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A
BRIEF HISTORY OF ILLINOIS |
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CHAPTER I. -
TOPOGRAPHY OF ILLINOIS |
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CHAPTER II. -
ORIGIN OF THE PRAIRIES |
11 |
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CHAPTER III. -
THE MOUND BUILDERS |
14 |
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CHAPTER IV. - THE FRENCH IN ILLINOIS |
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CHAPTER V. -
INDIANS IN ILLINOIS |
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- Illinois Indians - 26
- Sacs and Foxes - 28
- The Kickapoos - 29
- The Pottawatomies - 30
- Shabbona - 31
- Illinois in Pontiac's Conspiracy - 32
- Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars - 36
- Indian Manners and Customs - 46 |
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CHAPTER VI. -
ILLINOIS A DEPENDENCY OF CANADA |
49 |
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CHAPTER VII. - ILLINOIS A STATE |
58 |
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- GOVERNOR COLES - 60
- GOVERNOR EDWARDS - 60
- GOVERNOR REYNOLDS - 61
- GOVERNOR DUNCAN - 62
- GOVERNOR CARLIN - 62
- GOVERNOR FORD - 63
- GOVERNOR FRENCH - 64
- GOVERNOR MATTESON - 65
- GOVERNOR BISSELL - 66
- GOVERNOR YATES - 67
- GOVERNOR OGLESBY - 68
- GOVERNOR PALMER - 69
- GOVERNOR BEVERIDGE - 69
- GOVERNOR CULLOM - 69 |
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CHAPTER VIII. -
ILLINOIS IN THE MEXICAN WAR |
70 |
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CHAPTER IX. -
ILLINOIS IN THE LATE WAR |
74 |
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CHAPTER X. -
ORGANIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION
OF THE PRINCIPAL RAILROADS OF ILLINOIS * |
78 |
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CHAPTER XI. -
UNIVERSITIES. |
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- THE ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - 87
- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY - 88
- THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORMAL UNIVERSITY - 90 |
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HISTORY OF PIATT COUNTY,
with
PERSONAL SKETCHES OF MANY INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY.
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CHAPTER I. -
PIATT COUNTY - ITS TOPOGRAPHY,
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND RESOURCES. |
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CHAPTER II. -
GEOLOGY OF PIATT COUNTY |
98 |
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CHAPTER III. -
FLORA OF PIATT COUNTY - By A.
B. S. |
100 |
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CHAPTER IV. - FAUNA OF PIATT COUNTY |
117 |
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CHAPTER V. -
CUSTOMS OF
THE OLDEN TIME. |
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CHAPTER VI. - PIATT COUNTY |
128 |
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- Indians in the county - 130
- Organization and name - 131
- First settlements - 133
- First births and deaths in the county - 136
- Early mills - 141
- Early administration of justice - 142
- Judiciary, county officers and some of the election returns - 142
- The press - 146
- Pioneer Lawyers - 148
- Poor Farm - 149
- Piatt county jail - 149
- Court-houses - 149
- Agricultural - 150
- Roads - 150
- Railroads - 152 |
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CHAPTER VII. -
The Schools of the County |
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- Teachers' Institutes - 155
- Common school funds - 159
- Monticello Township - 161
- Bement Township - 162
- Cerro Gordo Township - 164
- Glen Creek Township - 166
- Sangamon Township - 166
- Willow Branch Township - 167
- Unity Township - 168
- Blue Ridge Township - 168 |
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CHAPTER VIII. -
The
Temperance Movement in the County by Mrs. E. P. Moffitt |
169 |
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CHAPTER IX. - Patriotism of
Piatt County |
177 |
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- Record of Piatt County Soldiers - 182
- War Incidents and Anecdotes - 179
- Record of Piatt County Solders - 182
- 9th Ill. Inf. - 182
- 14th Ill. Inf. - 182
- 17th Ill. Inf. - 182
- 21st Ill. Inf. - 182
- 26th Ill. Inf. - 186
- 34th Ill. Inf. - 186
- 35th Ill. Inf. - 186
- 38th Ill. Inf. - 187
- 39th Ill. Inf. - 187
- 41st Ill. Inf. - 187
- 49th Ill. Inf. - 187
- 54th Ill. Inf. - 188
- 62d Ill. Inf. - 189
- 63d Ill. Inf. - 189
- 72d Ill. Inf. - 192
- 73d Ill. Inf. - 192
- 99th Ill. Inf. - 195
- 107th Ill. Inf.
- 195
- 115th Ill. Inf. -
207
- 116th Ill. Inf. -
207
- 150th Ill. Inf. -
208
- 2d Ill. Cav. -
208
- 5th Ill. Cav. -
212
- 7th Ill. Cav. -
212
- 10th Ill. Cav. -
212
- 16th Ill. Cav. -
214
- 1st Reg. Light Artillery - 214 |
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CHAPTER X. - The Snow
Birds and their Relatives - -
in process 9/2/2022 |
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Hayworth, Geo. - 214
- Martin, James - 214
- Daggott, Mr. - 215
- Ingram, Mrs. - 215
- Henline, Nathan - 216
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Henline, Abraham, Jr. 223
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Henline, James - 224
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Henline, Jacob - 224
- The Piatts and their Relatives - 224
- Piatt, Jas. A. 224
- Piatt, Wm. H. - 226
- Anniversary Rhyme - 227
- Piatt, John
- Piatt, James A.
- Piatt, Richard F.
- Piatt, Noah
Noble - 231
- Piatt, Jacob
- 231
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Piatt, Annabell - 231
- Piatt, Mary J.
- 231
- Piatt, John
- Piatt, Abraham
- Piatt, Donn
- Piatt, William
- Piatt, Michael
- Andrew, John
- Andrew, James
- Pyatt, Dr. E. A.
- Honselman, Ann
- Piatt, Chas. O. |
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CHAPTER XI. -
Monticello
Township - in
process 9/2/2022 |
237 |
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- City of Monticello - 241
- Monticello Churches - 245
- Monticello M. E. Church - 245
- Monticello Fraternal Lodge No. 58 - 248
- Markwell Chapter - 248
- Monticello Council - 249
- I. O. O. F., No. 145 - 249
- Selah Lodge, No. 403 - 250
- Loan Association - 250 |
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CHAPTER XII. -
Biographical Sketches of Monticello Twp. |
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CHAPTER XIII.
- Bement
Township |
335 |
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- Article by L. B. Wing -
336
- Bement and Early Settlements - 338
- Bement Churches - 343
- Bement M. E. Church - 344
- Bement Episcopal Church - 344
- Bement Christian Church - 345
- Bement Presbyterian Church - 345
- Bement Catholic Church - 348
- Bement Societies and Associations - 349
- Ivesdale - 352 |
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CHAPTER XIV -
Bement
Biographical Sketches |
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CHAPTER XV.
- Unity
Township |
401 |
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- Early Settlement of
Unity Township - 402
- Harshbarger Church - 402
- Mackville - 403
- Atwood - 404
- Royal Templars - 405
- Mutual Aid Association - 405
- Hammond - 405
- Pierson - 407
- Baptist Church - 407 |
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CHAPTER XVI. -
Biographical
Sketches of Unity Township |
410 |
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CHAPTER XVII. -
Cerro Gordo
Township -
Finished 9/1/2022 |
461 |
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- Cerro
Gordo - 462
- Cerro Gordo Churches - 463
- German Baptists - 464
- La Place - 466
- La Place Churches - 466
- Lintner - 467
- Milmine - 467 |
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CHAPTER XVIII. -
Biographical Sketches of Cerro Gordo Township |
468 |
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CHAPTER XIX.
-
Willow Branch
Township -
Finished 9/2/2022 |
496 |
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- Cisco
- 496 |
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CHAPTER XX. -
Biographical Sketches of Willow Branch Township |
498 |
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CHAPTER XXI.
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Goose Creek
Township - in
process 9/2/2022 |
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- De
Land - 531
- Churches of De Land - 531 |
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CHAPTER XXII. -
Biographical Sketches of Goose
Creek Township |
533 |
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CHAPTER XXIII.
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Sangamon
Township -
Finished 9/1/2022 |
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Centerville - 565
- White Heath - 565
- Galesville - 565
- Lodge - 566 |
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CHAPTER XXIV. -
Biographical Sketches of Sangamon
Township |
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CHAPTER XXV. -
Blue Ridge
Township -
Finished 9/1/2022 |
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- Early Settlement - 595
- Mansfield - 596
- Churches - 596
- Stations - 597 |
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CHAPTER XXVI. -
Biographical Sketches |
597 |
