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Vermilion
County, Illinois
News Stories in
Newspapers outside Vermilion County
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The Knox Register
Wednesday, January 9, 1889
Knox Co., Illinois
(Contributed by Mary Moeller via Mary Paulius)
- After thirty-five years of
separation, Emma Alice Brown and Mrs. Caroline Morgan,
sisters, came together at Danville. Their father and
mother separated at Reading, Pa., thirty-five years ago.
Caroline, who accompanied her father, left him shortly after and
went to Danville, where she married John J. Morgan, one of
Danville's wealthiest citizens. Mrs. Brown removed to
Maryland, where Emma Alice married a sailor named Beaver.
Upon his death she and her mother went to Danville in 1880.
Mrs. Beaver resumed her maiden name, and under the title of
"Emma Alice Brown" became a contributor to a New York story
paper. The eldest Mrs. Brown died quite suddenly a few
days ago, and her obituary notice attracted the attention of
Mrs. Morgan, and an investigation followed, which showed that
the two sisters had been living there eight years, each
unconscious of the existence of the other.
A local minor named Ben
Dean, in the employ of the Consolidated Coal Company at
Danville, was seriously injured by being struck with a falling
rock.
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Source:
Inter-Ocean
Dated June 29, 1890
Date: 1890-06-29; Paper: Inter Ocean
(Mortuary Notice)
Springfield, IL, Jun e
28-Special Telegram
Governor Fifer Received
notice today, of the death of the Honorable James
Miller, of Stark County.
The
official notice must come from the county where the
deceased resided. If it comes in time the Governor will
call for a special election for a Representative to fill
the vacancy caused by
Mr.
Miller’s
death. This will necessitate the election of the
speaker for the special session.
The Hon.
Charles A. Partridge
of Lake, the Hon. Charles A. Allen, of
Vermilion, Judge
Orwin,
the Hon. P. Cooler, the
Hon.
John Meyer of Cook,
and the
Hon.
Daniel H. Paddock,
of
Kankakee, will be candidates for the honor.
(Contributed by Mary Paulius)
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Source: Inter Ocean - Illinois
Dated: Jul. 2, 1892
CAPTAIN SAMUEL D. HARLEY
MONTICELLO, Ill., Jul. 1 - Special Telegram-
Captain Samuel D. Harley, one of the oldest historical
characters in Pike County and Central Illinois, died at his
home in Cerro Gordo, aged 88 years. He came to
Illinois in 1837 from Ohio. He cut down the first tree
that was ever felled on the site of Columbus, Ohio, and from
the stump the town lots were sold. He hauled wheat to
Chicago in a wagon drawn by oxen. |
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