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Source:
HISTORY OF LA SALLE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Together with Sketches of it's Cities, Villages and Towns,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
VOLUME I.
Also containing
History of Illinois Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races,
Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and A Brief Review
of its Civil and Political History.
- Illustrated -
Chicago:
Interstate Publishing Co.
1886.
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| CHAPTER I. - ADAMS
TOWNSHIP |
9 - 30 |
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Geography and Topography
- Pioneers
- The Old Log Cabin
- Organization
- List of Officials, 1850-'85
- Political
- Population
- Leland, formerly Whitfield
- Early History
- Name
- Business Interests
- Press
- Professional
- Schools
- Churches
- Lodges
- BIOGRAPHIES - Page. 20 |
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| CHAPTER II. - ALLEN TOWNSHIP |
31 - 46 |
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- Geography and Topography
- Surface
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- List of Officers from 1863 to 1885
- Ransom
- Churches
- Schools
- Societies
- Political
- Population
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| CHAPTER III. - BROOKFIELD
TOWNSHIP |
47 - 65 |
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- Geography and Topography
- Drainage
- Timber
- Improvements
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- Officers from 1850 - 1885
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 53 |
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| CHAPTER IV. - BRUCE TOWNSHIP |
66 - 76 |
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- Location
- Surface
- Creeks
- Coal
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- List of Officers
- Political
- Official Vote from 1852 to 1884
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 76 |
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| CHAPTER V. - DAYTON TOWNSHIP |
77-101 |
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- Topography
- Location
- Early Settlers
- Reminiscence
- First School
- Bridges
- Railroad
- Organization
- Llist of Officers
- Political
- Dayton Village
- Name
- Manufactures
- Water-Power
- Merchants
- Population
- Wedron
- First Things
- Merchants
- Business
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 85 |
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| CHAPTER VI. - DEER PARK TOWNSHIP |
102 - 131 |
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- Name
- Location
- Topography
- Surface
- Deer Park
- Canyons
- Starved Rock
- Early Settlers
- Deer Park Glen
- Virmillionville
- Organization
- List of Officers
- Schools
- Churches
- Township Hall
- Political
- Official Vote from 1852 to 1884
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 114 |
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| CHAPTER VII. - DIMMICK TOWNSHIP |
132 - 152 |
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- Geography
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- List of Officers, 1850 -'85
- Political
- Population
- Dimmick Station
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 136 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - EAGLE TOWNSHIP |
158 - 167 |
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- Geography
- Pioneers
- Organization
- List of Township Officers, 1850 - '85
- Political
- Vote for President, 1852 - '84
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 159 |
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| CHAPTER IX. - EARL TOWNSHIP |
168 - 191 |
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- Location
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- List of Officers
- Population
- Political
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 171 |
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| CHAPTER X. - EDEN TOWNSHIP |
192 - 222 |
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| CHAPTER XI. - FALL RIVER TOWNSHIP |
223 - 229 |
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| CHAPTER XII. - FARM RIDGE
TOWNSHIP |
223-258 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - FREEDOM TOWNSHIP |
259 - 283 |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - GRAND RAPIDS
TOWNSHIP |
284 - 298 |
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| CHAPTER XV. - GROVELAND TOWNSHIP |
294 - 304 |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - HOPE TOWNSHIP |
325 - 341 |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - LA SALLE TOWNSHIP |
342 - 352 |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - MANLIUS TOWNSHIP |
353 - 379 |
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| CHAPTER XIX - MENDOTA TOWNSHIP |
380 - 394 |
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| CHAPTER XX. - MERIDAN TOWNSHIP |
395 - 412 |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - MILLER TOWNSHIP |
413 - 423 |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - MISSION TOWNSHIP |
424 - 471 |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - NORTHVILLE
TOWNSHIP |
472 - 489 |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - OPHIR TOWNSHIP |
490 - 512 |
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| CHAPTER XXV. - OSAGE TOWNSHIP |
513 - 532 |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. - OTTAWA TOWNSHIP |
533 - 587 |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. - OTTER CREEK
TOWNSHIP |
538 - 548 |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. - PERU TOWNSHIP |
549 - 558 |
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| CHAPTER XXIX. - RICHLAND TOWNSHIP |
559-564 |
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| CHAPTER XXX. - RUTLAND TOWNSHIP |
565 - 581 |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - SERENA TOWNSHIP |
582 - 626 |
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| CHAPTER XXXII. - SOUTH OTTAWA
TOWNSHIP |
607 - 624 |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. - TROY GROVE
TOWNSHIP |
625 - 667 |
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| CJA[TER XXXIV. - UTICA TOWNSHIP |
668 - 702 |
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| CHAPTER XXXV. - VERMILLION
TOWNSHIP |
703 - 731 |
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| CHAPTER XXXVI. - WALLACE TOWNSHIP |
732 - 743 |
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- Separation from Dayton
- Location
- Topography
- Early Settlement
- First School
- Organization
- Officials from 1865 to 1885
- Political
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - Page 734 |
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| CHAPTER XXXVII. - WALTHAM
TOWNSHIP |
744 - 769 |
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- Name
- Location
- Topography
- Schools
- Church
- Masonic Hall
- Early Settlers
- Organization
- Official
- Political
- Population
- BIOGRAPHICAL - PAGE 751 |
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| ILLUSTRATIONS |
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Anfinson, Anfin |
438 |
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Anfinson, Anfin, Mrs. |
439 |
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Berkland, P. C. |
422 |
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Brener, W. H. |
478 |
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Brener, L. C. |
479 |
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Browner, Ireneus |
87 |
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Brunson, Reuben |
21 |
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Bullock, Ransom |
204 |
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Bullock, J. T. |
214 |
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Burnham, H. P. |
347 |
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Cadwell, G. C. |
116 |
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Carpenter, D. L. |
368 |
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Clark, James |
683 |
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Clayton, J. S. |
116 |
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Clayton, J. S., Mrs. |
117 |
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Conway, Michael |
737 |
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Cottew, William |
35 |
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Crosiar, A. O. |
587 |
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Davis, H. J. |
272 |
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Davis, S. J. |
273 |
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Deer Park Glen |
Frontispiece |
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Dent, J. O. |
518 |
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Dent, H. F. |
519 |
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Dolder, Daniel |
50 |
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Donaldson, James |
689 |
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Dondanville, Wallace |
590 |
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Ellsworth, W. A. |
120 |
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Ellsworth, W. A., Mrs. |
121 |
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Hall, B. J. |
502 |
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Hall, B. J., Mrs. |
508 |
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Hartshorn, A. I. |
348 |
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Hennesey, T. W. |
142 |
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Hees, Jeremiah |
592 |
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Hiltabrand, H. H. |
366 |
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Hodgson, Eli |
250 |
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Hodgson, Eli, Mrs. |
251 |
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Holman, James |
74 |
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Holman, James, Mrs. |
75 |
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Howe, G. W. |
722 |
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Hupp, Havilah |
596 |
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Hupp, Hivalah, Mrs. |
599 |
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Hutchinson, Israel |
750 |
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Jacobs, P. W. |
170 |
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Klove, A. A. |
26 |
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Long, Lewis |
420 |
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Marshall, J. L. |
600 |
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Marshall, Theophilus |
618 |
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Miller, Peter |
634 |
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Miller, Harriet |
635 |
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Miller, Sylvester |
527 |
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Mitchell, William |
146 |
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Morrison, John |
337 |
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Murtaugh, Bernard |
134 |
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Nelson, P. C. |
224 |
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Nicholson, John |
726 |
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Olmstead, S. H. |
276 |
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Orr, James |
528 |
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Palmer, J. S. |
506 |
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Palmer, Cynthia |
507 |
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Retz, Edward |
605 |
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Robinson, F. M. |
373 |
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Rohrer, Louis |
483 |
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Rohrer, Celestia |
68? |
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Rowe, Alexander |
465 |
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Rulison, N. J. |
375 |
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Suppes, Louis |
488 |
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Suppes, Catharine |
489 |
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Teel, Geo. W. |
765 |
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Temple, Edward |
605 |
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Tilden, J. P. |
556 |
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Tilden, J. P., Mrs. |
557 |
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Verner, F. C. |
528 |
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Verner, Margaret M. |
529 |
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Wenner, William |
152 |
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