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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Source:
HISTORY
of
FULTON COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Politicall History;
Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographys of Representative Citizens
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS,
Embracing Accounts of the Pre-Historic Races, Aborigines, French,
English and American Conquests, and a General Review of Its Civil,
Political and Military History.
DIGEST OF STATE LAWS.
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ILLUSTRATED
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Published:
Peoria:
Chas. C. Chapman & Co.
1879
Published:
Chicago:
Biographical Publishing Co.
1890 |
| PREFACE |
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| MOUND
BUILDERS |
17 |
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INDIANS |
21 |
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Illinois Confederacy - 23
- Starved Rock - 23
- Sacs and Foxes - 24
- Manners and Customs - 27
- Single-Handed Combat with Indians - 29 |
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| EARLY
DISCOVERIES |
31 |
-
Nicholas Perrot - 31
- Joliet and Marquette - 31
- LaSalle's Explorations - 33
- Great Battle of the Illinois - 34
Tonti Safe at Green Bay - 41
- LaSalle's Assassination - 43 |
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FRENCH OCCUPATION |
44 |
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First Settlements - 44
- The Mississippi Company - 45 |
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ENGLISH RULE |
47 |
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Gen. Clark's Exploits - 51 |
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ILLINOIS |
55 |
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County of Illinois - 55 |
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NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY |
55 |
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Ordinance of 1787 - 56
- St. Clair Governor of N. W. Territory - 59 |
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ILLINOIS TERRITORY |
55 |
| WAR
OF 1812 - THE OUTBREAK |
59 |
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Massacre of Fort Dearborn - 60
- Expeditions up the Mississippi - 71 |
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ILLINOIS AS A STATE |
74 |
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Organization - 74
- Derivation of the name "Illinois" - 77
- State Bank - 78
- LaFayette's Visit - 79
- Grammar and Cook Contrasted - 82 |
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INDIAN TROUBLES |
88 |
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Winnebago War - 83 |
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| BLACK
HAWK WAR |
84 |
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Stillman's Run - 87
- Battle of Bad Axe - 90
- Black Hawk Captured - 91
- BIOGRAPHICAL Sketch of Black Hawk - 92 |
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| FROM
1834 TO 1842 |
95 |
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Internal Improvements - 95
- Illinois and Michigan Canal - 97
- Martyr for Liberty - 98 |
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PRAIRIE PIRATES |
102 |
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MORMON WAR |
104 |
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MEXICAN WAR |
118 |
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Battle of Buena Vista |
119 |
| THE
WAR FOR THE UNION |
125 |
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States Seceding - 126
- The Fall of Sumter - 127
- Call for Troops Promptly Answered - 128
- The War Ended - The Union Restored - 137
- Schedule of Regiments - 138 |
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| DUELS |
141 |
| DRESS
AND MANNERS |
149 |
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PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ILLINOIS |
154 |
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AGRICULTURE |
155 |
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GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS |
157 |
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Lieutenant Governors - 160
- State Officials - 161
- U. S. Senators - 162
- Representatives in Congress - 165 |
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CHICAGO |
170 |
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The Great Fire - 172
- Commerce of Chicago - 173 |
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STATES OF THE UNION |
177 |
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HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.. |
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CHAPTER I. - EARLY SETTLEMENT |
191 |
- The Military Tract - 191
- Fulton County - 191
- Dr. Davison, the Hermit - 194
- John Eveland - 195
- Ossian M. Ross - 196
- Fenner Brothers - 197
- The Sergeants and Barnes - 197
- Sergeant's wedding - 200
- "When my Commission Comes" - 202
- Other Settlers - 203
- The First Mail Carriers - 203
- A Trading Expedition - 204
- Frightened by Indians - 204
- The Battle of Malony's Ferry - 205
- Trouble in Settling the Military Tract - 206
- Robert Fulton- 209 |
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CHAPTER II. - EARLY SETTLEMENT - Continued |
211 |
- Early Preachers - 211
- Training Day - 212
- A Few First Things - 214
- Organization of Fulton County - 218
- Trade - 219
- Early Milling - 221
- Wild Hogs - 222
- The Deep Snow - 224
- Sudden Change - 227
- High Water - 227
- The Severe Winter of 1842-3 - 228
- Money - 228
- The Beautiful Prairies - 230
- Incidents of Pioneer Life - 232
- What the Pioneers Have Done - 235 |
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CHAPTER III. - IMPORTANT LABORS OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS' COURT |
237 |
- First Meeting - 237
- County-Seat Located - 239
- Tavern Licenses - 239
- Ferry Licenses - 240
- More Justices of the Peace - 241
- The Fist Court-House - 241
- First Treasurer - 245
- First Grand Jury - 245
- First Marriage - 245
- Pay for Assessment of Taxes - 246
- First Petit Jury - 247
- Militia Precincts - 247
- New Commissioners and a New Clerk - 248
- First Marriage License - 249
- Estray Pen - 249
- County Revenue - 250
- A New Court-House - 252
- First Temperance Work - 254
- Paupers Sold - 255
- A New Jail - 255
- First Poor Farm - 255
- Last Meeting - 256 |
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CHAPTER IV. - GELOLGY |
257 |
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CHAPTER V. - ZOOLOGY
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265 |
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CHAPTER VI. - BOTANY |
271 |
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CHAPTER VII. - IMPORTANT LABORS of the BOARD of
Supervisors |
282 |
- County Court - 282
- Township Organization - 283
- County Expenditures - 288 |
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CHAPTER VIII. - BLACK HAWK WAR. |
289 |
- Troops Raised - 290
- Stillman's Defeat - 292
- Horrible Massacre - 294 |
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CHAPTER IX. - CRIMINAL RECORD |
307 |
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CHAPTER X. - PIONEER LIFE - |
318 |
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CHAPTER XI. - ARCHAEOLOGY |
335 |
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CHAPTER XII. - MEXICAN WAR |
340 |
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CHAPTER XIII. - THE REBELLION |
342 |
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First Indications of the War - 342
- First Call for Troops - 343
- Death of Senator Douglas - 346
- Soldier's Aid Society - 348
- Soldiers in Fulton Co. - 349
- The Close - 353 |
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Fulton County Volunteers - |
355 |
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CHAPTER XIV. - THE BAR OF FULTON COUNTY |
392 |
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Pioneer Courts - 392
- Court Days - 394
- Circuit Judges - 394
- Prosecuting Attorneys - 399
- The Bar - 401
- Present Bar - 406 |
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CHAPTER XV. - TOWNSHIP HISTORIES: - |
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Astoria - 409
- Banner - 469
- Buckheart - 477
- Bernadotte - 506
- Canton - 515
- Cass - 582
- Deerfield - 602
- Ellisville - 615
- Fairview - 623
- Farmers' - 648
- Farmington - 678
- Harris - 697
- Isabel - 712
- Joshua - 724
- Kenton - 748
- Lee - 760
- Lewistown - 769
- Liverpool - 820
- Orion - 843
- Pleasant - 848
- Putman - 865
- Union - 880
- Vermont - 897
- Waterford - 936
- Woodland - 940
- Young Hickory - 969 |
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CHAPTER XVI. - POLITICAL - |
975 |
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- Election Returns - 976 |
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CHAPTER XVII - COUNTY OFFICIALS |
984 |
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CHAPTER XVIII. - THE PRESS |
990 |
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Fulton County Ledger - 991
- Lewistown Democrat - 993
- Canton Register - 995
- News- Chronicle - 997
- Vermont Chronicle - 1000
- Farmington Nws - 1001
- Weekly Times - 1002
- Stream of Light - 1004
- Avon Sentinel - 1005 |
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CHAPTER XIX. - RAILROADS |
1006 |
C., B. & Q. -
- Rushville Branch - 1006
- Quincy Branch - 1009
- St. L. Division - 1009
- T., P. & W. Ry. - 1010
- Fulton Co. N. - G. Ry - 1038 |
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CHAPTER XX. - MISCELLANEOUS |
1014 |
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C. & L. Plank Road - 1014
- County-Seat Contest - 1015
- Matrimonial - 1018
- Table of Distances - 1022
- Population - 1023
- Wealth of Fulton Co. - 1023
- Fulton County Fair - 1025
- Avon Fair - 1027
- Reminiscences - 1028
- "Fulton County" - 1032
- Miscellaneous BIOGRAPHIES - 1035
- Boyd, William - 1035
- Breed, Calvin G. - 1035
- Bybee, Thomas T. - 1035
- Custer, Peter Yerger - 1036
- Duncan, Thomas P. - 1036
- Main, James - 1036
- McDermott, John - 1036
- Sayre, Edward - 1037
- Smither, Elder Henry - 1037
- Webster, John A. - 1037 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS: |
| Starved
Rock |
25 |
| An
Iroquois Chief |
37 |
| Gen.
Geo. R. Clark |
49 |
| Old Fort
Dearborn |
61 |
| Old
Kinzie House |
65 |
| Pontiac |
69 |
| Black
Hawk |
85 |
| C., R. -
I. & P. R. R. Depot |
99 |
| Eye and
Ear Infirmary |
111 |
| Deaf and
Dumb Institute |
115 |
| Scene on
Fox River |
221 |
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| Lincoln
Monument |
137 |
| Asylum
for Feeble Minded |
143 |
| Southern
Normal University |
151 |
| Central
Insane Hospital |
160 |
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Industrial University |
160 |
| The Crib |
176 |
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Court-House |
190 |
| Map of
Fulton County |
14-15 |
| Present
Jail |
643 |
| Old
Court House |
811 |
| First
Court-House. - on Frontispiece |
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PORTRAITS |
| Abbott,
Daniel |
395 |
| Addis,
A. D. |
468 |
| Babcock,
W. H. |
468 |
| Barker,
J. W. |
661 |
| Beam, O.
J. |
883 |
| Bearce,
Orson |
369 |
| Benson,
Jesse, Hon. |
225 |
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Boyington, E. L.? |
733 |
| Breed,
C. G. |
571 |
| Brown,
Jacob |
715 |
| Brown,
Jacob, Mrs. |
715 |
| Bybee,
T. T. |
485 |
| Chapman,
S. S. |
449 |
| Coleman,
W. D. |
537 |
| Colter,
H. R., Hon. |
243 |
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Cummings, S. P., Hon. |
431 |
| Curtis,
L. W., Dr. |
537 |
| Custer,
P. Y. |
571 |
| Foutch,
John |
721 |
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Gallagher, P. W. |
873 |
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Gardiner, J. H. |
727 |
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Gardiner, Margaret |
727 |
| Haacke,
David, Capt. |
297 |
| Hartough,
H. H. |
625 |
| Herring,
J. R. |
867 |
| Herring,
M. A., Mrs. |
867 |
| Higgins,
H. |
369 |
| Holmes
C., |
733 |
| Hulit,
N. |
857 |
| Hummel,
I. M. |
801 |
| Hummel,
I. M., Mrs. |
801 |
| Hummel,
Jessie L. |
801 |
| Johnson,
B. C. |
733 |
| Leslie,
L. T. |
369 |
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| Maus,
Jacob |
825 |
| McCall,
J. H. |
207 |
| McCune,
J. L. |
851 |
| McCune,
J. L., Mrs. |
851 |
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McDowell, W. M. |
261 |
| Merrill,
H. S. |
413 |
| Miner,
Wm. |
661 |
| Moore,
B. H. |
537 |
| Mowery,
Jacob |
333 |
| Onion,
J. M. |
369 |
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Orendorff, John |
519 |
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Orendorff, W. J. |
519 |
| Parlin,
Wm. |
351 |
| Peirsol,
J. E. |
333 |
| Peirsol,
J. H., Dr. |
781 |
| Phelps,
Wm. |
791 |
| Phelps,
Wm., Mrs. |
791 |
| Potts,
L. W. |
825 |
| Powell,
E. G. |
315 |
| Quillin,
E. |
857 |
| Robb,
Andrew |
679 |
| Rothman,
J. R. |
279 |
| Savill,
J. M. |
315 |
| Shepley,
T. J. |
571 |
| Smith,
Wm. H. |
468 |
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Standard, Thos. |
739 |
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Standard, Rachel |
739 |
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Stockdale, Jas. |
537 |
| TenEyck,
Peter |
625 |
| Toler,
B. C., Dr. |
413 |
| Turner,
James |
468 |
| Welch,
J. K., Dr. |
873 |
| Wedge,
D. O., Dr. |
825 |
| Worrell,
J. J. |
679 |
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DIGEST OF STATE LAWS. |
| Laws |
1039 |
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Jurisdiction of Courts |
1039 |
| County
Courts |
1040 |
| Com. of
Highways |
1040 |
| Fences
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1042 |
| Drainage |
1044 |
| Trespass
of Stock |
1044 |
| Estrays |
1045 |
| Horses |
1046 |
| Marks
and Brands |
1047 |
| Articles
of Agreement |
1047 |
| Notes |
1048 |
| Judgment
Note |
1049 |
| Interest |
1049 |
| Wills |
1051 |
| Descent |
1055 |
| Deeds |
1056 |
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Mortgages and Trust Deeds |
1057 |
| Trust
Deeds |
1058 |
| Leins |
1058 |
| Bill of
Sale |
1060 |
| Says of
Grace |
1061 |
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Limitation of Action |
1061 |
| Receipts |
1062 |
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Exemptions from Forced Sales |
1062 |
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Landlords and Tenants |
1063 |
| Criminal
Law |
1066 |
| Taxes |
1068 |
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|
Subscription |
1069 |
| Contract
for Personal Services |
1070 |
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Newspaper Libel |
1071 |
| Tender |
1071 |
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Drunkenness |
1073 |
| Marriage
Contract |
1074 |
| School
Months |
1076 |
| Infants |
1076 |
| Adoption
of Children |
1077 |
| Church
Organizations |
1077 |
| Game |
1078 |
| Millers |
1080 |
| Paupers |
1080 |
| Public
and Private Conveyances |
1082 |
| Wages
and Stakeholders |
1083 |
| Sunday |
1085 |
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Definition of Commercial Terms |
1085 |
| Legal
Weights and Measures |
1085 |
| Bees |
1084 |
| Dogs |
1084 |
| Cruelty
to Animals |
1086 |
| Names |
1086 |
| U. S.
Mails |
1086 |
| Rates of
Postage |
1088 |
| Rates of
Postage on Third Class Matter |
1089 |
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Registered Matter |
1090 |
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Money Orders |
1090 |
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