Author: Portrait, Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois
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ISBN: 9780608368993
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Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Author: Barbara Rebok
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Category : Henry County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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This spiral bound booklet is an excerpt from the 1885 book: Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois, published by Biographical Publishing Co. of Chicago. The booklet contains information on the following communities: Dayton, Richmond, Geneseo, Morristown, Cambridge, Annawan, Atkinson; Woodhull, Galva, Cleveland, Kewanee, Lynn Center, Opheim, Osco, Morristown Colony, Alpha, Bishop Hill Colony, Bishop Hill, Orion. Among the many subjects discussed are: Indians, Political Descent; the Pioneers, a list of 43 "firsts" plus some other early noteworthy events; the sad life of Mrs. Pollock and the Bishop Hill Colony; Early doctors; Acts of the County Commissioners; Five different County seats; a Jailhouse fire from which a prisoner rescued his own indictment; Early county officials; Legal History (with names of many officials); Bench and Bar; Various Newspapers; "War for the Union" (Civil War) with names of companies and some officers mentioned; Railroads -- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR; and Peoria and Rock Island RR; Crime, including a bank robbery and two shocking murders; and the Old Settler's Society. One section of the booklet lists the 1858 Board of Supervisors, followed by brief but often colorful histories of the townships: Alba, Andover, Annawan, Atkinson, Burns, Cambridge, Clover, Colona, Edford, Cornwall, Galva, Geneseo, Hanna, Kewanee, Lynn, Loraine, Munson, Osco, Oxford, Phenix, Weller, Western, Wethersfield and Yorktown.
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