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Welcome to
Bureau County, Illinois
History & Genealogy

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
Source: 
Past and Present
of
Bureau County, Illinois
By George B. Harrington, A. M.,
Together with

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Of many of Its Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead.
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
The Pioneer Publishing Co.
1906

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. -

INTRODUCTORY

5

CHAPTER II. - NORTHWEST TERRITORY, ILLINOIS 7
CHAPTER III. - EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY 20
CHAPTER VI. - EARLY SETTLEMENT - Continued 25
CHAPTER V. - BLACK HAWK WAR 35
CHAPTER VI. - ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY 51
CHAPTER VII. - RELIGIONS 58
CHAPTER VIII. - EDUCATIONAL 77
CHAPTER IX. - THE PRESS 84
CHAPTER X. - COURTS AND BAR 88
CHAPTER XI. - LEGISLATIVE 94
CHAPTER XII. - COUNTY OFFICERS 98
CHAPTER XIII. - MEDICAL 100
CHAPTER XIV. - BANKING 101
CHAPTER XV. - PRINCETON 103
CHAPTER XVI. - RAILROADS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS 108
CHAPTER XVII. - TOWNSHIPS 111
CHAPTER XVIII. - CIVIL WAR 127
CHAPTER XIX FRATERNAL SOCIETIES 137
CHAPTER XX. - MISCELLANEOUS 144
CHAPTER XXI. - BUREAU COUNTY FAIR 148
CHAPTER XXII. - ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD 150
  BIOGRAPHICAL  

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