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UNION COUNTY, ILLINOIS
History & Genealogy


Source:
History of Union County, Illinois
by Lulu Leonard
Publ. betw. 1939 - 1941
 

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. - DONE Before It Was a County 1
CHAPTER II. - DONE How the Early Settlers Lived
Organization of Union County
5
CHAPTER III. - DONE Growth of Population and Industry. 7
CHAPTER IV. - DONE Industry and Business Leave the Confines of the Home 10
CHAPTER V. -
     not started
Professional People Appear in the County 14
CHAPTER VI. - DONE Land Entered by 1835 16
CHAPTER VII. -
     not started
Census of 1835 and Happenings Between 1830 and 1845 20
CHAPTER VIII. -
     not started
Voting in Union County Before 1850 23
CHAPTER IX. -
     not started
Churches of Union County Before 1850
Inventions Which Caused Changes in County
26
CHAPTER X. -
     not started
Union County's First Newspaper 29
CHAPTER XI. - DONE The Market Price of Food in 1849
The Mexican War
A Change in the Method of Voting
32
CHAPTER XII. -
     not started
Land Entered in Union County Between 1835 and 1850 35
CHAPTER XIII. -
     not started
1840 - 1850 a Period of Transition the Plank Road. 43
CHAPTER XIV. -
     not started
Land Entered in Union County Between 1850 and 1855 46
CHAPTER XV. -
     not started
The Illinois Central Railroad 49
CHAPTER XVI. - DONE Land Entries Between 1855 and 1860 52
CHAPTER XVII. -
     not started
The Beginning of Anna, Illinois 55
CHAPTER XVIII - DONE

The Beginning of Dongola, Cobden, Saratoga, Lick Creek, Mt. Pleasant and Preston.

58
CHAPTER XIX. - DONE Personal Taxes in 1860 61
CHAPTER XX. - DONE Union County in the Civil War. 64
CHAPTER XXI. - started Land Entries From 1860 to 1920 70
CHAPTER XXII. -
     not started
The Growth of Population After 1860 78
CHAPTER XXIII. -
     not started
The History of Agriculture 80
CHAPTER XXIV. -
     not started
The Drainage District
The Farm Bureau
87
CHAPTER XXV. -
     not started
The City Markets of Cobden and Anna
The Horse and Mule Market
92
CHAPTER XXVI. -
     not started
The Forests of Union County
The Reforestation Program
95
CHAPTER XXVII. -
     not started
The Shawnee -
The C. C. C. Camp
98
CHAPTER XXVIII. - DONE Manufacturing After the Civil War 101
CHAPTER XXIX. -
     not started
The History of Education in Union County 104
CHAPTER XXX. -
     not started
History of Public Assitance in Union County Before 1830
Medical Care for Poor
The County Farm
Medical Care for Poor
Aid to the Blind
Aid to Mothers and Children
107
CHAPTER XXXI. -
     not started
(NO CHAPTER XXXI & No pages missing)  
CHAPTER XXXII. -
     not started
Public Assistance After 1930
The Illinois Emergency Relief Commissions Administration in Union County
The County Relief Administration
The Old Age Assistance Administration
The National Youth Administration
The Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Anna State Hospital for the Insane
The Trachoma Clinic
114
CHAPTER XXXIII. -
     not started
Road Building in Union County 121
CHAPTER XXXIV. -
     not started
Personal Taxes in Union County and Conclusion. 123
ADVERTISEMENTS -
     not started
   

 

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