 was very unhealthy, causing nausea and vomiting when eaten in any form. The weevil destroyed a large part of the wheat in 1825, and in 1829 the corn crop failed.
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A GAZETTEER OF
[Venice.
There is one agricultural implement and grain warehouse, one drug and two general stores; also a plow shop and a large flouring mill with a ca- pacity of manufacturing three hundred barrels of flour per day.
The surrounding country is timber on the south, west and north, and prairie on the east. The country is underlaid with a fine vein of coal that is being extensively mined by the Madison County Coal Company, an or- ganization that employ a large number of miners and ship from three to five thousand tons of coal per month. There are also other parties en- gaged in mining in this vicinity.
VENICE
Is a post village, located on the east bank of the Mississippi, opposite the northern portion of St. Louis,-four miles from the Chicago, Alton and St. Louis depot, and about eighty rods north of the line between Madison and St. Clair counties. There are two general stores, one drug store, one hotel, five blacksmith, one plow and two wagon shops. The village being located in the "American Bottom" is surrounded by a coun- try of unsurpassed fertility; its productions finding a ready market in the city opposite.
The site of the village of "Old Venice," formerly lying immediately west, is now almost entirely washed away by the waters of the Missis- sippi. It was at one time a place of considerable business, being the cen- ter where several stage lines made connection. Mr. Robinson, a former resident of St. Louis, and father of Henry Robinson, Esq., of Venice, was one of the principal stock holders of the first ferry that run between St. Louis and Old Venice.
There is one common school in the vicinity, and the M. E. Society hold weekly meetings in a public hall.
A ferry connects the village with St. Louis, having two boats that make two trips each hour. The tracks of both the C., A. & St. L. and St. L., A. & T. H. Railroads pass through the village. Population about three hundred and fifty.
MORO
Is a post village in the south-western part of township 6, 8, and on the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad. Eight miles east and two miles north from Alton.
There are also the villages of PRAIRIE Towy, in the western part of township 6, 7, and DORSEY, in 6, 8, on the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Hante Railroad.
MOULTONVILLE.
Is a small post village in township six north, range six west, in the
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MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Alhambra.]
north-east part of this county. It contains two churches-Campbellite or Christian and German Lutheran-and one school house. There are also, one blacksmith, two carpenters and one shoemaker in the place.
ALHAMBRA.
This is a thriving villiage with a population of about two hundred, and is situated in township five north, range six west; eighteen miles north- east of Edwardsville. It contains a good hotel, one general store, one grocery, two wagon shops, two blacksmith shops, one carpenter shop and one school house.
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GREENCASTLE
Is about one third of mile distant from Alhambra. There are in it, one church, two hotels, one store, one steam flouring mill, one wagon shop and one blacksmith shop. The Post Office is at Alhambra.
NEW DOUGLAS
Is a small post village, in township six north, range seven west, and about thirty miles north-east of Edwardsville. It has one general store, one saddle and harness shop, together with a number of mechanics and laborers.
Madison County Agricultural Society.
At a meeting of the farmers of Madison County, convened at the Court House in Edwardsville on Saturday, February 9th, 1822, Mieajah Cox, Esq., was elected to the Chair, and George Churchill, Esq., Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Coles it was unanimously
Resolved, That the members of this meeting do form themselves into an AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed by the Chairman to draft rules and regulations for the government of the Society.
Edward Coles and Paris Mason were appointed accordingly and reported rules and regulations.
The Society proceeded to organize by the election of officers, after which the following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That a piece of plate of the value of five dollars be presented for the most approved essay on the best mode of pickling and preserving pork, and pointing out the cause of the difference in value between New England and Western pork.
258
A GAZETTEER OF
Resolved, That a premium of similar value shall be given to the person who shall make the best specimen of malt liquor, not less than thirty gallons.
Resolved, That a premium of similar value be presented to the person who shall present the greatest number of wolf scalps, not less than five, taken by himself within the limits of Madison County.
Resolved, That a premium of similar valne be presented to the person who shall manufacture the best piece of linsey-woolsey not less than twenty yards.
Resolved, That a premium of similar value be awarded to the member who shall raise a year old lamb which shall produce the greatest quantity of wool.
Resolved, That a piece of plate of the value of three dollars be awarded to the person who shall make the greatest quantity of proof spirit, not less than thirty gallons, from a given quantity of grain.
After which the Society slept with most of its founders until 1854.
It is to be presumed that the efforts of the first Society were successful in placing Western pork on an equality with that of New England, West- ern pork raisers having ceased their complaints; malt liquor is working its way to eminence without publie encouragement; whisky is not weak; wolf scalps have ceased to be currency, and there are several flocks of fine sheep in the county.
On Tuesday October 31st, 1554, a number of gentlemem assembled at the Court house in Edwardsville, and formed themselves into an AGRICUL-
The following Statistics of Madison County, for 1860, are from the Department published since the printing of the tables in pages 13, 14, 19, &c.
472
l'nimproved in farms, acres ..... Cash value of ...
$6,952,957 Manufactures, home made val.
$2,106
$218,059 Animals Slaughtered, value of ..
$366,550
Farming Implements value of .. Horses, number of
8,727 Farms 3 to
10 acres. ...
33
Asses and Mules, number
1,245
10
..
20
99
Milch Cows, number.
7,548
20
66
30
770
Working Oxen, number
972
.. 50
100
66
751
Other Cattle, number
13,795
100
- 500
335
Sheep, number
4,708
500 " 1000
6
Swine, number ..
39,200
Value Real Estate
$12,901,655
Live stock, value of.
$1,143,064 Value Personal ... 4,166,873
Wheat, bushels of ..
343,862 835
Total.
$17,068,528
Rye, bushels
1,498,925 Families number of.
5,591
Corni, bushels.
185,927 Churches Baptist.
8
Oats, bushels.
1,275 Accomodation.
2,200
Tobacco, pounds
12,261, Value of property.
$21,000
Wool, pounds.
170
No. SEATS.
286,046 | Christian
4
800
2,900
9,73| Episcopal
2
800
...
11,000
7,236 |Lutheran
2
650
.....
5,300
Buckwheat bushels
1,540 Methodist
15
5,050
.....
47,500
Orchard Products, value
$10,436 Presbyterian
8 3,600
....
36,400
Wine, gallons of.
744 |C. Presbyterian
1 400
......
5,000
Market garden, products val of
$8,858 |Roman Catholic
8 3,508
......
60,800
Butter, pounds of.
7,654
Hay, tons of ..
19,579
Grass Seeds, bushels of.
1,143
Total. ....
.42 ... 15,458. ...
......
16,000
Cheese, pounds of ..
$205,900
...
11,847
Improved land in farms, acres ..
167,039 ; Bees-wax, pounds of ..................
96,816 Honey, pounds of ...
....
Peas and Beans, bushels
Irish Potatoes, bushels
Sweet Potatoes, bushels
Barley, bushels ..
308,049 Unitarian
650
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MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
TURAL SOCIETY, adopted rules and regulations for future government, and elected Thomas Judy President; Jacob J. Barnsback and four others Vice Presidents; W. T. Brown Treasurer; John A. Prickett Secretary. The So- ciety purchased ten acres of land near Edwardsville; had the same suit- ably enclosed, and erected two sheds, fifty feet in length each, and a suf- ficient number of stalls and pens for the accommodation of stock and articles to be exhibited, and held the first annual cattle show and fair on their grounds on September 13th, 14th and 15th, 1855. Number of entries for exhibition three hundred and sixty. The list of premiums offered amounted to eight hundred dollars. Very few premiums were claimed by exhibitors, the majority of them donating their premiums to the Socie- ty. From the Secretary's report it appears that the expenses at the close of the fair including the price of the land and improvements was $1,472 82; receipts up the same period $1,211 00.
At a meeting of the Society held at Edwardsville, April 1st, 1857, it was
Resolved, That this Society do avail themselves of the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, approved February Sth, 1857, entitled, "A general Act for the incorporation of County Agri-
ASSESSMENT OF COAL-MADISON COUNTY, 1865.
Jan'y,
Feb'y.
March.
April.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Dunford, Thos.
1282
974
1027
102
169
222
214
135
195
483
728
Evans, Wni.
...
...
...
200
100
18
4
15
69
48
Jones & Co
115
130
123
134
136
145
178
236
211
207
173
135
Job, Z. B
790
200
365
523
458
568
815
758
Kourtkamp, A ..
100
30
350
Mitchell,
600
450
167
187
252
259
124
277
367
355
241
257
McAlany
199:
211
112
81
McAnaley & Delaney.
48
Maloy, Henry
201
187
99
190
223
90
Madison County Coal Co
2728
3271
3155
13821
4406
3400
4572
3876 3557 3861
802
Robertson
225
300
269
73
55
81
70
175
325
200
365
337
Rutledge, J ..
120
70
63
51
55
80
30
64
100
112
130
112
Smith, Hugh.
147
173
115
93
88
121
363
417
275
339
401
Taylor, D ..
80
52
133
58
77
11
68
46
......
109
112
Taylor & Co ..
196
251
200
207
192
White, D. & Co.
90
310
273
282
257
Total*
2865
4963
4391
4060
5703 7198 5266
6690 6996
7181 8007
1828
Ritter, H.
2021
1141
103
66
40
511
70
81
87
1541
250
173
Wonderley & Bro
383
250
102
164
127
114
Delenne, A ..
69
182
113
295
465
365
Steiger, Joseph.
160
.....
......
......
......
Totalt ..
5×5
361
204
230
167
165
139
423
200
449
715
53
*Total during the year in the North half of Madison County.
.68,14%
+Total during the year in the South half of Madison County.
4,179
Total during the year in the whole of the County, (Tons).
72,327
...
.....
..
... ...
..
...
35
42
34
Spencer, John.
......
......
......
.....
......
11
16
......
36
26
Taylor, Peter.
75
56
129
59
50
32
66
75
I35
...
.....
.....
72
50
.....
73
......
...
......
.....
......
.....
......
......
285
141
90
Monahan, James
121
.....
......
..
......
52
28
Pullen & Hudson
...
....
220
70
90
.....
...
....
......
......
.. ...
......
......
....
30
131
......
778
432
....
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A GAZETTEER OF
cultural Societies," and that our organization shall be conducted in all respeets in conformity with the conditions of such aet."
The 4th Annual Exhibition of the State Agricultural Society was held at Alton, September 30th, and October 1st, 2d and 3d, 1856.
The Madison County Agricultural Society hold their FAIRS annually, on the grounds which are located within one mile of the Court House in Edwardsville and comprise about fifteen acres. They are enelosed by a neat and substantially built fence; the eastern and southern sides of the enclosure being occupied by a beautiful and densely shade grove. The grounds are provided with three wells, that afford an abundance of excel- lent water; and also a fine pond that has been found of much practical value, besides adding largely to the beauty of the locality. The mana- gers of the Society have from time to time constructed such necessary buildings with all suitable improvements and surroundings as to make these grounds very handsome, as well as of much utility to the Agricul- tural interests of the county.
Alton Horticultural Society.f
This Association, according to its records, originated in "a meeting of the friends of horticulture," held at Alton on the 12th of November, 1853, of which meeting Timothy Souther was Chairman, and James E. Starr,
*Transactions Illinois State Agricultural Society for 1858-9, page 145-46.
+In a letter to the Alton Horticultural Society, Mr. G. Churchill says : "Of the 'earliest orchards,' I recolleet one on section 12, t 3 n, r 8 w-formerly owned, and probably planted by the late Robert Seybold-now owned by F. Kohler. Another on section 4, t 3 n, r 7 west, formerly owned by Titus Gragg-now owned by John (. Rigging. Another, on section 18, t 3 north, r 7 west, formerly owned by the late Robert McMahan, Esq. Another, in t 3 n, r 9 west, near the site of the old Mill, consecutively known as Rabb's, Wilt's and Hertzog's. There were other early orchards, but I do not distinctly remember their location and ownership."
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