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History & Genealogy

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Source:
HISTORY
of
GALLATIN, SALINE, HAMILTON, FRANKLIN & WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES, ILLINOIS

From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Sundry and Interesting Biographical Sketches, Notes, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc.
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1887

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GALLATIN COUNTY
 
GALLATIN COUNTY 13
 - Agricultural Association, The 51
 - Ancient Salt Works 17
 - Banks, Early and Other 98
 - Bench and Bar 52
 - Boundary Lines 42
 - Bowlesville 124
 - Business Men, The Present 110
 - Circuit Court, The 67
 - Church History 126
 - Congressional Districts 44
 - Constitutional Convention, Members 46
 - County Seat, Location of 63
 - County Officers, List of 43
 - Court, County Commissioners' 61
 - "Egypt," Gen. Grant's Horse 91
 - Eighteenth Regiment, The 82
 - Election Returns 48
 - Equality 122
 - Geology 14
 - Incorporation of Shawneetown 106
 - Indian Mounds 19
 - Indian Troubles 23
 - Jail, Building of the 55
 - Land Office, The 111
 - Land Entries 25
 - Leases of the Salt Works 20
 - Levees, Construction of the 103
 - Madison, Gallatin and Johnson 40
 - Mayor and Other Officers 109
 - Military History 78
 - Michael Jones' Ride 47
 - Murder Cases 36
 - Murder Trials, The First 69
 - Newspapers 113
 - Omaha 119
 - Railroad History 50
 - Regulators and Vigilants 33
 - Ridgway 117
 - Roads and Ferries 57
 - Salt Lands 21
 - Saline Coal and Manufacturing Co. 125
 - School History 139
 - Secret Societies 112
 - Settlement, Early 22
 - Shawneetown 92
 - Shawneetown Schools 146
 - Sixth Cavalry Regiment, The 87
 - Slaves and Indentured Servants 31
 - Soil and Natural Productions 16
 - St. Clair and Randolph Counties 39
 - Tavern Rates 55
 - Topography 13
 - Towns and Villages 114
 - Twenty-Ninth Infantry, The 84
 - Wild Animals and Reptiles 38

SALINE COUNTY


SALINE COUNTY

149
 - Agricultural Board 202
 - Bolton 218
 - Church History 224
 - Circuit Court 188
 - Contraband Negroes 170
 - County Court, The 183
 - Cumberland Presbyterian Church, The 230
 - Davis, Cressa K. 199
 - Eldorado ___
 - Election Returns 184
 - Farming, Primitive Methods of 157
 - Galatia 216
 - Geological Features 150
 - Gregg, James M. 199
 - Hamburg 224
 - Harrisburg 203
 - Harrisburg, Incorporation of 213
 - Harrisburg, Industries of 206
 - Institute, Teachers 238
 - Knights of the Golden Circle 173
 - Land Entries 152
 - Lawyers, The Present 200
 - Location and Boundary 149
 - Logan, John A. 167
 - Methodist Churches, The 228
 - Military History 181
 - Morrillsville 223
 - Necessities, Present 240
 - Newspapers 208
 - Officers, etc., List of 160
 - Organization of the County 158
 - Presbyterian Church, The Hamburg 229
 - Railroad History 200
 - Raum, Green C. 198
 - Regiment, The Thirty-first 175
 - Regiment, The Fifty-sixth 178
 - Rileyville 223
 - School History 233
 - School Reports 235
 - Secret Societies 208
 - Social Brethren, The 231
 - Soil and Natural Productions 151
 - Stone Fort 217
 - Texas Station 222
 - Trials, Important 196
 - West End 224

HAMILTON COUNTY

HAMILTON COUNTY 241
 - Agricultural Board 311
 - Banks 298
 - Bar, The Present 288
 - Belle City 311
 - Black Hawk War 263
 - Broughton 310
 - Business, The Present 294
 - Church History 322
 - Circuit Court 283
 - Company A, Fourteenth Regiment 268
 - Company C, Fifty-sixth Regiment 269
 - Company G, Fifty-sixth Regiment 269
 - Company A, Eight-seventh Regiment 270
 - Company E, Eighty-seventh Regiment 271
 - Company K, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment 272
 - Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-first Regiment 272
 - Company D, Sixth Cavalry 272
 - Company H, Sixth Cavalry 273
 - Company K, Sixth Cavalry 274
 - Constitutional Convention 260
 - Crimes, Some Remarkable 289
 - County Buildings, The First 277
 - County Commissioner's Court 275
 - County Buildings, The First 277
 - County Commissioners' Court 275
 - County Officers 259
 - Crops and Conditions, Early 256
 - Crouch Township 249
 - Dahlgren 307
 - Deeds, The First 255
 - Early Settlers 244
 - Election Returns 262
 - Farmer's Mutual 312
 - Geology 242
 - Hamilton College 319
 - Hotel Rates 278
 - Hoodville 311
 - Incorporation of McLeansboro 301
 - Indian and Other Stories 250
 - Institute Fund 321
 - Land Entries, The First 252
 - Legislature, Members of the 261
 - Local Names 243
 - Logansport 309
 - Macedonia 310
 - McLeansboro 292
 - McElvain, John 287
 - Mexican War 263
 - Military History 262
 - Mills 295
 - Organization of the County 285
 - Pioneer Times 251
 - Piopolis 310
 - Press, The 299
 - Quota, War 264
 - Raines, Henson G. 274
 - Regiment, Fortieth 264
 - Schools 313
 - Secret Societies 296
 - Settlement 243
 - Soil 242
 - Teacher's Institute 320
 - Thackeray 309
 - Topography 241
 - Townshend, James H. 288
 - Township Organization 282

 

FRANKLIN COUNTY
 
FRANKLIN COUNTY 335
 - Agriculture, Commerce, etc. 355
 - Amusing Case, An 390
 - "A Particular Spot" 363
 - Assessment 1851 371
 - Assessment 1886 372
 - Bar, The Present 397
 - Bench and Bar 390
 - Benton 405
 - Black Hawk War 394
 - Board of Agriculture 356
 - Business, The Present 410
 - Cemetery, The Old 407
 - Church History 422
 - Circuit Court 383
 - Circuit Court Clerks 368
 - Civil War, Records in 396
 - Coroners, List of 370
 - Commissioners Appointed 362
 - County Commissioners' Court 374
 - County Courts Established 377
 - County, Division of the 359
 - County Court Clerks 368
 - Court House, The Present 367
 - County Judges, List of 381
 - Court, County Commissioner 361
 - Crawford, M. C. 393
 - Customs, Early 343
 - Decade of the Sixties 409
 - Denning, William A. 391
 - Duff, Andrew D. 392
 - Early Settlers 338
  - Elders, List of Presiding 426
 - Ewing 413
 - Frankfort 412
 - Geological Characteristics 336
 - Important Trials 385
 - Indian Tribes and Wild Animals 337
 - Judges Circuit Court 369
 - Land Entries 351
 - Logan, John A. 392
 - McCreary, Alexander 349
 - Members of Commissioners' Court 375
 - Mexican War 395
 - Milling, Hunting, etc. 344
 - Nelson, Richard 391
 - New Mulkeytown 413
 - Old Settlers' Reunion 349
 - Organization of the County 358
 - Parrish, William K. 392
 - Parrish, Town of 414
 - "Poor Farm," The 367
 - Population 374
 - Productions 357
 - Press, The 410
 - Public Buildings 365
 - Public School Funds 418
 - Railroads, Land to 354
 - Railroad Bonds 373
 - Records, Destruction of Public 366
 - Records of Circuit Clerk 384
 - Remarkable Case 388
 - Representatives 370
 - Sale of Town Lots 364
 - Scates, Walter B. 390
 - Schools 415
 - Sheriffs 369
 - Slavery 348
 - Soil and Natural Products 336
 - Societies, Secret 411
 - State Attorneys 369
 - Supervisors, Board of 382
 - Surveyors 370
 - Taxation and Finance 370
 - Thompsonville 414
 - Township Organization 382
 - Treasurers, List of 369
 - War Record, Summary 404
 - Wolf Scalps - "Legal Tender" 371
 - Williams, Judge 420

WILLIAMSON COUNTY

WILLIAMSON COUNTY 431
 - Agriculture, Live Stock, etc. 445
 - Agricultural Society 448
 - Allen, W. J. 468
 - "Articles of Faith" 516
 - Assessment for 1880 460
 - Attoreys, State 458
 - Bainbridge 509
 - Bar, Present Members of the 470
 - Bench, Bar and Noted Characters 467
 - Black Hawk War 487
 - Bonds,,,, railroads, etc. 460
 - Business Men, the Present 502
 - Carlenville 507
 - Christian Church, The 521
 - Church History 515
 - Circuit Court Clerks 458
 - Civil War, Number of Men in 500
 - Company K, Eighteenth Inft. Regt. 493
 - Company E, Twenty-ninth Inft. Regt. 493
 - Company C, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. 493
 - Company E, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company F, Thirth-first Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company G, Thirty-first Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company H, Thirty-firrst Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company E, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company I, Fifty-sixth Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company K, Sixtieth Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company E, Eight-first Inft. Regt. 494
 - Company G, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. 495
 - Company H, Eighty-first Inft. Regt. 495
 - County Commissioner's Court 466
 - County Seat, The 453
 - County Court 451
 - County Court Clerks 457
 - Corder, Anderson P. 469
 - Cunningham, John M. 470
 - Early Settlers 436
 - Equipping Soldiers for the South 490
 - Geoloical Formations 432
 - Guards, The Marion 499
 - Incorporation of Marion 507
 - Indebtedness of County 464
 - Indian Occupants 434
 - Ingersoll, Robt. G. 470
 - Judges, Circuit Court 458
 - Land Entries 440
 - Location, Boundary and Topography 431
 - Logan, John A. 491
 - Lots, Who Purchased 454
 - Lowden, John T. 470
 - Marion 501
 - Methodist Episcopal Church 519
 - Mexican War 487
 - Mining Operations 449
 - Noted Crimes and Criminals 471
 - Organization 450
 - Pioneer Customs 443
 - Pleading Guilty 485
 - Population by Decades 465
 - Press, The 506
 - Presbyterian Church, The 522
 - Products of the Farm 447
 - Public Buildings 455
 - Public Lands 444
 - Railroad Lands 445
 - Rebels, Two Illinois 493
 - Reward, Offered 480
 - Record, Eight-first Inft. Regt. 495
 - Record, One Hundred and Ninth Inft. Regt. 497
 - Record, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Inft. Regt. 498
 - Schools 510
 - Secession, Resolution Favoring 489
 - Sheriffs 458
 - Societies, Secret 503
 - Soil and Productions 433
 - Taxation and Finance 459
 - Vendetta, The Bloody 478
 - Vendetta, First Murder in the 480

HISTORICAL INDEX.

Franklin County 335
Gallatin County 13
Hamilton County 241
Saline County 149
Williamson County 431

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

Franklin County 757
Gallatin 525
Hamilton 671
Saline 591
Williamson 845

MAPS, PORTRAITS, ETC.

Campbell, J. R. - Hamilton Co. 681-682
Carter, Laban - Williamson Co. 865-866
Chickamauga, Battle of - Williamson Co. 511-512
Franklin, Battle of - Williamson Co. 461-462
Fort Donelson, Battle of - Gallatin Co. 29-30
Murfreesboro, Battle of - Franklin Co. 379-380
Nashville, Battle of - Saline Co. 211-212
Ridgeway, Thos. S. - Gallatin Co. 572-573
Shiloh, Battle of - Gallatin Co. 79-80
BIOGRAPHIES

WILLIAMSON COUNTY
Allen, J. E. 846
Allen, Willis, Hon. 845
Bainbridge, John B. 847
Barth, David 848
Baker, Alonzo Pulaski, Dr. 848
Baker, Miles D., Dr. 849
Baker, M. L. 850
Baker, Griffin J., Dr. 851
Benson, Andrew J. 852
Boles, Samuel C. 853
Bones, Thomas 853
Borton, Reuben 854
Brandon, Joseph M. 855
Brewer, M. J. 856
Brown, Frank 857
Brown, Curtis, Dr. 858
Brown, John, Capt. 859
Bulliner, Emanuel H. 860
Burkhart, James M. 861
Burnett, John H. 862
Campbell, Marion C. 862
Carter, Leban * 863
Chamness, George B. 867
Cline, Albert L. 868
Connell, James F. 868
Creal, Edward G. 869
Chipps, Thomas N. 870
Darrow, E. L. 871
Davis, Josiah 872
Davis, George W. 872
Davis, Henry M. 873
Davis, B. F. 874
Davis, A. J. 875
Denison, Edward L. 875
Denison, Charles H. 876
Dunaway, Thomas 877
Dunaway, Samuel 877
Duncan, Webster W. 878
Duncan, John H. 879
Duncan, A. J. 880
Erwin, J. W. 881
Eubanks, William H. 881
Felts, Benjamin R., M. D. 882
Ferrell, Leander 884
Ferrell, Levi 884
Fly, Jesse J., Dr. 885
Follis, E. Peter 886
Fowler, James M. 887
Goddard, Leroy A. 889
Goodall & Tippy 890
Goodall, Frank M. 890
Goodall, John 891
Graham, John J., M. D. 891
Hammer, Isaac 893
Harrison, David R. 894
Hayton, James, Dr., M.D. 895
Hendrickson, Jesse 896
Hendrickson, Hartwell 897
Henshaw, George A. 898
Herrin, Ephraim 898
Hinchcliff, William H. 899
Holland, Brice 900
Holland, Romulus 901
Huddleston, John 902
Hudgens, Zachariah, Lt. 902
Hunter, Allen, Rev. 904
Ingram, George Washington 905
Jackson, James C. 905
Keeler, Thomas H. 906
Kennedy, Cunningham 907
Kern, Charles M. 908
LaMaster, George W., Rev. 909
Lee, John C. 911
Lipfer, Robert M. 911
McCall, William R. 912
McCormick, William C. 913
McDonald, M. M., M.D. 914
McNiel, William J. 915
Mann, William H. 915
Martin, William J. 916
Mitchell, George O. 917
Mitchell, Edward E. 918
Mitchell, James C. 919
Moren, W. H. 919
Murrah, Henry Clay 920
Nelson, Giles 921
Newton, John G. 922
North, Abram H. 923
Odum, Martin, Rev. 924
Ogden, Henry 925
Owen, Alonzo N. 926
Palmer, Arthur M. 927
Parks, Charles 928
Perrine, William A. 928
Perry, W. H., Dr. 930
Perry, J. H. 930
Phillips, Henry 931
Prindle, Scott 932
Ralls, A. Luke 933
Reeves, Albert P. 934
Richart, Hugh M. 935
Ridgway, William J. 936
Roberts, Pleasant L. 937
Roberts, Joseph W. 937
Roberts, John Leander 938
Robertson, Martin W. 940
Russell, John Q. 941
Sizemore, William E. 942
Smith, James W. 943
Sprague, E. N., Mrs. 944
Stein, Jacob 945
Stewart, James H. 946
Thomas, George W., Dr. 946
Thompson, S. D. 947
Thompson, Jams 948
Tidwell, J. F. 948
Tregoning, Walter 949
Turner, Elijah 950
Walker, Irvin M. 951
Washburn, William S. 952
Watson, A. D.,, Dr. 953
White, C. A. 954
White, Amzi F. 954
White, N. S., M. D. 955
Winning, Roert 956
Wolfe, J. L., M.D. 957
Young, George W., Judge 958
Zimmerman, F. C. & W. H. 960

 

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