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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Source:
HISTORY
of
GALLATIN, SALINE, HAMILTON, FRANKLIN & WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Sundry and
Interesting Biographical Sketches, Notes, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
GALLATIN COUNTY
| GALLATIN
COUNTY |
13 |
| -
Agricultural Association, The |
51 |
| -
Ancient Salt Works |
17 |
| -
Banks, Early and Other |
98 |
| -
Bench and Bar |
52 |
| -
Boundary Lines |
42 |
| -
Bowlesville |
124 |
| -
Business Men, The Present |
110 |
| -
Circuit Court, The |
67 |
| -
Church History |
126 |
| -
Congressional Districts |
44 |
| -
Constitutional Convention, Members |
46 |
| -
County Seat, Location of |
63 |
| -
County Officers, List of |
43 |
| -
Court, County Commissioners' |
61 |
| -
"Egypt," Gen. Grant's Horse |
91 |
| -
Eighteenth Regiment, The |
82 |
| -
Election Returns |
48 |
| -
Equality |
122 |
| -
Geology |
14 |
| -
Incorporation of Shawneetown |
106 |
| -
Indian Mounds |
19 |
| -
Indian Troubles |
23 |
| -
Jail, Building of the |
55 |
| -
Land Office, The |
111 |
| -
Land Entries |
25 |
| -
Leases of the Salt Works |
20 |
| -
Levees, Construction of the |
103 |
| -
Madison, Gallatin and Johnson |
40 |
| -
Mayor and Other Officers |
109 |
| -
Military History |
78 |
| -
Michael Jones' Ride |
47 |
| -
Murder Cases |
36 |
| -
Murder Trials, The First |
69 |
| -
Newspapers |
113 |
| -
Omaha |
119 |
| -
Railroad History |
50 |
| -
Regulators and Vigilants |
33 |
| -
Ridgway |
117 |
| -
Roads and Ferries |
57 |
| -
Salt Lands |
21 |
| -
Saline Coal and Manufacturing Co. |
125 |
| -
School History |
139 |
| -
Secret Societies |
112 |
| -
Settlement, Early |
22 |
| -
Shawneetown |
92 |
| -
Shawneetown Schools |
146 |
| -
Sixth Cavalry Regiment, The |
87 |
| -
Slaves and Indentured Servants |
31 |
| -
Soil and Natural Productions |
16 |
| -
St. Clair and Randolph Counties |
39 |
| -
Tavern Rates |
55 |
| -
Topography |
13 |
| -
Towns and Villages |
114 |
| -
Twenty-Ninth Infantry, The |
84 |
| -
Wild Animals and Reptiles |
38 |
SALINE COUNTY
SALINE COUNTY |
149 |
| -
Agricultural Board |
202 |
| -
Bolton |
218 |
| -
Church History |
224 |
| -
Circuit Court |
188 |
| -
Contraband Negroes |
170 |
| -
County Court, The |
183 |
| -
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The |
230 |
| -
Davis, Cressa K. |
199 |
| -
Eldorado |
___ |
| -
Election Returns |
184 |
| -
Farming, Primitive Methods of |
157 |
| -
Galatia |
216 |
| -
Geological Features |
150 |
| -
Gregg, James M. |
199 |
| -
Hamburg |
224 |
| -
Harrisburg |
203 |
| -
Harrisburg, Incorporation of |
213 |
| -
Harrisburg, Industries of |
206 |
| -
Institute, Teachers |
238 |
| -
Knights of the Golden Circle |
173 |
| -
Land Entries |
152 |
| -
Lawyers, The Present |
200 |
| -
Location and Boundary |
149 |
| -
Logan, John A. |
167 |
| -
Methodist Churches, The |
228 |
| -
Military History |
181 |
| -
Morrillsville |
223 |
| -
Necessities, Present |
240 |
| -
Newspapers |
208 |
| -
Officers, etc., List of |
160 |
| -
Organization of the County |
158 |
| -
Presbyterian Church, The Hamburg |
229 |
| -
Railroad History |
200 |
| -
Raum, Green C. |
198 |
| -
Regiment, The Thirty-first |
175 |
| -
Regiment, The Fifty-sixth |
178 |
| -
Rileyville |
223 |
| -
School History |
233 |
| -
School Reports |
235 |
| -
Secret Societies |
208 |
| -
Social Brethren, The |
231 |
| -
Soil and Natural Productions |
151 |
| -
Stone Fort |
217 |
| -
Texas Station |
222 |
| -
Trials, Important |
196 |
| -
West End |
224 |
HAMILTON COUNTY
|
HAMILTON COUNTY |
241 |
|
- Topography |
241 |
|
- Geology |
242 |
|
- Soil |
242 |
|
- Local Names |
243 |
|
- Settlement |
243 |
|
- Early Settlers |
244 |
|
- Crouch Township |
249 |
|
- Indian and Other
Stories |
250 |
|
- Pioneer Times |
251 |
|
- Land Entries, The
First |
252 |
|
- Deeds, The First |
255 |
|
- Crops and
Conditions, Early |
256 |
|
- County Officers |
259 |
|
- Constitutional
Convention |
260 |
|
- Legislature, Members
of the |
261 |
|
- Election Returns |
262 |
|
- Military History |
262 |
|
- Black Hawk War |
263 |
|
- Mexican War |
263 |
|
- Quota, War |
264 |
|
- Regiment, Fortieth |
264 |
|
- Company A,
Fourteenth Regiment |
268 |
|
- Company C,
Fifty-sixth Regiment |
269 |
|
- Company G,
Fifty-sixth Regiment |
269 |
|
- Company A,
Eight-seventh Regiment |
270 |
|
- Company E,
Eighty-seventh Regiment |
271 |
|
- Company K, One
Hundred and Tenth Regiment |
272 |
|
- Company I, One
Hundred and Thirty-first Regt |
272 |
|
- Company D, Sixth
Cavalry |
272 |
|
- Company H, Sixth
Cavalry |
273 |
|
- Company K, Sixth
Cavalry |
274 |
|
- Raines, Henson G. |
274 |
|
- County
Commissioner's Court |
275 |
|
- County
Commissioners' Court |
275 |
|
- County Buildings,
The First |
277 |
|
- County Buildings,
The First |
277 |
|
- Hotel Rates |
278 |
|
- Township
Organization |
282 |
|
- Circuit Court |
283 |
|
- Organization of the
County |
285 |
|
- McElvain, John |
287 |
|
- Bar, The Present |
288 |
|
- Townshend, James H. |
288 |
|
- Crimes, Some
Remarkable |
289 |
|
-
McLEANSBORO |
292 |
|
- Business, The
Present |
294 |
|
- Mills |
295 |
|
- Secret Societies |
296 |
|
- Banks |
298 |
|
- Press, The |
299 |
|
- Incorporation of
McLeansboro |
301 |
|
-
DAHLGREN |
307 |
|
-
LOGANSPORT |
309 |
|
-
THACKERAY |
309 |
|
- Broughton |
310 |
|
-
MACEDONIA |
310 |
|
-
PIOPOLIS |
310 |
|
- Agricultural Board |
311 |
|
- Belle City |
311 |
|
-
HOODVILLE |
311 |
|
- Farmer's Mutual |
312 |
|
- Schools |
313 |
|
- Hamilton College |
319 |
|
- Teacher's Institute |
320 |
|
- Institute Fund |
321 |
|
- Church History |
322 |
|
FRANKLIN COUNTY
| FRANKLIN
COUNTY |
335 |
| -
Agriculture, Commerce, etc. |
355 |
| -
Amusing Case, An |
390 |
| -
"A Particular Spot" |
363 |
| -
Assessment 1851 |
371 |
| -
Assessment 1886 |
372 |
| -
Bar, The Present |
397 |
| -
Bench and Bar |
390 |
| -
Benton |
405 |
| -
Black Hawk War |
394 |
| -
Board of Agriculture |
356 |
| -
Business, The Present |
410 |
| -
Cemetery, The Old |
407 |
| -
Church History |
422 |
| -
Circuit Court |
383 |
| -
Circuit Court Clerks |
368 |
| -
Civil War, Records in |
396 |
| -
Coroners, List of |
370 |
| -
Commissioners Appointed |
362 |
| -
County Commissioners' Court |
374 |
| -
County Courts Established |
377 |
| -
County, Division of the |
359 |
| -
County Court Clerks |
368 |
| -
Court House, The Present |
367 |
| -
County Judges, List of |
381 |
| -
Court, County Commissioner |
361 |
| -
Crawford, M. C. |
393 |
| -
Customs, Early |
343 |
| -
Decade of the Sixties |
409 |
| -
Denning, William A. |
391 |
| -
Duff, Andrew D. |
392 |
| -
Early Settlers |
338 |
| -
Elders, List of Presiding |
426 |
| -
Ewing |
413 |
| -
Frankfort |
412 |
| -
Geological Characteristics |
336 |
| -
Important Trials |
385 |
| -
Indian Tribes and Wild Animals |
337 |
| -
Judges Circuit Court |
369 |
| -
Land Entries |
351 |
| -
Logan, John A. |
392 |
| -
McCreary, Alexander |
349 |
| -
Members of Commissioners' Court |
375 |
| -
Mexican War |
395 |
| -
Milling, Hunting, etc. |
344 |
| -
Nelson, Richard |
391 |
| -
New Mulkeytown |
413 |
| -
Old Settlers' Reunion |
349 |
| -
Organization of the County |
358 |
| -
Parrish, William K. |
392 |
| -
Parrish, Town of |
414 |
| -
"Poor Farm," The |
367 |
| -
Population |
374 |
| -
Productions |
357 |
| -
Press, The |
410 |
| -
Public Buildings |
365 |
| -
Public School Funds |
418 |
| -
Railroads, Land to |
354 |
| -
Railroad Bonds |
373 |
| -
Records, Destruction of Public |
366 |
| -
Records of Circuit Clerk |
384 |
| -
Remarkable Case |
388 |
| -
Representatives |
370 |
| -
Sale of Town Lots |
364 |
| -
Scates, Walter B. |
390 |
| -
Schools |
415 |
| -
Sheriffs |
369 |
| -
Slavery |
348 |
| -
Soil and Natural Products |
336 |
| -
Societies, Secret |
411 |
| -
State Attorneys |
369 |
| -
Supervisors, Board of |
382 |
| -
Surveyors |
370 |
| -
Taxation and Finance |
370 |
| -
Thompsonville |
414 |
| -
Township Organization |
382 |
| -
Treasurers, List of |
369 |
| -
War Record, Summary |
404 |
| -
Wolf Scalps - "Legal Tender" |
371 |
| -
Williams, Judge |
420 |
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
|
WILLIAMSON COUNTY |
431 |
| -
Agriculture, Live Stock, etc. |
445 |
| -
Agricultural Society |
448 |
| -
Allen, W. J. |
468 |
| -
"Articles of Faith" |
516 |
| -
Assessment for 1880 |
460 |
| -
Attoreys, State |
458 |
| -
Bainbridge |
509 |
| -
Bar, Present Members of the |
470 |
| -
Bench, Bar and Noted Characters |
467 |
| -
Black Hawk War |
487 |
| -
Bonds,,,, railroads, etc. |
460 |
| -
Business Men, the Present |
502 |
| -
Carlenville |
507 |
| -
Christian Church, The |
521 |
| -
Church History |
515 |
| -
Circuit Court Clerks |
458 |
| -
Civil War, Number of Men in |
500 |
| -
Company K, Eighteenth Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company E, Twenty-ninth Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company C, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
493 |
| -
Company E, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company F, Thirth-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company G, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company H, Thirty-firrst Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company E, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company I, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company K, Sixtieth Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company E, Eight-first Inft. Regt. |
494 |
| -
Company G, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
Company H, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
County Commissioner's Court |
466 |
| -
County Seat, The |
453 |
| -
County Court |
451 |
| -
County Court Clerks |
457 |
| -
Corder, Anderson P. |
469 |
| -
Cunningham, John M. |
470 |
| -
Early Settlers |
436 |
| -
Equipping Soldiers for the South |
490 |
| -
Geoloical Formations |
432 |
| -
Guards, The Marion |
499 |
| -
Incorporation of Marion |
507 |
| -
Indebtedness of County |
464 |
| -
Indian Occupants |
434 |
| -
Ingersoll, Robt. G. |
470 |
| -
Judges, Circuit Court |
458 |
| -
Land Entries |
440 |
| -
Location, Boundary and Topography |
431 |
| -
Logan, John A. |
491 |
| -
Lots, Who Purchased |
454 |
| -
Lowden, John T. |
470 |
| -
Marion |
501 |
| -
Methodist Episcopal Church |
519 |
| -
Mexican War |
487 |
| -
Mining Operations |
449 |
| -
Noted Crimes and Criminals |
471 |
| -
Organization |
450 |
| -
Pioneer Customs |
443 |
| -
Pleading Guilty |
485 |
| -
Population by Decades |
465 |
| -
Press, The |
506 |
| -
Presbyterian Church, The |
522 |
| -
Products of the Farm |
447 |
| -
Public Buildings |
455 |
| -
Public Lands |
444 |
| -
Railroad Lands |
445 |
| -
Rebels, Two Illinois |
493 |
| -
Reward, Offered |
480 |
| -
Record, Eight-first Inft. Regt. |
495 |
| -
Record, One Hundred and Ninth Inft. Regt. |
497 |
| -
Record, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Inft. Regt. |
498 |
| -
Schools |
510 |
| -
Secession, Resolution Favoring |
489 |
| -
Sheriffs |
458 |
| -
Societies, Secret |
503 |
| -
Soil and Productions |
433 |
| -
Taxation and Finance |
459 |
| -
Vendetta, The Bloody |
478 |
| -
Vendetta, First Murder in the |
480 |
HISTORICAL INDEX.
| Franklin
County |
335 |
| Gallatin
County |
13 |
| Hamilton
County |
241 |
| Saline
County |
149 |
|
Williamson County |
431 |
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
| Franklin
County |
757 |
| Gallatin
County |
525 |
|
Hamilton County |
671 |
| Saline
County |
591 |
|
Williamson County |
845 |
MAPS, PORTRAITS, ETC.
|
Campbell, J. R. - Hamilton Co. |
681-682 |
| Carter,
Laban - Williamson Co. |
865-866 |
|
Chickamauga, Battle of - Williamson Co. |
511-512 |
|
Franklin, Battle of - Williamson Co. |
461-462 |
| Fort
Donelson, Battle of - Gallatin Co. |
29-30 |
|
Murfreesboro, Battle of - Franklin Co. |
379-380 |
|
Nashville, Battle of - Saline Co. |
211-212 |
|
Ridgeway, Thos. S. - Gallatin Co. |
572-573 |
| Shiloh,
Battle of - Gallatin Co. |
79-80 |
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BIOGRAPHIES
HAMILTON COUNTY |
|
Anderson, John T., Maj. |
671 |
|
Atchisson, Hierom |
672 |
|
Ledbetter, Asher & |
673 |
|
Atkinson, R. C. |
673 |
| Benson,
Valentine S. |
675 |
| Berridge,
Isaac G. |
676 |
|
Biggerstaff, Silas |
677 |
| Brown,
James H. |
678 |
| Buck,
William W. |
678 |
| Burton,
James M. |
679 |
|
Campbell, James R., Hon. * |
680 |
| Carey,
Ira B. |
684 |
| Cloud,
Aaron G. |
685 |
| Cloud,
Chalon G. |
685 |
| Coker,
Joseph, Capt. |
686 |
| Coker,
William A. |
687 |
| Corn,
John H. |
688 |
| Crouch,
Warner D. |
689 |
| Dale,
John H. |
690 |
| Darnall,
William J. |
691 |
| Davis,
William C. |
692 |
| Davis,
R. |
693 |
|
Douglass, Benjamin F. |
694 |
| Eswine,
Louis |
695 |
|
Flannigan, William R. & Co. |
696 |
|
Garrison, Thomas J. |
697 |
| Gates,
Samuel E. |
698 |
| Gowdy,
R. M. |
700 |
| Hale,
Louis Jasper, Hon. |
701 |
|
| Hall,
Wilford F., M. D. |
701 |
| Hall, H.
W., Hon. |
702 |
| Hall, C.
M. |
703 |
| Hamill,
David |
704 |
| Hamill,
William |
705 |
| Hanagan,
Daniel |
705 |
| Hassett,
James J., Prof. |
706 |
|
Henderson, Newton C. |
707 |
| Hinklf,
Hiram |
707 |
| Hunt,
John T., M. D. |
708 |
| Irvin,
John E. |
709 |
| Johnson,
W. B. |
710 |
| Johnson,
Charles A., Capt. |
710 |
| Johnson,
John W. |
712 |
| Judd,
John |
712 |
| Kipp,
Henry A. W., Lt. |
713 |
| Lane,
Johnson H. |
714 |
| Lane,
James |
715 |
| Lee,
John R. |
716 |
| Lyon,
Charles M., Dr. |
718 |
|
McConnell, Will |
718 |
| Mangis,
George W. |
719 |
|
Marshall, Samuel S., Hon. |
719 |
|
Marshall, John W. |
723 |
| Meador,
Robert L. |
724 |
| McKinzie,
Aaron S. |
725 |
| McGehee,
William |
726 |
| Mercer,
I. N. |
727 |
| Miller,
E. N. |
728 |
|
| Moore,
Arner R. |
729 |
| Morgan,
P. W. |
730 |
| Moorman,
James P., Capt. |
731 |
| Neel, E.
G., Dr. |
732 |
| Organ,
John S., Dr. |
733 |
| Pake,
Samuel J. |
734 |
| Pope, C.
W. |
735 |
| Proudfit,
Robert |
736 |
| Proudfit,
David |
737 |
| Pulliam,
Alex. H. |
738 |
|
Rickcords, William |
739 |
|
Robinson, James E. |
740 |
|
Standerfer, John B. |
740 |
| Stelle,
Thompson B. |
741 |
|
Sullenger, Alexander T. |
742 |
| Suttle,
John M. |
743 |
| Todd,
Charles S. |
744 |
| Twigg,
James, Squire |
745 |
|
Upchurch, Joseph H. |
747 |
| Upton,
John H. |
748 |
| Vaughn,
Thomas B. |
749 |
| Walker,
Leonidas |
749 |
| Walters,
Albert |
750 |
| Weaver,
Charles W., Dr. |
751 |
| White,
James K. P. |
752 |
| Wilson,
John H. |
753 |
| Wood,
John J. |
754 |
| Young,
Alvin A. |
755 |
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