What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Piatt County, Illinois and its people.
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Over 1260 pages of historical and genealogical Information
1) History of Piatt County, Illinois – 1883
2) Past and Present of Piatt County, Illinois - 1903
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History
of
Piatt County,
Together With A
Brief History of Illinois
From The
Discovery of the Upper Mississippi to the Present Time.
By
Emma C. Piatt
With Map and Illustrations
1883
(643 Pages)
INDEX
ILLINOIS STATE HISTORY
Chapter I. Topography of Illinois
Chapter II. Origin of Prairies
Chapter III. The Mound Builders
Chapter IV. The French in Illinois
Chapter V. Indians in Illinois
Chapter VI. Illinois A Dependency of Canada
Chapter VII. Illinois a State
Chapter VIII. Illinois in the Mexican War
Chapter IX. Illinois in the Late War
Chapter X. Principal Railroads of Illinois
Chapter XI. Universities
HISTORY OF PIATT COUNTY
Chapter I. Piatt County
Chapter II. Geology of Piatt County
Chapter III. Flora of Piatt County
Chapter IV. Fauna of Piatt County
Chapter V. Customs of the Olden Time
Chapter VI. Piatt County - Indians in the county, Organization and Name of County, First Settlements, First Births and Deaths, Deep Snow, Sudden Freeze, Early Mills, Early Administration of Justice, Judiciary, Lincoln, The Press, Pioneer Physicians, Pioneer Lawyers, Poor Farm, Court-houses, Agricultural Society, Roads, Railroads
Chapter VII. Schools of the County
Chapter VIII. The Temperance Movement in the County
Chapter IX. Patriotism of Piatt County (Civil War Infantries, Artillery, and Cavalry)
Chapter X. The Snow Birds and their Relatives
Chapter XI. Monticello Township
Chapter XII. Monticello Biographical Sketches
Chapter XIII. Bement Township
Chapter XIV Bement Biographical Sketches
Chapter XV. Unity Township
Chapter XVI. Unity Biographical Sketches
Chapter XVII. Cerro Gordo Township
Chapter XVIII. Cerro Gordo Biographical Sketches
Chapter XIX. Willow Branch Township & Biographical Sketches
Chapter XXI. Goose Creek Township
Chapter XXII. Goose Creek Biographical Sketches
Chapter XXIII. Sangamon Township
Chapter XXIV. Sangamon Township Biographical Sketches
Chapter XXXV. Blue Ridge Township
Chapter XXXVI. Blue Ridge Biographical Sketches
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - MONTICELLO TOWNSHIP
Ater, Adkins, Alexander, Allerton, Arndt, Allman, Anderson, Ayre, Barnes, Bender, Bond, Britton, Brittenham, Bowman, Brown, Baker, Bartley, Boyer, Barlow, Betts, Blackshaw, Bush, Beattie, Bohn, Beck, Burgess, Bulla, Cline, Coffin, Connor, Class, Coleman, Cox, Carper, Carlin, Casey, Conard, Cantner, Campbell, Devore, Dighton, Dyer, Dickerson, Deardurff, Dawson, Dove, Davis, Davidson, Emerson, Evans, Emig, England, Eshelman, Fisher, Foster, Funk, Famulener, Foust, Farra, Garver, Gray, Gross, Hart, Hott, Hull, Hunter, Harris, Hennion, Holmes, Hill, Huston, Hubbell, Hays, Hanks, Hicks, Hazzard, Hughes, Hitchens, Hammersmidt, Hoffhines, Harding, Hettinger, Johnson, Jones, Jackson, Jamison, Kee, Kiser, Knight, Keyes, Kousho, Knott, Lodge, Lowry, Lewis, Lumsden, Loy, Lee, Markel, Moffitt, McIntosh, McWilliams, McCune, Musser, Moore, Moffitt, Morrison, Murphy, McGuffey, Mulford, Minear, McKinney, Noecker, Neal, Nichols, O'Connor, Osborne, Pipher, Perkins, Peters, Preston, Ping, Patton, Paugh, Plunk, Pursel, Pittman, Pinckard, Rhoades, Rodgers, Reed, Rankin, Russel, Royse, Suver, Stickel, Smith, Smock, Steel, Savage, Shultz, Stevens, Seits, Sackriter, Squier, Saint, Tinder, Thomas, Tippett, Tatman, Thompson, Trowbridge, Ward, Wiley, Watts, Weaver, Woolington, Wildman, Winchester, Wegenroth, Webster, Warrick, Zybell
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - BEMENT TOWNSHIP
Alvord, Bodman, Bryant, Body, Bell, Bacon, Boggs, Barnes, Burgess, Bentley, Ball, Bridges, Camp, Cloyd, Coffin, Corser, Cooper, Cole, Correll, Connor, Cain, DeHart, Dawson, Davis, Drum, Dunn, Duell, Donohue, Duncan, Daniels, Douglass, Evans, Froce, Fisher, Fry, Farnsworth, Foohy, Godwin, Ganley, Hopkins, Hawkes, Hill, Hubbell, Hetishee, Hinkle, Hammond, Haldeman, Hays, Hackler, Hoffheines, Haldeman, Hartman, Heberline, Johnson, Jones, Klapp, Knapp, Kimmel, Kimel, Kennedy, Leal, Lucas, Lamb, Mitchell, Moore, Murphy, Moma, Maxfield, Miller, McGaffey, Mullikin, Mutherspaugh, Martin, McCord, Niles, Nichols, Newton, Parker, Pettit, Postlethwait, Peairs, Priestly, Quick, Routh, Ruby, Ringland, Rush, Roy, Rose, Rheinhart, Ruan, Sparks, Spear, Scott, Smith, Sprague, Stadler, Stout, Swaney, Show, Sunderland, Tenney, Thomas, Trabue, Thompson, Vance, Vaughan, Wing, Webster, Weinstein, Welch, Yost
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - UNITY TOWNSHIP
Baker, Bryson, Blackwell, Butler, Browning, Bunyan, Bryson, Barritt, Crain, Bowls, Cantrall, Clark, Chambers, Carter, Deeds, Dudley, Davies, Easton, Eyrse, Fay, Ford, Fulton, Gregory, Greene, Gray, Gross, Gordon, Goodson, Griffin, Harshbarger, Hancock, Helton, Hawks, Hageman, Kagey, Karikofe, Kiser, Love, Lowe, Lowther, Livingood, Leavitt, Liston, Lynch, Monroe, Moore, Maxey, McDowel, Masterson, Marshall, Miller, Mitchell, Moon, McCabe, Myers, Merritt, Morris, Nolind, Noe, Newton, Nighswander, Owings, Orr, Pemble, Ponder, Richy, Richardson, Shonkwiler, Snyder, Stuve, Sampson, Shaw, Spurling, Sargent, Smitson, Smith, Tenbrooke, Tryon, Temple, Terrill, Taylor, Talley, Turner, Quick, Vanhook, Wildman, Wharton, Wilson, Wortham, Withers, Willey, Weaver, Zorger
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - CERRO GORDO TOWNSHIP
Armsworth, Adams, Auten, Barber, Bowdle, Bowman, Burns, Barnwell, Brandenburg, Chambers, Cox, Creighton, Clifton, Coddington, Cripe, Clay, Conklin, Dobson, Duell, Dilatush, Donaldson, East, Espy, Funk, Farnsworth, Frydenger, Fields, Fouts, Folrath, Gulliford, Green, Howell, Havenar, Hanna, Heminger, Hudgen, Harlan, Heath, Harsha, Humphrey, Jones, Jeffres, Kellington, Locke, McKinney, Moyer, Mitchell, Miller, McCrum, Noble, Peck, Pitts, Parmenter, Repogle, Ryan, Stoner, Schoolcraft, Saylor, Smith, Stocks, Shively, Seitz, Thompson, Wallis, Wilson, Voorhies
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - WILLOW BRANCH TOWNSHIP
Armsworth, Ater, Adams, Alsbury, Baker, Blood, Croninger, Coonrod, Conaway, Caldwell, Dillow, Dorr, Dooley, Dilsaver, Havely, Heath, Hiatt, Hassett, Kuns, Kiest, Lux, Madden, Miles, McArty, Moffitt, Moyer, McClure, Mintun, Ownby, Peck, Reeves, Smith, Salyers, Turner, Twlford, Tallman, West, Widick, Watrous, Winn, Williams, Wood, Yoakum, Vent
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - GOOSE CREEK TOWNSHIP
Arndt, Bailey, Bondurant, Brown, Barnett, Bryden, Borton, Bickle, Barrow, Boone, Bruns, Collins, Churchill, Combs, Carrington, Carrier, Chamberlain, Corder, Cresmer, Duvall, Dewees, Doyle, Dewey, Fithian, Fitzwater, Gordon, Hubbart, Harshbarger, Housman, Hughes, Hutchinson, Johnson, Kirby, Kesner, Kirker, Langdon, Lubbers, Marquiss, McMillen, Miner, Moody, McFadden, McBride, Merry, Marvel, Martin, Porter, Reid, Robison, Rankin, Rhinehart, Riddick, Smith, Stottlemyer, Trenchard, Tilson, Vail, Vittum, Van Vickle, Vansyckel, Welch, Warner, Walker, Wood, Wilson, Williamson
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - SANGAMON TOWNSHIP
Argo, Andrew, Branch, Bly, Benson, Burnett, Caldwell, Coon, Calef, Cline, Cresap, Carter, Dubson, Evans, Fisher, Fosnaugh, Flanigan, Groves, Hannah, Hart, Heath, Hickman, Haldeman, Harper, Howes, Henrie, Hubbart, Kinser, Kerr, Kearney, Kerns, Lodge, Marquiss, Maxwell, Madden, Mackey, Mosgrove, McDonald, Norris, Newell, Peel, Oulery, Reid, Ridgly, Robinson, Smith, Spear, Stewart, Trotter, Teats, Unangst, Williams, White, Wack, Wolf, Wilson, Zumwalt
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - BLUE RIDGE TOWNSHIP
Athey, Bowman, Bruffet, Buchanan, Barnhart, Bryden, Clouser, Cox, Campbell, Crews, Cunningham, Dickson, Dawson, Denning, Eakins, Evans, Fox, Gillespie, Holloway, Harwood, Hilligos, Haggard, Heller, Hidy, Howe, Jackson, Jess, Klinger, Knapp, Keller, Littleton, Langley, Lindsey, Mansfield, McKee, Moberly, Meliza, Mark, Miller, Pittman, Patterson, Robinson, Ross, Ritchie, Ruckman, Richner, Smith, Snell, Sullivan, Streeter, Scott, Smith, Thomas, Taylor, Van Meter, Vining, Webb, Wooding, Warren, Walker, Wells, Wheeler, Warner, Wysong
Past and Present
of
Piatt County,
Illinois
TOGETHER WITH
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY PROMINENT
AND INFLUENTIAL CITIZENS.
Charles McIntosh
Associate Editor
ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO:
THE S. J. CLARK PUBLISHING CO.
19O3
(517 Pages)
INDEX
Chapter I. Early history, 1820-1840
Chapter II.
1840-1903
Township Organization
Civil War
Jail
Poor Farm
Railroads
Dredge Ditch
Piatt Fair
County Papers
Improvements of County Buildings
Court House and Jail
County Officers
Chapter III.
Schools of the county
School Directors' Association
Annual Institute
State Course of Study
Monticello Township
Bement Township
Cerro Gordo Township
Milmine
La Place
Goose Creek Township
Sangamon Township
Willow Branch Township
Unity Township
Blue Ridge Township
Chapter IV.
Monticello
Monticello Water Works
Town Hall
Farmers' Elevator
Banks
Harrington Brother
Elevators
Telephones
Hotels
Light Plant
Pepsin Syrup Company
H. D. Peters Company
Monticello Churches M. E. Church
Presbyterian
Lodges Masonic Order
I. O. O. F
K. of P.
Chapter V.
Early settlement by township
Bement
Unity
Cerro Gordo
La Place
Milmine
Willow Branch
Blue Ridge
Sangamon
Biographical
Adkins, Allerton, Allman, Andrews, Armsworth, Arnold, Ashmore, Baker, Bales, Barker, Barnhart, Bateman, Bear, Beckenholdt, Bell, Benard, Benson, Blacker, Blagg, Bondurant, Booth, Bosserman, Buckle, Bunyan, Burgess, Burns, Bushee, Camp, Campbell, Carter, Chenoweth, Churchill, Clark, Cline, Coffin, Coleman, Comerford, Cope, Croninger, Crook, Curry, Cyphers, Darst, Dauberman, Davidson, Dawson, DeGrofft, DeLand, Deveny, Dewey, Dighton, Dilatush, Dillin, Dresbach, Drum, Duncan, Edie, Edwards, Elliott, Ellis, England, Etnoyer, Evans, Fairbanks, Firke, Fisher, Fleck, Fosnaugh, Foulk, French, Frizzell, Fulk, Funk, Furnish, Gantz, Gardiner, Garver, Gessford, Gillespie, Gilmore, Gordon, Gross, Gulliford, Hamman, Haneline, Harris, Hawley, Hetishee, Higgins, Hill, Hilligoss, Hiser, Hoffman, Howell, Hubbard, Hubbart, Huff, Homeau, James, Jamison, Jones, Keel, Kersten, Kilborn, Kile, Kingston, Kirby, Kizer, Knight, Lamb, Langley, Larson, Leach, Locher, Lodge, Lord, Lowther, Lubbers, Lumsden, McClain, McClure, McGinnis, Maier, Mansfield, Marquiss, Martin, Matson, Means, Merritt, Meyer, Miller, Miner, Mitchell, Moery, Moody, Moore, Morris, Moyer, Nelson, Noe, Noecker, Odernheimer, Ohler, Olson, Orr, Peters, Piatt, Pierson, Pipher, Pittman, Ponder, Predmore, Prine, Rankin, Ray, Reed, Reeves, Rhoades, Richey, Rinehart, Rodman, Root, Ross, Roth, Royse, Ryder, Schwartz, Scott, Shively, Shreve, Sisson, Smith,Smock, Smothers, Staats, Stanley, Stephenson, Stevenson, Stollard, Stout, Sullivan, Swisher, Taylor, Teats, Tippott, Tipped, Trenchard, Uhl, Van Gorder, Van Syckel, Vent, Wachs, Wachs, Wack, Warner, Warren, Webster, Weilepp, WeWells, Wheeler, White, Wilhelmy, Wilson, Wolfe, Wood, Wyman, Yapp, Zook,