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Source:
HISTORY
of
MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
- ILLUSTRATED-
With Biographical Sketches of many Prominent Men and Pioneers
Published By:
W. R. Brink & Co.
Edwardsville, ILL
1882
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PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. - A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE NORTH WEST
TERRITORY |
9 - 25 |
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- Geographical Position
- Early Explorations
- Discovery of the Ohio
- English Explorations and Settlements
- American Settlements
- Division of the North West Territory |
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CHAPTER II. - BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ILLINOIS |
25 - 43 |
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- French Possessions
- The first Settlements in Illinois
- Founding of Kaskaskia
- As a part of Louisiana
- Fort Chartres
- Under French rule
- Character of the Early French Settlers
- A possession of Great Britain
- Conquest by Clark
- The "Compact of 1787"
- Land Tenures
- Physical Features of the State
- Progress of Development
- Material Resources of the State
- Annual Products
- The War Record
- Civil Government
- Territorial and State Officers
- Miscellaneous Information |
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CHAPTER III - GEOGRAPHY, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
AND RAILROAD FACILITIES |
44 - 54 |
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- Geography
- Population
- Topography
- Timber
- Hydrography
- Mounds
- Soil
- Agriculture
- Census
- Transportation
- Railroads, Chicago and Alton; Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific;
Indianapolis and St. Louis; Rock Island Division of C. B. and Q. St.
Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute; Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis;
St. Louis Bridge |
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CHAPTER IV - GEOLOGY |
54 - 57 |
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- Loess, Drift, Carboniferous, Chester
Limestone, St. Louis Limestone, Artesian Wells, etc. |
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CHAPTER V - ANTIQUITIES. |
58 - 64 |
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- Cahokia, or Monk's Mound, the Mounds of the
American Bottom, The Mound Builders; The Indians; Antique Pottery;
Images, Copper Implements, etc., and Description of Plates,
representing them, etc. |
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CHAPTER VI - FLORA |
64 |
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- List of Native Woody Plants, Grasses, etc.,
etc. |
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FAUNA.
Rodentia, or Guawers, Reptiles, Class of Birds; Raptores,
Scansores, Rasores, Grallatores, Natatores, Insessores, etc. |
65 |
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CHAPTER VII - PIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLEMENTS |
67 - 103 |
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- Early French Settlers
- Old Land Claims
- Pioneer Americans
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Capture of the Gillham Children by the Indians
- Monks of the La Trappe
- Settlers During the War of 1812-14
- Indian Troubles
- Wood River Massacre Citizens of the County in 1845
- Subsequent Settlements
- The McMahan family massacre
- Early Marriages
- Marriage Certificates
- Character of the early Settlers
- Pioneer Customs and Modes of life
- Early Financial Condition of the County
- Articles of Household Use
- Prairie fires
- Pioneer Schools and Churches
- Early Mills
- Early Agriculture
- The first Orchards
- Birds and Animals
- Prairie Flies
- Indian Treaty at Edwardsville
- Items Concerning Slavery
- Remarkable seasons and changes of Weather
- Earthquake of 1841?
- Navigation of the Mississippi, etc. etc. |
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CHAPTER VIII - EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION |
103 - 113 |
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- Early French Families
- German Settlers
- The Bohemians, The Irish, Swiss, English, Scotch, etc. |
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CHAPTER XI - CIVIL HISTORY |
113 - 181 |
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- Territorial Times 1812 to 1819
- Slaves and Indentured Blacks
- Slaves in the County
- First Efforts of County Government
- First will on Record
- The Circuit Courts in Territorial Times
- The County at the close of 1818
- Letter by a Citizen of Ridge Prairie
- George Churchill and Micajah Cox' Addresses
- County Boards from 1813 to 1849
- Statistics, Official Accounts, Tables, etc.
- The Courts from 1819 to 1849
- Trial and Execution of Eliphalet Greeen
- 1821 March Term
- Justice of the Peace from 1827 to 1849
- Probate Courts
- Retrospection 1849 to 1882
- Sketch of Edwardsville, by H. C. Gerke (1831-'32)
- Government of the County
- County Commissioners, Jan. 24, 1847 to April 1876
- Addenda
- Circuit Court Notes, 1849 to 1855
- 1855 to 1857
- 1861 to 1873
- Circuit Court, May Term, 1865
- 1873 to 1879
- Probate Court, 1849 to 1882
- Conclusion. |
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CHAPTER X - THE BENCH AND BAR |
181 - 197 |
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- First Lawyers, Judges, and Early Courts
- The Bench
- The Bar
- Non-Resident Lawyers
- Former Resident Lawyers
- Present Members of the Bar |
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CHAPTER XI. - THE PRESS |
197 - 216 |
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- The Discovery and Invention of the Art of
Printing
- Early History of the Press
- First Newspaper in Illinois and in Madison County
- The Slavery Question, etc.
- The Alton Riots and urder of Elijah Parrish Lovejoy
- A brief History of all the Newspapers published in the
county |
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CHAPTER XII. - PATRIOTISM |
217 - 265 |
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- War of 1812
- The Black Hawk War 1831 - 1832
- War of Mexico
- The War of the Rebellion
A Roster of the Men who participated in each of
the Wars, with a short sketch of the Regiments to which they
belonged |
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CHAPTER XIII. - THE COMMON SCHOOLS |
265 - 272 |
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- Early Schools in the County - The Schools by
townships |
265 - 272 |
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- Shurtleff College |
272 |
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- Monticello Ladies' Seminary |
275 |
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- Wyman Institute - |
276 |
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CHAPTER IV - ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY |
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- A. M. E. Church |
293 |
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- Allemeine Christliche Kirche, Highland |
331 |
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- Baptist Church |
301 |
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- Christian Church |
323 |
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- Church of the Redeemer |
328 |
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- Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
324 |
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- French congregation in Helvetia |
331 |
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- German M. E. Church |
291 |
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- Lutheran Church |
329 |
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- Methodist Episcopal Church |
277 |
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- Presbyterian Church |
294 |
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- Protestant Episcopal Church |
321 |
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- Roman Catholic Church |
319 |
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- United Denomination |
324 |
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
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Ambrosius, Conrad A. |
463 |
| Anderson, John |
462 |
| Barnsback, Thos.
J. |
449 |
| Bartlett, Jesse |
451 |
| Becker, John |
463 |
| Bols, M. H. |
411 |
| Boeschenstein,
Charles, Jr. |
436 |
| Bosomworth,
Robert |
359 |
| Brown, James R. |
371 |
| Brown, Ansel L. |
365 |
| Bruuner, Jno.
A., Capt. |
499 |
| Bulkley, Justus |
406 |
| Castagnetta,
John |
515 |
| Chipron, C. P. |
436 |
| Cole, Hermon C. |
412 |
| Coles, Edward,
Gov. |
350 |
| Cotter, W. H. |
367 |
| Crossman, S. V. |
355 |
| Daech, William |
372 |
| Estabrook, John |
482 |
| Fahnestock, Jno.
T., Capt. |
368 |
| Faires, William
H. |
469 |
| Fangenroth,
Charles W. |
366 |
| Forman, Wm. C.. |
492 |
| Gillespie,
David, Judge |
358 |
| Gillespie,
Joseph, Judge |
351 |
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| Gillespie,
Matthew, Judge |
362 |
| Gonterman, Caleb
B. |
450 |
| Gruaz?, Timothy |
436 |
| Hardy, I. E.,
Dr. |
404 |
| Hauskins, Elias |
452 |
| Herb, C. A. |
408 |
| Hite, B. R. |
461 |
| Hill, William E. |
526 |
| Hoerner, John S. |
437 |
| Holtz, George |
548 |
| Ingham, Roland
J. |
515 |
| Irish, T. J. |
504 |
| Jeffress, A. W. |
499 |
| Joesting, F. W. |
409 |
| Judd, Henry L.,
M.D. |
66 |
| Judy, Thomas |
535 |
| Kleinwort,
Hermann |
407 |
| Lanterman, Wm.
A. |
489 |
| Lindley, William |
520 |
| Mason, J ohn |
516 |
| May, William |
452 |
| McInerney, J. J. |
412 |
| McPike, Henry G. |
412 |
| Merriman,
Charles |
517 |
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Miller, John A., Capt. |
424 |
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| Mills, B. H. |
422 |
| Mitchell, James |
518 |
| Montgomery,
Nelson |
364 |
| Moore, Franklin,
Maj. |
425 |
| Nelson, Abra |
405 |
| Newsham, Thos.
J., Maj. |
373 |
| Newman, Zadock |
486 |
| Newman, J. R. |
487 |
| Norton, Wilbur
T. |
411 |
| Pearce, W. W. |
554 |
| Perrin, Thomas
H. |
411 |
| Prickett, John
A. |
353 |
| Pyle, Abner |
470 |
| Searcy, George
W. |
468 |
| Semple, James,
Gen. |
401 |
| Smart, Alsey S. |
452 |
| Smith, John H. |
450 |
| Smith, W. A. |
488 |
| Spies, Jacob |
498 |
| Springer, Wm. M.
T. |
370 |
| Squire, James |
519 |
| Tonsor, John M. |
410 |
| Tontz, Jones |
549 |
| West, F. M.,
Hon. |
356 |
| Worden, John C. |
542 |
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CITY AND TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
| Alhambra |
550 |
| Alton |
374 |
| Chouteau |
471 |
| Collinsville |
453 |
| Edwardsville |
333 |
| Fort Russell |
475 |
| Godfrey |
505 |
| Hamel |
531 |
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| Helvetia |
42_ |
| Jarvis |
438 |
| Leef |
536 |
| Marine |
493 |
| Moro |
490 |
| Nameoki |
500 |
| New Douglas |
529 |
| North alton |
400 |
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| Olive |
523 |
| Omph-Ghent |
538 |
| Pin Oak |
444 |
| Saline |
545 |
| St. Jacobs |
463 |
| Upper Alton |
396 |
| Venice |
520 |
| Wood river |
414 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS
| Brown, C. C. |
facing 528 |
| Brown, Z. |
facing 512 |
| Brunner, Rudolph |
facing 496 |
| Cahokia Mounds |
facing 60 |
| Castagnetta, J. |
facing 412 |
| Clark, James W. |
facing 424 |
| County Map |
facing 0 |
| Culp, J. C. |
facing 424 |
| Custom and
Merchant Mills |
facing 424 |
| Ewan, J. T. |
facing 424 |
| Flick, C. H. |
facing 116 |
| Forman, William
C. |
facing 420 |
| Galt, William |
facing 480 |
| Gay, Newton S.,
Hon . |
facing 492 |
| Gruaz, Timothy |
facing 436 |
| Harmist and
Cook's Drug Store |
facing 348 |
| Harris, T. N. |
facing 520 |
| Hickin, Edward |
facing 524 |
| Jeffress, A. W. |
facing 509 |
| Kaufmann, Gustav |
facing 552 |
| Kellermann,
Simon |
facing 348 |
| Klinke, Fritz |
facing 524 |
| Laengle, Henry |
facing 436 |
| Marsh, William
W. |
facing 472 |
| May, William |
facing 452 |
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| Monk's Mound |
58 |
| Moore, Frank,
Maj. |
facing 388 |
| Mound
Antiquities |
facing 62 |
| Neisler &
Randall |
facing 412 |
| Old Log School
House |
267 |
| Places of Public
Interest, Edwardsville |
facing 344 |
| Places of Public
Interest, Alton |
facing 396 |
| Prange, Charles
W. |
facing 464 |
| President Park
Mills, Between |
420-421 |
| Public Buildings |
facing 179 |
| Puncheon Bench |
268 |
| Ramsey, William |
facing 428 |
| Smart, Alsey S. |
facing 495 |
| Smith, W. A. |
facing 488 |
| Smith, John H. |
facing 448 |
| Starner, G. J. |
facing 482 |
| Senzel, Frank |
facing 372 |
| The Buildings
where Lovejoy was murdered |
388 |
| Walter, Louis |
facing 512 |
| Watson, Henry |
facing 472 |
| Wiedmer, John |
facing 424?? |
| Wood River Fort,
1812-1814 |
415 |
| Worden, John C. |
facing 542 |
| Wyman Institute |
276 |
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PORTRAITS
| Anderson, John |
462 |
| Barnsback, Thos.
J. self and wife |
419 |
| Bartlett, Jesse |
451 |
| Brown, James R. |
371 |
| Bruner, Jno. A.,
Capt. |
403 |
| Bulkley, Justus |
406 |
| Cotter, W. H. |
367 |
| Crossman, S. V. |
355 |
| Daech, William |
372 |
| Dale, M. G.,
Judge |
360 |
| Estabrook, John,
self and wife |
482 |
| Fahnestock, Jno.
T., Capt. |
368 |
| Faires, Wm. H. |
469 |
| Fanngenroth,
Charles W. |
366 |
| Gillespie,
Joseph, Judge |
351 |
| Gillespie,
David, Judge |
358 |
| Gillespie,
Matthew, Judge |
362 |
| Hardy,,, I. E.,
Dr. |
404 |
| Herb, C. A. |
408 |
| Hite, B. R. |
461 |
| Hotz, George |
548 |
| Irish, T. J. |
504 |
| Joesting, F. W. |
409 |
| Judy, Thomsa,
self and wife |
535 |
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| Kinder,
Isabella, Mrs. |
364 |
| Lanterman,
Wm. A. |
489 |
| Mason, John ,
self and wife |
546 |
| Merriman,
Charles |
517 |
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Mills, B. H. |
422 |
| Mitchell, James |
518 |
| Montgomery,
Nelson, self and wife |
364 |
| Moore, Franklin,
Maj. |
425 |
| Nelson, Arba |
405 |
| Newman, J. R.
self and wife |
487 |
| Pearce, W. W. |
554 |
| Preuitt,
Solomon |
facing 480 |
| Prickett,
John A. |
353 |
| Pyle, Abner |
470 |
| Semple,
James, Gen. |
401 |
| Smith, W. A.
self and wife |
488 |
| Springer, Wm. M.
T. |
370 |
| Spies, Jacob |
498 |
| Springer, Thos.
O. |
484 |
| Squire, James |
519 |
| Tonsor,
John M. |
410 |
| Tontz,
Jones |
495 |
| West, E. M.,
Hon. |
356 |
| Worden, John
C. |
facing 512 |
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| Amendments to
the Constitution of the United States |
602 |
| Constitution of
Illinois |
586 |
| Constitution of
the United States |
599 |
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| Declaration of
Independence |
598 |
| Partial Lit of
Patrons |
555 |
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