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TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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Source:
HISTORY of TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of
 Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens.
HISTORY of ILLINOIS
Embracing Accounts of the Pre-Historic Races, Aborigines, French,
English and American Conquests, and a General Review
of Its Civil, Political and Military History
DIGEST OF STATE LAWS
--- ILLUSTRATED ---
Chicago:
Chas. C. Chapman & Co.
1879

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HISTORY OF ILLINOIS
MOUND BUILDERS 17
INDIANS 21
   - Illinois Confederacy - 23
 - Starved Rock - 23
 - Sacs and Foxes - 24
 - Manners and Customs - 27
 - Single-handed Combat with Indians - 29
EARLY DISCOVERIES 31
   - Nicholas Perrot - 31
 - Joliet and Marquette - 31
 - LaSalle's Explorations - 33
 - Great Battle of the Illinois - 31
 - Tonti safe at Green Bay - 41
 - LaSalle's Assassination - 43
FRENCH OCCUPATION 41
   - First Settlements - 44
 - The Mississippi Company - 45
ENGLISH RULE 47
   - Gen. Clark's Exploits - 51
ILLINOIS 55
   - County of Illinois
NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY 55
   - Ordinance of 1787 - 56
 - St. Clair Governor of N. W. Territory - 59
ILLINOIS TERRITORY 59
WAR OF 1812 - THE OUTBREAK 59
   - Massacre of Fort Dearborn - 60
 - Expeditions up the Mississippi - 71
ILLINOIS AS A STATE 74
   - Organization - 74
 - Derivation of the name Illinois - 77
 - State Bank - 78
 - aFayette's Visit - 79
 - Grammar and Cook contrasted - 82
 
INDIAN TROUBLES 83
   - Winnebego War - 83
BLACK HAWK WAR 84
   - Stillman's Run - 87
 - Battle of Bad Axe - 90
 - Black Hawk Captured - 91
 - Biographical Sketch of Black Hawk - 92
FROM 1854 TO 1842 95
   - Internal Improvements - 95
 - Illinois and Michigan Canal - 97 - Martyr for Liberty - 98
PRAIRIE PIRATES 102
MORMON WAR 104
MEXICAN WAR 118
   - Battle of Buena Vista - 119
THE WAR FOR THE UNION 125
   - States Seceding - 126
 - The Fall of Sumter - 127
 - Call for Troops promptly answered - 128
 - The War ended - The Union restored - 137
 - Schedule of Regiments - 138
DUELS 141
DRESS AND MANNERS 149
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ILLINOIS 154
AGRICULTURE 155
GOVERNORS OF ILLINOIS 157
   - Lieutenant Governors - 160
 - State Officials - 161
 - U. S. Senators - 162
 - Representatives in Congress - 165
CHICAGO 170
   - The Great Fire - 172
 - Commerce of Chicago - 173		  
STATES OF THE UNION 177

HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY
CHAPTER I. - Settlement and Organization 189
   - LaSalle's Explorations - 189
 - The War of 1812 - 196
 - The Pioneers - 200
 - Organization of the County - 207
 - First Mill - 209
 - A few First Things - 210
 - The Deep Show - 214
 - Sudden Change - 217
 - High Water - 218
 - The Beautiful Prairies - 220		  
CHAPTER II. 22
   - Important Labors of the Couty Commissioner's Court  
CHAPTER III. 256
   - Black Hawk War  
CHAPTER IV. 267
   - Geology  
CHAPTER V. 272
   - Zoology and Botany  
CHAPTER VI. 288
   - Criminal Record  
CHAPTER VII. 300
   - Important Labors of the Board of Supervisors  
CHAPTER VIII. 308
   - Blooded Stock  
CHAPTER IX. 313
   - Underground Railroad  
CHAPTER X. - 321
   - Pioneer Life  
CHAPTER XI. - 336
   - The Rebellion - 336
 - Tazewell County Volunteers - 351		  
 
CHAPTER XII. -  
   - Township Histories -
     - Boynton - 398
     - Cincinnati - 414
     - Deer Creek - 427
     - Delavan - 423
     - Dillon - 454
     - Elm Grove - 460
     - Fond du Lac - 468
     - Groveland - 475
     - Hittle - 486
     - Hopedale - 491
     - Little Mackinaw - 543
     - Malone - 526
     - Morton - 534
     - Mackinaw - 544
     - Pekin - 562
     - Sand Prairie - 617
     - Spring Lake - 630
     - Spring Lake - 530
     - Tremont - 652
     - Washington - 662		  
CHAPTER XIV. -  
   - County Officials and Political History - 706
     - Election Returns - 744		  
CHAPTER XV. -  
  THE PRESS: -
 - Pekin Times - 718
 - Tazewell County Republican - 722
 - Washington Herald - 724
 - Delavan Advertiser - 726
 - Delavan Times - 727
 - Minier News - 727
 - Tazewell Independent - 728
 - Legal Tender - 729
 - Freie Presse - 730  		718
CHAPTER XVI. -  
  RAILROADS: -
 - I., B. & W. Ry - 732
 - P., P. & J. R. R. - 733
 - C., A. & St. L. R. R. - 734
 - P. L. & D. Ry - 735
 - T., P. & W. Ry - 738
 - Ill. Midland R. R. - 739
 - C., P. & S. W. R. R. - 739 		 

ILLUSTRATIONS
  Starved Rock 25
  An Iroquois Chief 37
  Gen. Geo. R. Clark 49
  Gen. Arthur St. Clark 58
  Old Fort Dearborn 61
  Old Kinzie House 65
  Pontiac 69
  Black Hawk 85
  C., R. I. & P. R. R. Depot 99
  Eye and Ear Infirmary 111
  Deaf and Dumb Institute 115
 
  Scene on Fox River 121
  Lincoln Monument 137
  Asylum for Feeble Minded 143
  Southern NOrmal University 181
  Central Insane Hospital 460
  Industrial University 160
  Exposition Building 167
  LaSalle Street Tunnel 172
  The Crib 176
  Court-House 187
  Map of Tazewell County 14-15

PORTRAITS
  Allensworth, W. P. 560
  Alfs, Gerd 421
  Bacon, E. H. 560
  Bemis, T. K. 279
  Bequeaith, John 416
  Brenneman, Jacob 397
  Claton, John 497
  Crabb, Daniel 322
  Cobleigh, G. R. 737
  Crawford, James 397
  Darah, Robert 397
  Frey, Rudolph 432
  Gaines, John 432
  Golden, C. L. 649
  Golden, Eliza B., Mrs. 649
  Griesemer, Adam 497
  Haas, Eli 639
  Haas, Ann Catherine 639
  Haas, Edward 639
  Hall, Ira B. 432
  Hill, Nehemiah 548
  Hill, Emily 548
  Hippen, H. W. 599
  Hoffman, John 599
  Ireland, Francis 397
  Irwin, Joe B. 719
  Larimore, Timothy 421
  Lindsey, James A. 553
 
  Lindsey, Jean 553
  Luppen, Luppe 575
  McDowell, Kitty, Mrs. 497
  McKinstry, John 432
  Marshall, Horace S. 644
  Martin, James P. 315
  Minier, Geo. W. 519
  Minier, Sarah 519
  Minier, T. L. 519
  Minier, Ellen 549
  Nichols, Geo. 432
  Orendorff, G. P. 509
  Rankin, Daniel M. 421
  Rankin, John S. 421
  Reardon, John 397
  Rundle, William 599
  Shurtleff, Flavel 229
  Smith, D. C. 575
  Smith, Fred 575
  Smith, Ties 575
  Stoehr, George 426
  Stoehr, Mary M. 426
  Studyvin, John 497
  Wilson, R. B. M., Dr. 663
  Woods, Abraham 631
  Woods, Harriet M. 636
  Wood, E. F., Dr. 701
  Zinger, Louis 599

DIGEST OF STATE LAWS
  Laws 743
  Jurisdiction of Courts 743
  County Courts 744
  Com. of Highways 744
  Fences 746
  Drainage 748
  Trespass of Stock 748
  Estrays 749
  Horses 750
  Marks and Brands 751
  Articles of Agreement 751
  Notes 752
  Judgment Note 753
  Interest 755
  Wills 755
  Descent 759
  Deeds 760
  Mortgages and Trust Deeds 761
  Trust Deeds 762
  Leins 762
  Bill of Sale 764
  Days of Grace 765
  Limitation of Action 765
  Receipts 766
  Exemptions from Forced Sales 766
  Landlords and Tenants 767
  Criminal Law 770
  Taxes 772
 
  Subscription 773
  Contract for Personal Services 774
  Newspaper Libel 775
  Lender 775
  Drunkenness 777
  Marriage Contract 778
  School Months 780
  Infants 780
  Adoption of Children 781
  Church Organizations 781
  Game 782
  Millers 785
  Papers 785
  Public and Private Conveyances 786
  Wages and Stakeholders 787
  Sunday 788
  Definition of Commercial Terms 788
  Legal Weights and Measures 788
  Bees 789
  Dogs 789
  Cruelty to Animals 790
  Names 790
  U. S. Mails 790
  Rates of Postage 782
  Rates of Postage on third-Class Matter 783
  Registered Matter 784
  Money Orders 784

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