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JASPER COUNTY, ILLINOIS
History & Genealogy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Source:
Counties of Cumberland, Jasper and Richland, Illinois
Historical and Biographical -

Publ. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.
1884

PART I

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

American Settlements 59
Black Hawk and the Black Hawk War 73
Discovery of the Ohio River 32
Division of the Northwest Territory 65
Early Explorations 20
English Explorations and Settlements 34
Geographical Position 19
Tecumseh and the War of 1812 69


ILLUSTRATIONS

Black Hawk, Sac Chieftain 74
Buffalo Hunt 26
High Bridge 33
Indians attacking Frontiersmen 55
Indians attacking a Stockade 71
Lake Bluff 62
La Salle Landing on the Shores of Green Bay 24
Mouth of the Mississippi 31
Niagara Falls 92
Perry's Monument 91
Pioneer Dwelling 60
Pontiac, Ottawa Chieftain 42
Present Site of Lake St. Bridge, Chicago, 1883 58
Source of the Mississippi 22
Tecumseh, Shawanoe Chieftain 68
Trapping 28

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS AMENDMENTS ............. 79


PART II
HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY

ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT 91
 - Agriculture, etc. 104
 - Churches 170
 - Clerks, Circuit 146
 - Commissioners, County 142
 - County's Name, Origin of the 96
 - Court, County 142
 - Courts, First 140
 - Early Settles 110
 - Fair Association 109
 - Geology 99
 - Horticulture, etc. 104
 - Industries and Experiences of Settlers 110
 - Judges, County 147
 - Jurors, First 140
 - Material Resources 102
 - Minor Divisions 130
 - Oficials, County 142
 - Origin of the County 91
 - Political Organization 123
 - Press and Politics 167
 - Public Buildings 136
 - Railroads 154
 - Schools 173
 - School Superintendents 148
 - Secret Organizations 175
 - Sheriffs, County 146
 - Stock Raising 104
 - Supervisors, Board of 142
 - Surveyors, County 148
 - Swamp Lands 104
 - Topography 97
 - Treasurers, County 147
WAR RECORD 176
 - Cavalry, Fifth 192
 - Infantry, Twenty-First 181
 - Infantry, Fifty-Ninth 184```
 - Infantry, Sixty-First 196
 - Infantry, Sixty-Second 199
 - Infantry, Ninety-Seventh 187
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Twenty-Third 188
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth 192
VILLAGES OF THE COUNTY 201
 - Bradbury 223
 - Centerville 223
 - Diona 223
 - Greenup 201
 - Hazel Dell 223
 - Janesville 223
 - Jewett 211
 - Johnstown 210
 - Neoga 219
 - Railsburg 223
 - Toledo 213
 - Woodbury 210


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


PORTRAITS

Albin, George W. 125
Green, David B. 161
Hanker, Charles 215
Monohon, Gershom 179
Neal, David 143
Voris, Franklin D. 197
Votaw, Mahlon 107


PART III
HISTORY OF JASPER COUNTY.

ORGANIZATION AND CONDITION 367
 - Agriculture 378
 - Fair Association 381
 - Geology 373
 - Material Resources 376
 - Name, Origin of 369
 - Settlement, Early 382
 - Swamp Lands 378
 - Topography 371
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION 393
 - Acts of County Commissioners 394
 - Attorneys, State's 426
 - Charities, County 418
 - Circuit Clerks 425
 - Coroners 426
 - Courts and Crime 419
 - Court House 413
 - Jail, The 415
 - Judge, County 426
 - Officials, County 422
 - Public Buildings 413
 - School Commissioners 426
 - Sheriffs, County 425
 - Supervisors, County 423
 - Surveyrs, County 426
 - Townships 400
 - Treasurers, County 425
 - Voting Precincts 400
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 427
 - Benevolent Societies 455
 - Bridges 434
 - Church, The 449
 - Ferries 434
 - Modes of Life, Early 427
 - Press and Politics 444
 - Railroads 436
 - Roads, Early 431
 - Schools, The 451
 - School Statistics 455
 - Settlers, Early 427
 - Societies, Benevolent 455
 - Travel, Early 431
JASPER COUNTY IN THE WAR 458
 - Cavalry, Fifth 474
 - Infantry, Eighth 460
 - Infantry, Eleventh 463
 - Infantry, Twenty-First 465
 - Infantry, Thirty-Eighth 468
 - Infantry, Forty-Sixth 471
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Thirtieth 473
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Forty-Third 473
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth 473
VILLAGE GROWTH 477
 - Advance 491
 - Bogota 491
 - Boos Station 491
 - Brockville 487
 - Buena Vista 487
 - Centerville 487
 - Constantinople 488
 - Embarrassville 489
 - Falmouth 491
 - Franklin 488
 - Grandville 487
 - Harrisburg 487
 - Haysville 489
 - Hildalgo 490
 - Hunt City 490
 - Langdon 489
 - Latona 491
 - List 491
 - Mount Sidney 487
 - New Liberty 488
 - Newton 477
 - Plainfield 487
 - Pleasant Hill 488
 - Point Pleasant 489
 - Queenstown 487
 - Rose Hill 489
 - Saint Marie 481
 - West Liberty 488
 - Wheeler 491


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


PORTRAITS

Caldwell, A. Gallatin 411
Picquet, Joseph 443


PART IV.
HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY

ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION 585
 - Agriculture 595
 - Agricultural Societies 600
 - Agricultural Statistics 601
 - Geology 589
 - Material Resources 593
 - Origin of the County 585
 - Personal Property 601
 - Pioneers, The 606
 - Real Estate Statistics 602
 - Settlement, Early 604
 - Social Customs, Early 614
 - Topography 588
POLITICAL ORGANIZATION 618
 - Churches, The 660
 - Clerks, Circuit 639
 - Clerks, County 639
 - Commissioners, County 638
 - Courts and Crimes 634
 - Judges, County 640
 - Minor Divisions 619
 - Officials, County 638
 - Press, The 657
 - Press and Politics 656
 - Public Buildings 626
 - Railroads 645
 - Roads, Early 641
 - Schools, The 658
 - Secret Organizations 667
 - Sheriffs, County 640
 - Social Development 641
 - Superintendent of Schools, County 640
 - Surveyors, County 640
 - Treasurers, County 639
THE WAR RECORD 683
 - Cavalry, Fifth 705
 - Cavalry, Sixth 696
 - Infantry, Eighth 685
 - Infantry, Sixtieth 703
 - Infantry, Sixty-Third 687
 - Infantry, Ninety-Eighth 690
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Thirtieth 704
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth 695
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth 705
 - Infantry, One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth 695
VILLAGE GROWTH 708
 - Claremont 721
 - Dundas 722
 - Fairview 722
 - Glenwood 723
 - Noble 718
 - Parkersburg 722
 - Wakefield 722


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES


PORTRAITS

Beck, W. F. 681
Elliott, William 603
Hall, H. M. 691
Kuster, John 619
Landensberger, F. 719
Radcliff, Thomas 699
Spring, Arch 653
St. John, M. M. 635
Studer, Henry 587
Wolf, John 595
Wright, H. J. B. 709


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Residence of H. C. Sands 674
 

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