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Population, 834 .- Churches, 834 -Biographical Sketches, 834, 835: Peter Gordon, 834; Frederick Becker, 835, William H. Leighton, 835; James W. Temple, 835, SPARTA TOWNSHIP, 835 .- Organiza- tion and Officers, 835 .- Natural Advantages, 835 .- Early Settlers, 835, 836 .- Agriculture, Timber and Mining, 836 .- Schools, Roads and Bridges, 836. - Prairie Fires, 836 .- Wataga, 837 .- Churches, 837 .- Societies. 838 .- Biographical Sketches, 838-848; Thomas Carter Duval, 838; Boanerges Ely, 839; George W. Faulkner, 839; Henry Gehring, 840; Edward Howell Goldsmith, 84v; George F. Niles. 840; William Robson, 841; John James Sutor, 842; Swan W. Swanson, 842; Frederick Zina Wikoff, 843; Jonas Williamson, 843; William Williamson, 844; Hannibal Parish Wood, 844; Alexander Frank Adams, 845; James Barry, 845; Tufve Benson, 845; George Henry Campbell, 845; Alexander Gehring, 843; Joseph Gehring, 846; Henry Wyley Giles, 846; William Augustus Lee, Jr., 846; William Mas- ters, 846; David Pratt Niles, 846; Jonas Olson, 847; William Stevenson Patterson, 847; James Durham Reed, 847; Oliver String, 847; Harrison T. Weed, 847; John Edwin Williamson, 848. HENDERSON TOWNSHIP, 848 .- The first township settled, 848 .- Aboriginal residents, 848. - Early religious serv- ices and schools, 848. - First town election, 848. - Church history, 848, 849 .- Henderson Village, 849 .- Growth and decline, 849 .- Early distilleries, 849 .- Biographical Sketches, 849-854: John Junk, 849; James Champion McMurtry. 850; Eli F. Baer, 850; Edwin Carver, 851; Joseph Davison, 851; Edward Fenwick Duffey, 851; David Henderson, 851; Alfred W. Hickman, 851; Ellen Hodges, 852; James Elvin Junk, 852; Harriet McMurtry, 852; William McMurtry, 852; Charles Henry Nelson, 852; John Lowrey Overstreet, 852; Franklin Parsons, 852; Thomas Pendergast, 853; Riggs Penning- ton, 853; Francis Poplett, 853; Harbin Crawford Robertson, 853; J. J. Shay, 853; Edwin Peter Williamson, 854. GALESBURG TOWNSHIP, 854 .- First settlers, 854 .- Schools, 854 .- Area and population, 854 .- Biographical Sketches, 854-856: Hiland Henry Clay, 854; James H. Coolidge, 855; Francis Thomas Derby, 855; Edward A. Felt, 855; Jonathan C. Garwood, 855; John W. George, 855; Morris Griffith, 855; Charles D. Gum, 856; Daniel Johnson, 856; C. A. Main, 856; Nels X. Nelson, 856; James Paden, 856. KNOX TOWNSHIP, 856 .- Highland Park, 856 .- Randall, 857 .- Churches and Societies, 857 .- KNOXVILLE, 857 .- Early Settlers, 857 .- First Sale of Lots, 858 .- Characteristics and Advantages of Knoxville, 858 .- St. Mary's School, 858. - St. Alban's Academy, 858 .- Knoxville's Public Schools, 859 .- Churches, 859 .- Societies and Organizations, 859-860 .- Banks, 860 .- The Press, 860 .- Municipal Government, 861 .- Biographical Sketches, 861-878: Alanson G. Charles, 861; Thomas Lee Gilbert, 862; David Brainard Huggins, 863; Charles Wesley Leffingwell, 863; John Henry Lewis, 864; Orange Lowell Campbell, 866A; John Cooke, 866A; Allen Moor Parmenter, 866c; John M. Nisley. 866; Arthur Hamilton Noyes, 866; Cornelius Runkle, 867; Francis Granger Sanburn, 868; John H. Bannon, 869; Louis Becker, 869; Christopher Borrell, 870; Frank Buck, 870; Robert Roland Buckley, 870; Charles N. Butt, 870; Jolin Z. Carns, 870; Cyrus N. Carson, 870; William Caulkins, 870; Burrell N. Chapin, 871; George A. Charles, 871; James H. Connor, 871; George W. Cronoble, 872; Allen T. Evans, 872; Wilford Evans, 872; David H. Funk, 872; George W. Haner, 872; Charles Hansford, 872; Frederick Holton, 873; Samuel H Hopper, 873; John H. John- son, 873; James Knox, 873; Peter Lacy, 873; John O. Lander, 874; Charles D. Lindsey, 874; David Masters, 874; Henry Masters, 874; David McWilliams, 874; John Montgomery, 875; Johnston J. Neeley, 875; Hiram F. Parkins, 875; William I. Peckenpaugh. 875; Asa Ramp, 875; John C. Riordan, 876; James Runkle, 876; John G. Sanburn, 876; Louis M. Smith, 876: Malcolm Smith, 876; Matthew M. Smith, 877; Gardner G. Stearns, 877; Jolin W. Tate, 877; Thomas B. Tate, 877; Albert Upson, 877; Ola Walberg, 877; David Warner, 878; Samuel Westerfield, 878; Thomas Wilson, 878; George W. Witherell, 878. PERSIFER TOWNSHIP, 878 .- Soil and Natural Resources, 878 .- Indian Mounds, 879 .- Early Pioneers, 879 .- First marriages and deaths, 879 .- Roads, 879 .- First mills, 879, 880 .- Churches and Schools, 880 .- Early dwellings, 880 .- First and present town officers, 880 .- Persifer Volunteers in the Civil War, 880, 881 .- Trenton, 881 .- Appleton, 881 .- Dahinda, 881 .- Biographical Sketches, 881-885: Frank S. Beamer, 881; George Stevens. 881; Jolin Wyman, 882; Austin Adanis, 882; Peter Anderson, 883; Christopher Columbus Dawson, 883; Alfred Gardner, 883; Joshua Gullett, 883; John F. Hinthorn, 883; Joseph W. Niles, 884; Rufus W. Niles, 884; Samuel Sutherland, 884; William Alexander Sutherland, 884; Francis M. Wilson, 884; Arthur Wyman, 885; Edward J. Wyman, 885; John R. Young, 885; Robert Lincoln Young, 885. TRURO TOWNSHIP, 886 .- Surface and Drain- age, 886 .- "First Things, " 886. - Indian Relics, 886 .- Schools, 886 .- Organization and officers, 886 .- Extent and Character of Population, 886 .- Williamsfield, 887 .- Churches, Banks and Newspapers, 887 .- Business and Societies, 887 .- Biographical Sketches, 887-891: Anthony Seward, 887; Ezra W. Tucker, 888; John M. Baird, 888; Leroy Joseph Baird, 888; David Cation, 888; William Cation, 888; Fred G. Cole, 888; I. Frank Cole, 889; Joseph Daniel Doubet, 889; C. H. Eastmau, 889; James Gale, 889; Henry German, 890; Albert Leng, 890; John Mackey, Jr., 890; Ezekiel D. Mackie, 890; James Mahr, 890; W. N. Phillips, 890; Manley Smith, 890; Charles Spencer, 891; Henry C. Tucker, 891; John Allen Tucker, 891; Michael Welsh, 891. ELBA TOWNSHIP, 891 .- First Settlers, 891, 892 .--- Prominent Farmers, 892 .- Surface and drainage, 892 .- Agriculture and value of land, 892 .- Ship- ping facilities, 892 .- Schools and Churches, 892 .- Township organization and officers, 892. - Bio- graphical Sketches, 892-898: Benjamin P. Baird, 892; William H. Baird, 893; George W. Kennedy. 893; John F. Lindzey, 894; Jacob Oberholtzer, 894; Alfred G. Adams, 895; Wilson Adams, 895; Ziba Adams, 895; James Ogden Baird, 895, W. S. Baird, 895; D. L. Bowhay, 896; Edward H. Broadfield, 896; J. C. Cowell, 896; Robert E. Farwell, 896; Daniel Gooding, 896; David Hannah, 896; Dean C. Hurlbutt, 897; Thornton Walker Kimler, 897; Julia E. Potts, 897; Francis R. Shelton, 897; William H. Smith, 897; William G. Speer. 897; Newton H. Tennery, 898: T. J. Truitt, 898; S. L. Vance, 898: Edward Whiting, 898; William Woolsey, 898. HAW CREEK TOWNSHIP, 899 .- Surface and Drain- age, 899 .- Resources and Industries, 899 .- Character of Population, 899 .- Early Settlers, 899 .- Ship-
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ping facilities, past and present, 900 .- Township organization and officers, 900,-Churches and camp meeting grounds, 900 .- Schools, 900 .- Mechanicsburg, 900 .- The episode of Frank Rande, 901. -Gilson, 901 .- Biographical Sketches, 902-906: Samuel Burns Anderson, 902: Charles Hubbard Hug- gins, 902: David Woolsey, 903: Joseph Bennett, 903; Salina E. Clark, 903; James T. Dickerson, 903; George Lambkin Lacy, 904; Milton Lotts, 904: Charles Wesley Mckown, 904; John B. Miller, 904; John Murphy, 905: Benjamin Ramp. 905: James Rebstock, 905: William Scott, 905: William C. Stevenson, 906: Mary Ann West, 906; Jacob Wolf, 906. ORANGE TOWNSHIP, 906 .- Indian Trails, 906 .- Natural Features and Early Settlers, 907 .- Asa Haynes, 907 .- Early happenings, 905 .- Schools and Churches, 908 .- Township organization, 909 .- Industries, 909 .- Societies and Population, 909 .- Biographical Sketches of Orange Citizens, 910-913: Asa Haynes, 910; Walter Redd. 910: Israel Turner, 911: James Borrell, 911: Frank Nelson Clark, 911; James W. Dunbar, 911; John L. Dunbar, 911; John Calvin Eiker, 912; Andrew J. Ferguson, 912: James A. Ferguson, 912; Jacob A. Gaddis, 912; George Long, 912; An- son Massey, 912; George E. Reynolds, 913; Lemuel W. Shreeves, 913: Alonzo T. Steele, 913; Samuel M. Turner, 913; William A. Wiley, 913: William H. Wiley, 913. CEDAR TOWNSHIP, 914 .- Pioneers and early life, 914; Schools, 914 .- Change of name. 914 .- Louisville, 914 .- Voting places, 914, 915 .- Population, 915 .- Churches. 915 .- Cedar in the Civil War, 915 .- Biographical Sketches, 916-920: William H. Reynolds, 916; Frederick Stegall. 916; Milton D. Burner, 917; Theodore F. Dunlap, 917; Silas R. Earel, 917: Jacob Famulener, 917; William Famulmener, 918; Frank Fulmer, 918: Charles Wesley Hughey, 918: John Ketchem, 918: Joseph Franklin Latimer, 918; William Pleasant Marks. 919; Clinton H. Meadows, 919: William Mount, 919; Swan Nelson. 919; Patrick Redington, 919; Henry Franklin Smith, 919: Elery Stegall, 920; Franklin M. Williamson, 920 .- CITY OF ABING- DON, 920 .- Arrival of A. D. Swarts, 920 .- Early Industries, 920 .- Early Growth, 920 .- Incorporation as village and city, 921 .- Postmasters and city officers, 921 .- Brick buildings erected, 921 .- Growth and hindrances, 921 .- Manufacturing establishments, 922 .- Educational institutions, 922 .- Churches, 922 .- Fire Department, 923 .- The Press, 923 .- Banks, 924 .- Abingdon College, 924 .- Hedding College. 925 .- Biographical Sketches, 926-932: Frederick P. Folz, 926; John Webb Nance, 927; Thomas Newell, 927; Robert P. Barrows, 928; Isaac Burnside, 928; Jefferson M. Dawdy, 928; Peter Dechant, 928; Frank C. Dickinson, 928: Strawther Givens, 928; Israel John Harris, 929; William H. Heller, 929; Alonzo Marion Housh, 929; James W. Hunter, 929: John Wesley Maginnis, 929; William B. Main, 930; Seymour Mc Williams, 930; William A. Merricks, 930; Corlis Glenn Mosser, 930 .- John Mosser, 930; Samnel Theodore Mosser, 931: James Richey, 931; Edward M. Sampson. 931: John B. Shumaker, 932; Abraham D. Swarts. 932: Roscoe E. Ward, 932. INDIAN POINT TOWNSHIP, 932 .- Move- ments of First Settlers, 932, 933 .- Natural features, 933 .- Agriculture and stock-raising, 933 .- Churches and Schools, 933-934 .- Township organization, 934 .- Transportation facilities, 934 .- Popu- lation, 934 .- St. Augustine, 934 .- Change of site, 934 .- Visited by conflagration, 934 .- Biographical Sketches, 935, 936: John Brown, 935: George M. Brown, 935; Warren Dawdy, 935; Benjamin F. Graham, 935; Milton Baxter Hardin, 935; Elisha John, 936: Olof G. Johnson, 936: William C. MeElrea, 936; Truman H. Roe, 936; James Shumaker, 936; Milton Stegall, 936. CHESTNUT TOWN- SHIP, 937 .- Situation, natural features and railroad facilities, 937 .-- Pioneers. 937 .- Hemp-culture, 937 .- Early events, roads and bridges, 937 .- Dwellings and Schools, 937 .- Stores and Taverns, 938,- Township organization and officers. 938 .- Early Mills, 938 .- Churches, 938 .- Population, 939 .- Her- mon, 939 .- Eminent Citizens of Chestnut, 939-942: Mark Burnside, 939: Benjamin Cramer, 939; Jobin E. Davis, 940; Mrs. Sally A. Hopkins, 940: G. M. Lee Lucas, 940; L. R. Mather, 940; D. E. Meeks, 941; Henry M. Reece, 941; Charles E. Routh, 941: Josiah Sampson, 941: George W. Shaffer, 942; Maurice Jones Townsend, 942: Daniel Wainwright, 942. MAQUON TOWNSHIP, 943 .- Arrival of William Palmer, 942 .- Other pioneers, 942, 943 .- Indian Mounds, 943 .-- Early dwellings and schools, 943 .- Early villages. 943 .- Rapatee, 943 .- Maquon Village, 943 .- Mercantile establishments, 944 .- Banks and Newspapers, 944 .- Schools and Churches, 944, 945 .- Physicians, 945 .- Maquon's War Record, 945 .- Fraternal Organizations, 945, 946 .- "First Things," 946 .- Population, 946 .- Biographical Sketches, 946-952: Thomas J. Foster, 946; Andrew Clinton Housh, 947; Gilbert L. Knowles, 947; Philemon B. Selby. 947: Thomas R. Walter, 948; William Henry Adams, 948; Jacob Booth, 948; Newton G. Clark, 949; Robert Henry Harper, 949; James Hobkirk, 949; John Jones, 949; Adam Kisner, 950; Augustus Melville Maple, 950; Charles Fremont Maple, 950; Harvey Ouderkirk, 950; Jesse Pickrel, 951; Elisha Barrett Selby, 951; William Henry Selby, 951; George W. Simpkins, 951; Harry A. Smith, 951 ; William Swigart, 953; Thomas Ulysses Walter, 952; William Young. 952. SALEM TOWNSHIP, 952 .- Railroad facilities and physical features, 952 .- Organization of Town- ship, 953 .- First Settlement, 953 .- Roads and Bridges, 953 .- Mineral resources, 953 -Stock-raising, 953 .- Comparative assessment of Salem, 954 -Population, 954 .- Schools, 954 .- Salem in the Civil War, 954 .- Moral and Religious Agencies, 955 .- Douglas, 955 .- Uniontown, 955 .- Yates City, 956 .- Railroad facilities, 956 .- Its partial decline. 956 .- Still an important business center, 956 .- War with the Saloon, 956 .- Banks, 957 -Village Trustees, 957 .- Graded School, 957 -Yates City Banner, 957 .- Churches, 957, 958 -Societies, 958 .- Biographical Sketches, 959-968: Louis P. Arbogast, 959; James Madison Hunter, 959; Weber Andrew Jaquith, 959: Lucius A. Lawrence, 960; James McKei- ghan, 961; James Hasbrouck Nicholson, 961; William Benjamin Bird, 962; Clarence M. Bliss, 962; Cyrus Bliss, 962; D. M Carter, 962; F. H Chamberlain, 963; William Hill Faulds, 963; Arwine Gar- rison, 963, Sylvester S. Goold, 963; Cyrus M. Hall, 963; H. J. Hensley, 964: Lorenzo D. Howell, 964; Joseph Hunter, 964; Loren Kennedy, 964; T. J. Kightlinger, 964; Joseph Knox, 965; Robert A. Lower, 965; Samuel Ramp, 965; William Ramp, 965; F. J. Runyon, 966; Hugh A. Sloan, 966; Sarah Sloan, 966; R R. Steck, 966; Charles A. Stetson, 966; Allen Thurman, 967; W. H. Thurman, 967; John Williams, 967; Frank E. Wilson, 967: Harry Zook, 967.
KNOX COUNTY.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Alumni Hall-Knox College 684
Knox County Court House ... 641
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Depot 644
Knox County Map (Facing Preface) .. 608A
Central Congregational Church 674
Lombard University-The Gymnasium. 688
Corpus Christi Church ... 672
Lombard University-Ladies' Hall. 688
Corpus Christi Lyceum and University 672
Lombard University-Main Building. 688
Knox County Almshouse 649
St. Mary's School ..
858
PORTRAITS.
CITY OF GALESBURG.
Babcock, Josiah
618
Lovejoy, William Owen 712
Bateman, Newton
3
MeGirr, Thomas Leslie 714
Berggren, August Werner
620
Mead, Seth Weller ~16
Boggs, James Buchanan
622
Merrill, Charles C.
720
Boyer, Aaron.
624
Moshier, Timothy .. 792
Brown, Samuel ...
626
Nelson, Nels
724
Bunker, Dwight W
628
Oleen, N. 726
730
Carr, Clark E.
633
Parker, Isaac Augustus 732
638
Percy, James Fulton 734
646
Perkins, Isaac Stiles 736
Clark, Merritt M ..
648
Robbins, Henry M. 740
Colton, Chauncey Sill
650
Robson, John .. 742
Comstock, Milton Lemmon
659
Sanborn, David .. 744
746
Costa, Joseph
656
Smith, Arthur A ..
750
Craig, Alfred M 660
Smollinger, William H.
752
Danforth, Levi Franklin
662
Standish, John Van Ness.
754
Davis, Simeon B. 664
Steele, William Lucas
756
Field, Loyal Case. 666
Stevens, Loren
760
Finley, John Huston.
668
Strong, Mary Evelyn 762
764
Frost, Thomas Gold ...
Thompson, George Wallace
766
Gale, George Washington.
Thomson, Frank David
768
Gale, William Selden.
617
Tonello, Joseph.
772
Gale. George Candee.
686
Tunnicliff, John James.
774
Gardt, Henry.
690
Vivion, John Bowen
776
Gettemy, Mary E. F.
692
Washburn, Wellington W
778
Grubb, Jon Watson
694
Welch, Eugene William
780
Hammond, Royal,
698
Wertman, Lloyd Franklin
782
Hawkinson, Gustaf.
700
Hawkinson, Olof
702
White, Nehemiah 786
Housel, Oscar C ... 704 Hunt, Reuben William
706
Willard, Thomas Rigney 290
Williamson, Moses O. 792
614
Hurd. Albert .. 710
678
680
Cooley, Zelotes
654
Sisson, Henry McCall
Burkhalter, James L
630
Olson, Peter T.
Chase, Maurice James
Churchill, George
Freer, Francis A.
676
Tilden, Josialı
West, Mary Allen 784
Willard, Matthew Chambers 788
615
KNOX COUNTY.
PORTRAITS.
TOWNSHIPS.
Allen, Judson Wright ..
McKeighan, James 962
Anderson, Samuel Burns
900
Mckie, John Miller 814
Arbogast, Louis P 954
McMurtry, James Champion 850
Baird, Benjamin P. 890
Mitchell, John Raymond ... 806
Baird, William H.
892
Mitchell, Hugh M. 804
Barlow, Gideon A.
818
Montgomery, Harvey .. STO
Beals, John Ashley
820
Mosher, William J. 806
Beamer, Frank S. 880
Brown, John 934
856
Nicholson, James Hasbrouck Niles, George F.
840
Charles, George A 860
854
Noyes, Arthur Hamilton.
872
Collinson, John Spare ..
820
Oberholtzer, Jacob M.
898
Parmenter. Allen Moore.
874
Crane, Henry Wetmore
800
Pittard, William J.
808
Crane, James Wilson
800
Redd, Walter
910
Dahlberg. Jolın G.
812
810
Duval, Thomas Carter
836
Reynolds, George W.
830
Ely, Boanerges
836
Reynolds, William H
916
Emery, John G.
822
Robson, William ..
842
Faulkner, George W.
838
Runkle, Cornelius
874
Fisher. Josepb
802
Sanburn, Francis Granger
876
Foltz, Frederick P.
924
Sawyer, George W.
816
Foster, Thomas J.
942
Selby, Philemon B. 948
886
Gehring, Henry
838
Gilbert, Thomas Lee.
864
Smith, Austin
824
Goldsmith, Edward Howell
840
Gordon, Peter
834
Hammond, James
804
Haynes, Asa.
908
Stevens, George.
882
Housh, Andrew Clinton ..
944
Sutor, John James
842
Huggins, Charles Hubbard.
002
Swanson, Swan W
842
Huggins, David Brainard
864
Todd, Warfield B.
826
Hunter, James Madison
956
Tucker, Ezra W
888
Jaquith, Weber Andrew
958
Turner, Israel
912
Junk, John. 848
894
Wikoff, Frederick Zina 844
Knowles, Gilbert L ..
946
Williamson, Jonas 844
Lawrence, Lucius A
960
Williamson, William
846
Leffingwell, Charles Wesley 866
Wood, Hannibal Parish 846
Lewis, John Henry 868
Woolsey, David 904
Lindzey. John E.
896
Wyman, John
884
BIOGRAPHIES.
Allen, Judson Wright
809
Brown, John. 935
Anderson, Samuel Burns
902
Brown. Samuel 709
Arbogast, Louis P.
959
Bunker, Dwight W
710
Babcock. Josialı ...
706
Burkbalter, James L. 711
Baird. Benjamin P.
892
Campbell, Orange Lowell. 866A
Carr, Clark E. 711
Barlow, Gideon A.
821
Charles, Alanson G. 861
Bateman, Newton
837
Charles, George A .. 821
Beals, John Ashley
822
Chase, Maurice James 713
Beamer, Frank S.
881
Churchill, George
713
Berggren, A. W.
707
Clark, Merritt M. 714
Boggs, James B. 708
Clay, Hiland Henry 854
Boyer, Aaron.
709
Cooke, Jolın ..
866A
Newell, Thomas 928
964
C'harles, Alanson G ...
860
Nisley, John M.
872
Clay, Hiland Henry
Cooke, John.
Fredericks, Gustav Eric.
802
Seward, Anthony.
Sipes, John Milton.
822
Smith, Heman P.
824
Snider, A. A.
826
Stegall, Frederick
918
Walter, Thomas R 950
Kennedy, George W.
Baird, William H.
893
Reynolds, Alvalı ..
Nance, John Webb. 926
Campbell, Orange Lowell
616
KNOX COUNTY.
Collinson, John Spare .. 822
Colton, Chauncey Sill ..
715
Nance, John Webb 927
Comstock, Milton Lemmon 716
Nelson, Nels 739
Cooley, Zelotes 717
Newell, Thomas 927
Costa, Joseph .. 718
Nicholson, James Hasbrouck 961
Craig, Alfred M.
718
Niles, George F 840
Crane, Henry Wetmore.
Crane, Jaines Wilson.
803
Dahlberg, John G.
813
Dauforth, Levi Franklin
719
Olson, Peter T.
740
Davis, Simeon B.
720
Parker, Isaac Augustus
741
Duval, Thomas Carter
838
Parinenter, Allen Moore. 866c
741
Emery, John G ..
823
Perkins, Isaac Stiles 742
Faulkner, George W
839
Pittard, William J. 806
910
Finley, John Huston
721
Reynolds, Alvah
806
Fisher, Joseph
803
Reynolds, George W.
830
Foltz, Frederick P.
926
Reynolds, William H
916
Foster, Thomas J ...
946
Robbins, Henry M.
743
Fredericks, Gustav Eric.
803
Robson, John.
743
Freer, Francis A.
722
Robson, William.
841
Frost, Thomas Gold.
722
Runkle, Cornelius.
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OF Felden rules
Part I.
KNOX COUNTY.
When, in 1818, Illinois was admitted to the Union, it contained fifteen counties, the most northerly of which was Madison, which then included all the northwestern part of the State. An Act of Legislature, approved June 30, 1821, organized Pike County, which orig- inally embraced all the territory lying north and west of the Illinois River. (Later, Schuyler County was organized from this district.) By a subsequent Act, of February 10, 1826, Knox County, as such, was attached, in common with the territory north and west of it, to Fulton County, for governmental purposes. These changes explain why, when the land records were completed, it was not infrequently neces- sary to go to Lewiston, Rushville, Pittsfield, Edwardsville, and Kaskaskia-the county seat when Illinois was but one county-to secure a complete chain of title to land conveyed.
PIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLERS.
Daniel and Alexander Robertson and Richard Matthews, who settled In the edge of Hender- son Grove in February, 1828, are usually con- sidered the pioneers in Knox County. Yet it seems certain that in 1826 or 1827, a man named Palmer, said to have been a bee hunter, came to the township now called Maquon and built a house on Section 3. (See Maquon Township.)
COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
Whoever may have been the first settler, how- ever, he was soon followed by others, and on May 15, 1830, a public meeting was held at the store of S. S. White, in Henderson, to con- sider the question of county organization. Dr. Hansford, the only physician and the most pop- ular man for miles around, Riggs Pennington,
then the most prominent citizen in North- western Illinois, and John G. Sanburn, afterward a leader in county affairs, were appointed to address a petition, praying for the organization of Knox County, to Richard M .. Young, Judge of the fifth judicial circuit, then comprising Adams, Fulton, Jo Daviess, Peoria, and Schuyler Counties. This petition was presented to Judge Young at Lewiston, where he was holding court, by Pennington, Hansford, Stephen Osborn, the first Sheriff, and Philip Hash, one of the first County Commissioners. They convinced the Judge that Knox contained three hundred and fifty inhabitants, the number required by law, and on June 10, 1830, he declared the county organized, and a little later, at Galena, fixed the date of the first election as July 3, 1830. The election was held at the house of John B. Gum, on Section 32, in Township 12 North, Range 1 East, a place now four miles northwest of Galesburg; the whole county forming but one election precinct.
FIRST COUNTY SEAT.
The county being thus organized, a law was approved on January 15, 1831, which fixed the county seat on the southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 11 North, Range 26, where the Commissioners platted a village called Hender- son (name afterward changed to Knoxville) and defined the county boundaries. As originally fixed, these included the territory at present included within the limits of Knox County, together with Sections 12 and 13 North, Range 5 East, which now form a part of Stark County, and are known as West Jersey and Goshen.
The county gradually grew in wealth and population. A court house and jail were built
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in 1831-2; roads were laid out from Knoxville in almost every direction; bridges were built as rapidly as the county's finances would permit, and everything possible was done to stimulate prosperity.
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