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| PREFACE |
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| CHAPTER I. - EARLY SETTLEMENT of the COUNTY |
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- Original Inhabitants
- Mound Builders
- The Indian
- The Pioneers
- Natural Resources
- Life on the Prairie
- The Cabin
- The Farm
- Mills and Markets
- Prairie Travel |
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| CHAPTER II. - HISTORICAL SKETCH OF DOUGLAS
COUNTY by Henry C. Niles |
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- County Officers of Douglas County from Its
Organization in 1859. - 34
- Master in Chancery - 35
-- County Clerks
-- Circuit Clerk and Recorder
-- Assessor and Treasurer
-- Collector and Treasurer
-- Sheriff
-- Superintendent Schools
-- County Surveyor
-- Master in Chancery
---- System of surveys.
---- Topography and geology
---- The swamp lands
---- Agriculture
- Illinois Central Railroad
- The Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railway
- The Illinois Midland Railway
- The Danville, Tuscola & Western Railroad
- Proportion of Indebtedness Assumed |
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THE MILITARY RECORD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY
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| CHAPTER III - THE MILITARY RECORD OF DOUGLAS
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- Twenty-First Illinois Infantry - 49
- Twenty-Fifth Illinois Infantry - 52
- Fifty-Fourth Illinois Infantry - 54
- Seventy-Ninth Illinois Infantry - 57
- One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Illinois Infantry - 62
- One Hundred and Fifty-Ninth Illinois Infantry - 63
- Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry - 64 |
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES of TOWNSHIPS in DOUGLAS COUNTY.
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| CHAPTER IV. - TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SKETCHES. |
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CAMARGO TOWNSHIP - 69
- CITY of CAMARGO - 72
-- Creation and development - 72
-- Struggle for county seat - 72
-- Ancient prairie travel - 72
-- Churches - 73
BOURBON TOWNSHIP - 73
BOWDRE TOWNSHIP - 77 -
Finished 9/3/2022
-- Railroads - 77
-- Early land entries and early settlers - 77
-- School Lanes - 78
-- Old Inhabitants - 78
-- Churches - 78
HINDSBORO VILLAGE - 79
-- The Indians - 79
-- The Christian Church - 79
-- Murder - 80
GARRETH TOWNSHIP - 80
-- Topography, drainage, etc. - 81
-- Railroads - 82
-- A Bridge burned - 82
-- Land entries - 82
-- Pioneer personals - 83
---- Isam Garret
---- Dr. Thomas Parsons
---- Mr. Caleb Garrett
---- Harvey Otter
---- Joseph Moore
---- Thomas Goodson
---- John Lester
---- F. C. Mullen
-- The chase - 85
-- A lynching - 85
-- The "spirit of the times." - 86
ATWOOD VILLAGE - 86
-- First store - 87
-- Churches - 87
-- The press - 87
-- Incorporation - 88
-- The area of the village - 88
SARGENT TOWNSHIP - 88
-- Derivation of name, bounds, area, etc. - 88
-- Old Settlers - 89
---- Snowden Sargent
---- Andrew Gwinn
---- I. W. Burgett
---- (more settlers)
-- Land Entries - 89
-- Villages, etc - 90
-- County office holders - 91
MURDOCK TOWNSHIP - 91
- Started 9/3/2022
-- Its area - 92
- THE VILLAGE OF MURDOCK - 92
- partial
TUSCOLA and TUSCOLA TOWNSHIP - 92
- started 9/3/2022
-- The railroads - 93
-- Early entries of land and first settlers - 95
-- First town meeting - 95
-- The original town of Tuscola - 96
-- Winston's addition - 96
-- Wamsley & Cannon's addition - 96
-- Kelly's addition - 96
-- Mathers addition - 97
-- Cornelius' addition - 97
-- Population and condition - 97
-- Early events - 97
-- Incorporation - 99
-- City Charter - 100
-- Hotels - 100
-- Other early events - 101
-- Churches - 103
-- Sunday Schools - 104
-- The Press - 105
-- Centennial History - 105
-- Resolved - 105
-- Photography - 106
-- Tuscola Society - 106
ARCOLA CITY AND TOWNSHIP - 107
-- Arcola Precinct - 108
-- Land Entries - 108
-- The Railroads - 108
- CITY OF ARCOLA - 109
-- McCann's first addition - 110
-- Henry's addition - 110
-- Chandler & bales' additions - 110
-- McCann's second addition - 110
-- Sheldon & Jacque's addition - 110
-- Incorporation - 111
-- The press - 111
-- Early business enterprises - 111
-- The churches - 112
-- The postmasters - 112
-- Galton and Filson stations - 112
NEWMAN TOWNSHIP - 113
- THE CITY of NEWMAN - 116
-- Improvements - 118
-- Society - 118
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