History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois : together with sketches of the towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent individuals, and biographies of representative men, History of Illinois, Part 14

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Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Continental Historical
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1577-

299

Leonard M Cutting. r

1278

John A. Blennerhassett, p

County Commissionel .

William L. Ruyle, d

1419-

Archibald Craig. r

1405

William R. Mears, P

On the Question of an Appropriation to Complete the

State Capitol.

For

9:35-

151

Against

784

ELECTION. NOVEMBER, 1878.

Congress.

James W. Singleton. d

1738- 1059

William II Pogue, p

293

James P. Dimmitt, r

6.9

State Treasurer.

John C. Smith, r

674

Edward L Coukrite, d.

1558- 884

Erastus N. Bates, p. ..

5-10

Jerome R. Gorin

Superintendent Public Instruction.

Kate L. Hopkins

James P. Stade, r.

624

Samuel M. Etter. d

1558- 884

Frank If. Hall, p

532

Representative.

John N English

229315

Hampton W" Wall

1:3212

George E. Warren

1625

James A. Starr

1693 2

Jotham A. Scarritt

842

Supreme Clerk.

Jacob O Chance, d.

1564-

896

Adam Knoph.r

668

George Busiek, p

Appellate Clerk.

Jt bn D. JJarmon, d

1571-

904

Benjamin L. Ullen, r

667

Pearl Combs, p

County Attorney.

A. A. Goodrich, d

1771- 1060

A M Slaten. r.

710

O. B. Hamilton, p

Sheriff.

James M. Young, d.

1626- 1140

William Ford. r.

536

William MeBride, p

John W. Vinson, i

521

Coroner.

John S Williams. d

1663- 1049

John T Curtise, r

614

William Bowker. p

E. L. Harriott, 2

465

County Commissioner.

Samnel B. Foree

1440-

375

Ephraim Chappell

665

II. N. Belt

687

P. D Cheney

On the Question of Township Organization.

For

1459 -- 367

On the Question of an Amendment to the Constitu-

tion.

For

1983- 1827

Against

138

On the Question of Domestic Animals Running at

Large.

For

1312- 113

Against

1199

ELECTION, JUNE, 1879.

Supreme Judge.

John Schofield (no opposition).

1519

Circuit Judge.

Cvrns Epler, d

1573

Albert G. Burr. d

86S

Lyman Lacy. d

Nathaniel W Bronson. r

653

James T. Hoblit. r

Herbert G. Whitlock, r .

623

ELECTION, 1879. County Treasurer.

Thos. O'Donnell

1207-

306

John C Darby

8:28

W. H H. West

County Surveyor.

D J. Morphy

1171 - 249

H. D Edwards

801

Geo. I Foster

121

EPE : IAL ELECTION, JANUARY, 1850.

Tre surer.

John A. Shephard (no opposition).

815

ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1850. President.

Winfield S. Hancock, d

2107-

759

James A. Garfield, r ..

1348

James B. Weaver, g.

123

Congress.

James W. Singleton, d

2104-

756

William D Edgar, r

1318

A. B Allen, g ..

119

1092

112

HISTORY OF JERSEY COUNTY.

Governor.

Shelby M Cullom, r

1397

Lyman Trumbull, d

2498- 771

AIson J. Streator, g.

149

Lieutenant-Governor.

John M. Hamilton, r ....

13-42

Lewis B Parsons, d

2114- 772

Andrew B. Adair. g ..

Secretary of State.

Henry D. Dement, r

1345

John H1. Ober y, d

2111-

766

J. M. Thompson, g.

124

State Auditor.

Charles P. Swigert, r

13-47

Lewis C. Starkel, d

1109-

762

Wil, mum T. Ingram g ..

124

State Treasurer.

Edward Rutz, r

1313

Thomas Butterworth, d

2110-

765

George W. Evans, y.

121

Attorney General.

James McCartney, r

1347

Lawrence Harmon. d

2109- 762

G. H Whitlock, g

Senator.

Charles A Walker. d

2 05- 740

Orville A. Snedaker, r

1365

John R. Garaghty, g

Representative.

John N. English, d

212315

A N Yauncey d

311112

Belfour Conen, r

399

S. V. Keller, g

41712

Member of Board of Equalization

Egbert B. Brown ..

2109 - 758

Charles M. Grammer

1351

State's Attorney.

Adam A. Goodrich

2162- 2154

Morro R. Lorke ...

Circuit Clerk.

Jease I. McGready, d.

1883-

390

Benjamin Wedding. r.

1493

Thomas A. Reeves, g

114

Sheriff.

Henry C. Massey, d

1995-

505

Charles C. Buzby, r

1+90

Coroner.

Caleb Dulladway, d

2134- 748

James F. Greary, r

1386

On the Question of an Amendment to the Constitution.

For

1981- 144 .:

Against

535

SPECIAL ELECTION. JUNE. 1882.

Circuit Judge-To fill Vacancy.

George W. Herdman

ELECTION, NOVEMBER, 1882.

Congress.

James M. Riggs, d

1366-

795

James W. Singleton. r

771

I hihip N Mincar, g

3 19

Superintendent of Public Instruction.

llenry Raah, d

1663-

Charles T. Stratton, r

1045

I lizabeth B. Brown, g

State Treasurer

Alfred Oren dorff, d.

1664-

John C. Smith.

1010)

John G. Irwin, g

senator.

Frank M. Bridges, d

1658- 611

Thomas II. Smith, r

1047

Representative .

Walter E. Carlin. d

258115

George W. Murray, d

2391

Juhn H Coats, r-

3094

Duncan C. Mclver, r.

On the Question of an Appropriation to Complete the State Capitol.

For

1631- 1108

523

Against.

On the Question of Ceding the Jllinoi- and Michigan

Canal to the United States,

For

1154- 420

Against

734

County Judge.

William H. Pogue, d ..

1487-

336

Oscar B. Hamilton. r.

1151

Clerk.

James Eads, d.

1493-

Edson A Duuge, r

1196

Sheriff.

Charles &: Frost, d

1614-

528

Thomas F. Hansel, r

1086

Coruger.

Caleb Du Hadway, d

1682-

554

Werley Park, r

1000

Treasurer.

John A. Shephard, d

1706 -- 697

John R. Beaty, r .

1009

Superintendent of Schools.

Lott Pennington, d. .

1583-

484

M J. Hoffman, r.

1099

ELKCIION, NOVEMBER, 1884. President.

James G. Blaine, r

1/07

Grover Cleveland, d.

2014- 77

John P. St. John, p

Benjamin F. Butler, g.

Congress.

Milton J. Riggs. d.

2023-

:13

Thomas J. Black, r

1310

J A Wallace, p

H. J Parker, g.

Governor.

Richard J Oglesby, r

1304

C'arter II. Harrison, d

2034- 730

James B. Hobbs, p

Jesse llarper, g

Lieutenant-Governor

John C. Smith, r

129~

Henry Seiter, d

2037-

840

James L. Perryman, p

A. C Vanderwater, g

Secretary of State.

Henry D. Dement. r

1300

Michael J. Daugherty. d

2916- 716

Charles W. Enos, p

11. E. Baldwin, g

Anditor.

Charles P. Swigert, r

1:204

Walter E Carlin. d

2090-

886

A exander B Irwin, p

E. F. Reeves, g

Treasurer.

Jacob Gross, r

1309

621

Alfred Orendorff, d ...

2035- 726

Uriah app

Benj min N. Goodhue, g.

618

HISTORY OF JERSEY COUNTY.

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Attorney-General.

George Hunt, r

Robert L. Mckinlay, d.

llale Johnson, p.

J. N. Gwin, g.

~3 1

Member of Board of Equalization.

Samuel R Chittenden

2025-

715

William H. Ellis.

1310

Representatives.

Henry C. Massey

30581/2

Byron McEvers ..

2968

Theodore S. Chapman 3839

Jchu HI. Reeves

248

D. A. Tratter

Supreme Clerk.

Ethan A. Snively, d.

2027- 734

Thomas L. McGrath, r.

1293

Appellate Clerk.

George W. Jones, d

2024-

719

L. W. Shephard. r

1305

State's Attorney.

A. A. Goodrich. d

2066-

790

James F Greathouse, r

273

Angust Berger.

Scattering

Circuit Clerk.

Jesse 1. McGready. d ..

2033-

753

Robert T. Brock, r

1280

Cory P. Edsall, p.

Coroner.

E. L. H. Barry

2001- 675

719

J. Tidball.

1326

Surveyor

Daniel J. Murphy

2023- 729

llenry D. Edwards

1294

W. E. Kingeley

Om Question of Levying a Tax to Build a County Jail.

For

1614- 426

Against ...

1188

On the Question of an Amendment to the Constitution.

For

2109- 1858

Against

251

On the Question of an Appropriation lo Complete the State Capitol.

For.

2842 -- 2714

129

Against

SPECIAL ELECTION, APRIL, 1885.

Stale Senator-To fill Vacancy Occasioned by the death

of F. M. Bridgea.

Robert H Davis.

632- 609

E. Wilson

A. M. llackley

ELECTION, JUNE, 1885. Circuit Judge.

George W. llerdman

1007-

Cyrne Epler

968

Lyman Lacy.

973

CHAPTER VIII.

JUDICIAL.

Man, a finite being, is of a necessity . from his nature, an imperfect creature, and as such requires that laws, both human and divine, shall be enacted, with the penalties attached for their violation, for his government. Ever since the day when our first parents, Adam and Eve, were placed in the garden of Eden, with the injunction to let the fruit of a certain tree alone, with the penalty for trans- gression attached, man has had to have some law to govern him, or he descends to barbarism or rapine. Through a long line of law-givers and legislators, we trace the laws of the present back to the decalogue, given to the tribes of Israel when they wandered in the

deserts of Arabia, the underlying prin- ciples of which are the fundamental basis of all modern law. Circumstances and surroundings have changed since the days when that alone was needed, and the present complex and often prolix laws are the superstructure built upon the foundation of the "ten command- ments."

The existence of laws implies the ex- istence of courts wherein all questions of law shall be determined and inter- preted. This fact, so patent, being de- termined, the framers of the state constitution instituted certaip courts of justice, each with well defined powers. Changes have been made, from time to

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time, in the jurisdiction of these courts, but the rights of every citizen, of high or low degree, have ever been main- tained.

Among the men who took a part in laying the foundation of this portion of the state of Illinois, there is, perhaps, no class that stands out more promi- nently than the members of the bench and bar, and Jersey county has had the honor of having contributed some of the ablest men to this portion of govern- ment. Of these, in their turn, it is now the pleasure of the historian to pre- sent a view. Many of the sketches of the talented men who have occupied the bench in some of these courts are meager, but, they having passed from this arena of active life, but little ean be gathered respecting them, although no pains have been spared to make this chapter as full and complete as possible.

The first term of circuit court in Jersey county, convened Nov. 25, 1839, in a small frame school house which then stood in the southwest corner of the old Morean place, now owned by John Smith. That building was after- wards removed about two squares further northwest, when it was owned by Mrs. Abijah Davis as a dwelling. It was torn down in the summer of 1884. It was also the first school building crected in Jerseyville. Judge William Thomas, of the first judicial circuit, presided at this session.

The certificates of appointment of Robert L. Hill, clerk, John N. English, sheriff, and Nelson R. Lurton, coroner, were produced, with the oath of office endorsed thereon, and were ordered to be recorded, together with the bonds of the several officers.

The sheriff returned the panel of grand jurors selected and summoned for the body of Jersey county. The following constitutes a list of those present : Elijah Van Horne, William Draper, John D. Gillham, Thomas Hamilton, Samuel L. McGill, James Davis, John Corson, George Hoffman, Josiah Rhodes, John Hawkins, Henry Coonrod, Maben Anderson, John Kim- ball, George Smith, John Brown and Robert B. Robbins. Elijah Van Horne was selected and sworn as foreman, and the other members of the grand jury were sworn and charged by the state's attorney and retired to consider the du- ties assigned them.

The first case which came up for hearing before this body was that of J. M. Hurd, for the use of Ezra Hurd, plaintiff, against John W. Slaten, de- fendant, being an appeal from the jus- tice's court. John W. Scott and Ed- ward M. Daley, plaintiffs, against Al- exander HI. Burrett, defendant, being an action for trespass, was the second case. Both cases were continued by the attorneys who appeared for the par- ties concerned.

The first state case was that of Wil- liam Dixon, alias Captain Dixon, in- dicted for passing fictitious notes and for forgery, This called into requisition the first petit jury, which was composed of the following named gentlemen: Jos- eph Duncan, James Ritchie, Josiah Jackson, John Keyes, Thomas H. Chap- man, Richard Simmons, Moses Coek- rell, Ambrose S. Wyckoff, Chilton Smithe, Isaac Barree, William Palmer, William K. Miner. The jury found the defendant guilty, in the manner and form as was alleged against him in the

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indietment of the grand jury, and in- structed that he should be confined in the penitentiary for a term of four years. The day following, the court executed the verdict of the petit jury, by sen- tencing defendant to 46 months at hard labor in the penitentiary. Dixon was also held for larceny, by an indictment of the grand jury, but the attorney for the state refused to further prosecute the case, and it was consequently dismissed.

After completing the balance of busi- ness which came before the court, an adjournment was had until the next regular meeting.

The next term of court convened April 30, 1840, Judge William Thomas presiding. Nothing worthy of particu- lar mention in this connection appears in the record of this session.

The next term of the court began on Oet. 28, 1840, Judge Thomas still pre- siding.

At this term, the first murder ease, of which Elias Cockrell was defendant, was heard. The defendant pleaded "not guilty," and filed his affidavit and moved the court for a change of venue, whereupon the court ordered that the venue be changed to Greene county.

At the following term of court, which convened April 26, 1841, Judge Samuel D. Lockwood occupied the bench for the first time in this county. He pre- sided at every session until that of Sep- tember, 1848, which was his last in that capacity.

In conformity with the provisions of the general assembly of Illinois, at their last session, the court, at the April term, of 1843, appointed Robert L. Hill master in chancery of Jersey county, and the said Hill being present,

accepted the appointment, took the oath of office and filed a bond with security, approved by the court, in the penalty of $2,000.

At a meeting of the Jersey county bar and officers, before the convening of court, Sept. 13, 1848, the following resolutions were adopted in honor of Samuel D. Lockwood, circuit judge. A. W. Caverly, the oldest member of the bar, was selected to read and tender the resolutions for the acceptance of Judge Lockwood, about to retire from the ju- dicial cireuit. These resolutions were as follows:

Whereas, the Honorable Daniel D. Lock- wood will shortly retire from the judicial station which he has so long and eminently adorned, theretore,

Resolved, that the members of the bar can- not let the occasion pass without expressing their profound respect for the purity of his life, and their admiration for his distinguished hearing as a jurist.

Resolved, that on the contemplated re- tirement of Hon. Judge Lockwood from the public service, we will take our leave of him with unfeigned regret. The uniform courtesy and urbanity which has ever characterized his intercourse with the bar and the people; his learning, dignity, impartiality and strict honesty as a judge, have endeared him to us all, and in bidding him farewell we tender to him the ardent wishes of our hearts, that his future days to a good old age may be unclouded and serene.

Resolved, that while the memory of the pleasant intercourse betwixt Judge Lock wood and the bar of the circuit court must in a great measure pass away with the lives of its members, we rejoice that the opinions de- livered by Judge Lockwood, as a justice of the supreme court, of which he has long been a distinguished member, constitute a monument to his ability and learning as a judge, upon which the bar of Ilmois will ever look with respect and admiration.

Resolved, that these proceedings be signed

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by the chairman and secretary, and a copy of the same be presented to Judge Lockwood. and a like copy to the court, with a request that they be spread upon the records, and that they be published in the different newspapers of the circuit.

Resolved, that A. W. Caverly, Esq., as the oldest member of this bar, be requested to pre- sent the foregoing resolutions to the court, with the request that the same be spread upon the records.

After reading the resolutions Mr. Caverly remarked: "In behalf of my . professional brethren of this bar, I now present you a copy of these resolutions as a tribute of our admiration and re- spect, and beg your acceptance of the same." Judge Lockwood, on receiving the copy, replied: "I accept them. My heart is too full to say more."

At the term of court, which convened May 14, 1849, Judge David M. Wood- son presided for the first time in this court. He occupied the bench at every session of the court in this county from that time until April, 1867, with the ex- ception of the October term, 1851.

He was born in Jessamine county, Ky. , May 18, 1806. His parents were Samuel H. and Ann R. (Meade) Wood- son. His father was a leading lawyer in Kentucky, and had several times represented Jessamine county in the state legislature. In 1831, David M. was himself elected to the legislature, on the whig ticket, and cast one of the votes which elected Henry Clay to the United States senate. When elected, Mr. Woodson was carried through the streets of the village in which he lived, on men's shoulders, which attested his popularity, even then. On the 6th day of October, 1831, he was married to Lucy McDowell, daughter of Major

John McDowell, of Fayette county, Ky. He came to this state in the autumn of 1833, and chose Carrollton, Greene county, as his future home, and then returned to Kentucky for his fam- ily, whom he brought out the following year. He had studied and practiced law in Kentucky, and when he came to Carrollton, entered into his partnership with Charles D. Hodges, which contin- ued 14 years, being terminated by the election of Mr. Hodges to a judgeship. His first wife died in Kentucky, in Au- gust, 1836. He was again married, Nov. 1, 1838, to Julia Kennett. At the sesion of the legislature of 1838-39, he was elected to the office of state's attor- ney, to fill a vacaney to which he had recently been appointed by Governor Duncan. In August, 1840, he was elected to the legislature from Greene county. In 1843, he ran for congress, from the 5th district, against Stephen A. Douglas, but was defeated. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1847. The next position to which he was elected was the circuit- judgeship of the first judicial district, which he held until 1867, when he re- tired from the bench. He was elected to the house of representatives from Greene county, in 1868, on the demo- cratic ticket. He was the father of one son, by his first marriage, John M. Woodson, of St. Louis. By his second marriage there was one child, a daugh- ter, now the wife of H. C. Withers.

The October term of 1851 began on the 20th day of the month. It was pre- sided over by Judge O. C. Skinner, and this was the only term not presided over by Judge Woodson, from the first one until his retirement from the bench.

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Court met Oct. 14, 1867, with Charles D. Hodges on the bench, he having succeeded his law partner, Judge Wood- son. Judge Hodges presided at every term for about six years, the session beginning March 17, 1873, being his last in this county.

Court convened Sept. 22, 1873, with Judge Cyrus Epler occupying the bench. Judge Epler like those who had preceded him in that capacity, had been widely known for his legal attainments before being elevated to the bench, and while occupying that position in this circuit, added largely to his reputation for wis dom and brilliancy in his profession. Judge Epler presided at each term of court until that of September, 1877.

At that session, which began on the 24th day of the month, Judge Albert G. Burr occupied the bench for the first time in this county.

Charles S. Zane, then of Springfield, now chief justice of Utah territory, presided at the term commencing Sept. 22, 1879.

Judge Burr presided at each subse- quent sitting of the court, until he was succeeded by Judge Cyrus Epler, at the March term, 1882. Judge Epler also

occupied the bench at the term begin- ning Sept. 25, 1882.

George W. Herdman, the present judge, presided for the first time at the March term, 1883.

George W. Herdman is a native of the state of New York, and was born March 6, 1839. In the fall of 1854 he located in Jersey county, having previ- ously removed to this state with his parents. His early life was spent on a farm. At the age of 24 years he com- menced the study of law, and in the spring of 1867 received a diploma from the University of Louisville, Ky. He commenced practice in Jerseyville, the same spring. In the fall of 1870 he was elected to the legislature as repre- sentative from Jersey and Calhoun counties. In 1876 he was elected state senator, and served four years. In July, 1882, he was elected judge of the 7th judicial circuit, to fill the un_ expired term occasioned by the death of Albert G. Burr, and in June, 1885, was re-elected for a term of six years. He has also been a member of the Jer- seyville board of education three years. In February, 1880, he was united in marriage with Helen A., a daughter of James W. Parrish. He is a democrat.

CHAPTER IX.

JOURNALISM IN JERSEY COUNTY.

The inception of journalism dates from remote ages. The institution now known as the newspaper was ante-dated nearly 1,000 years by manuscript pub-

lications, in which the accounts of pub- lic occurrences and familiar gossip was made known to the citizens of imperial Rome, seated upon her seven hills.

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These sheets were known by the name of "Acta Diurna;" but their issues were at all times irregular, and in times of scarcity of news totally suspended, the editor either engaging in some other calling, or indulging in the sports of the day.

But little progress seems to have been made for many years in this branch of business, until the early part of the 17th century.

Frankfort-on-the-Main elaims to have produced within her walls the father of modern newspapers. She claims that Egenolf Emmel, a book dealer and book printer of Frankfort, in the period of that city's greatest literary prosperity, was the first in Europe to issue a news- paper at regular intervals in the shape in which we see them to-day. This honor of priority of newspaper produc- tion has been considerably contested, but unsuccessfully. Emmel first pub- lished a weekly, Frankfurter Journal, in 1615. The Nuremburgers say that Wendelin Borsch published a newspaper in their city as early as 1571; but there is no proof that this was anything more than the fugitive leaves which had then become pretty common in the great trading eenters of Europe; and as the English claim their first regular news- paper to have appeared in 1622, and the French in 1631, to Frankfort must be left the honor of Egenolf Emmel, the father of newspapers.

The precursors of German newspapers were the small, printed, flying sheets issued in the latter half of the 15th een- tury, under the titles Relationen or Neue Zeitung ( New Tidings), which, however, only made their appearance at irregular intervals, generally to record some event

of more than ordinary note. These reports are said to have existed as early as the middle of the 15th century; the oldest mentioned are from the years 1457-1460; though the oldest copy now preserved in the university library at Leipsic bears the date of 1494. But these Relations or Tidings cannot be looked upon as the germs of the modern press. The beginnings of the German newspa- papers are to be traced in the written commercial correspondence of the mid- dle ages. The editorial bureaus were the counting-rooms of the great mercan- tile houses, which had their agents transmit information to them from all parts of the world then open to com- merce. But as these sheets were almost private, they were of little service to the world at large. As Gutenburg's invention won its way, and the large trading houses entered into communiea- tion with each other and with their various governments, which had an equal interest in the information eon- tained in the commercial correspond- ence, types were introduced into the trading bureaus, or the written corres- pondence was placed in the hands of the special writers, and a regular system of printed correspondence was inaugurated. Venice is usually awarded the honor of first printing this commercial corres- pondence in the Notizie Scritte, which was at first written and exhibited in certain public places; but Germany was not long in following her example.

A collection of 28 volumes of this printed commercial correspondence, from the years 1568 to 1604, was taken with the library of the celebrated Fug- ger family, to the imperial library, at Vienna, in 1606, and is of great histori-

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cal importance, connected, as it is, with the Rothechild house of the middle ages, These reports contain not only commercial intelligence, but political and social news from the districts and countries, which then were attracting the attention of Europe. Many reports are written by eye-witnesses, and official documents relating to incidents de- scribed, are frequently transmitted. When important political information is reported, the source from whence it is procured, is generally given. Others, again, contained literary departments corresponding to the feuillton of the European press of to-day, bringing graphic descriptions, accounts of popu- lar festivities, manners and customs; accounts of the discovery of America, of the conquests of the Turks, and local occurrences, such as all sorts of fearful signs in the heavens, wonderful animals, and misbirths; accounts of executions, inundations, earthquakes, burning of witches, and child-murders committed by bigots, together with prophecies and warnings-the editorials of to-day -- con- nected with passing events. News then came to hand very slowly. An Indian overland post required eleven months to get to Europe, and 40 or 50 days were required for a letter to get from Con- stantinople to Vienna. Naturally enough, as the papers gained a more ex- tended circulation, the jealous govern- ments began to look after them; and history knows whole series of govern- ment ordinances, issued from Paris to Rome, condemning them as destructive to soul and body.

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History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Illinois : together with sketches of the towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent individuals, and biographies of representative men, History of Illinois, Part 14

Author: Publication date: 1885 Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Continental Historical Number of Pages: 1150

Author:
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : Continental Historical
Number of Pages: 1150