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For material in this history
the writer is indebted to:
History of Macon county, Illinois, by John W.
Smith.
History of Macon county,
Illinois, by Brink, McDonough & Co.
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Macon county, published by Lake City
Publishing Co.
Past and Present of the City
of Decatur and Macon county, Illinois, published
by S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
City of Decatur and Macon
county, Illinois, edited by W. E. Nelson,
published by Pioneer Publishing Co.
"Personal Recollections," by
Jane M. Johns.
"Story of Decatur," by E. B.
Hitchcock and E. T. Coleman, published in The
Review.
"History of Macon County," by
E. T. Coleman, published in The Review.
"The Speer Family," by Dr. J.
G. Speer.
Manuscript on the Powers
family by Mrs. Sarah Powers Durfee.
Old files of the Daily Review
and Daily Republican, and previous newspapers.
Miscellaneous booklets on
Decatur.
Adjutant-General's Reports.
Centennial History of Illinois
Illinois Blue Book.
Township histories by the
following: Friend's Creek, Dr. J. H.
Dickey; Illini, Joy Batchelder; Harristown, Mrs.
Lela Rotz; Whitmore, Louise Gantz Likins; Maroa,
T. C. Grady; Niantic, M. E. Lockhart; Long
Creek, Mrs. L. N. Lindsay.
History of Colored People by
Marie Gray Baker.
A number of individuals have
given valued assistance, particularly Thomas B.
Shoaff of Shelbyville, who furnished material on
Abraham Lincoln; and Edwin R. Davis, Decatur,
Ill., R. R. Various persons have loaned
photographs. Access to the J. E. Bering
collection of photos, now in possession of his
daughter, Mrs. Frank L. Evans, has been of much
value.
Most of the
pictures used in the book are from The Review's
photograph files, and engravings were made by
The Review engraving plant.
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