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Welcome to
Stark County, Illinois
 History & Genealogy

 

Source:
 PICTURES of the
PAST MEMORIES
of
Old Toulon
Presented to the Old Settlers
of Stark County
(Possibly published ca 1905)
 

 

MRS. HARRIET M. BLAIR.

Wrote these reminiscences at various times when occasion or incident called them forth.  Fearful of criticism from those to whom they will mean nothing, the author has with reluctance consented to their preservation in this little book, hoping they may recall faces and scenes that are gone.
     For some readers they will make bright again the light of the waning lamp of memory.

"Memory is the only friend
  That grief can call her own."

CONTENTS

PIONEER REMINISCENCES 5
Portraits:
 - Mrs. Miles A. Fuller
 - Mrs. Martha Pierce
 - Mrs. A. M. Legg
 - Mrs. Sarah Prout		 7
PIONEER SCHOOLS AND PIONEER TEACHERS 9
Portraits:
 - Dr. Thoams Hall
 - Martin Shallenberger
 - Minott Silliman
 - Mrs. C. K. Stickney		 15
THE LAST SUPPER 17
Photo of The Old Whitaker Homestead in 1878 18
Portraits:
 - Oliver Whitaker
 - Mrs. Catherine Whitaker
 - Dr. William Chamberlain
 - Mrs. Dr. Chamberlain		 21
THE TOULON BAPTIST CHURCH 23
AN OLD HOUSE GONE - Written upon seeing "The Old Home" torn down, Feb. 22, 1898
Photo of Office of Thomas Hall, built in 1847		 27
THE OLD SEMINARY 29
Photo of The Seminary Building 32
STARK COUNTY'S OLD JAIL 33
 - Drawing of Stark County's Old Jail 33
Portraits:
 - Gen. Thomas J. Henderson
 - Mrs. Sarah Henderson
 - Samuel Dewey
 - Miss Tilden		 35
ADDRESS OF WELCOME 37
MRS. A. M. LEGG 41
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO 43
THE VOICE FROM THE PAST 47

 


 

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