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Charlie and Mary Culver

Charles Culver Family of Cherry Valley

…building was comprised of a large grocery department with pickle barrels, coffee grinder, boxes with glass windows full of cookies, crates and crates of fresh eggs brought in by the farmers. They were in the “egg candling” room where father tested each egg against a light to see if it was good. Sometimes they contained baby chick embryos. Then there was a long glass enclosed display case containing jewelry, shelves of caps, mittens, gloves, overalls, (Oshkosh B’Gosh) and work shoes. The middle section by the side door held shelf upon shelf of the rubber boots. The large round pot-bellied stove…

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The Garrett Clan of Cherry Valley

…and that is where he met my Mother. He worked for Barber-Colman Company, which is where he was employed when I was born. In fact, he worked there for ten years before leaving to operate a garage, which was known as “The G & S Garage”. This garage was located where Cherry Valley Machine Tool is now located. He operated this garage for ten years before he closed same during the depression and returned to Barber-Colman Company for another ten years. My Dad and Mother operated a kennel and raised Cocker Spaniels for several years in the 1940’s. Then in…

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General Rodman’s Plans

…and extensive manufacturing depot, it was found necessary to buy out the interests of the private parties and of the railroad company. A commission consisting of General J. M. Scofield, Selden M. Church and James Barnes, was appointed to appraise the lands on the island owned by individuals. An act of Congress, approved June 27, 1866, appropriated the money necessary to buy out their claims, authorized the relocation of the railroad bridge, and provided for compensating the railroad company for changing its route across the island. The same act made an appropriation to begin work on the development of the…

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Permanent Pioneer Settlements Of Illinois

…the springtime was full of water. The fort was barely completed when there arrived one Renault, a representative of the Company of the West (a creation of the famous John Law), the director general of the mining operations of that concern which were designed to re-enforce the uncertain finances of France. He had left France in the spring of 1719 with two hundred miners, laborers and a full complement of mining utensils. Among his force were also several hundred St. Domingo negroes, whom he had bought on his way to Louisiana to work the mines and plantations of the province….

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Illinois History and Genealogy Societies

Genealogy and Historical Societies often have a wealth of information. Many provide these services free while others charge a minimal amount. When asking for help, please don’t ask them to search for every Surname you are researching. Illinois State Genealogical Society BIGWILL Genealogists Cary-Grove Historical Society Computer Assisted Genealogy Group Computer-Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois Crystal Lake Historical Society Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois. Elgin Genealogical Society Genealogical & Historical Societies of Illinois Genealogy Society of Southern Illinois (GSSI) Huguenot Society of Illinois Illiana Jewish Genealogical Society Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution Illinois Heritage Association…

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First Baptist Church

…the city has been proud, and who have given character and helpfulness to the entire community. The largest membership at any time was September 23, 1906, when the total reached four hundred. The church is entirely free of debt, and all departments of the work are in active and successful operation. The property is carefully kept by a board of five trustees, and is all in first class condition. The organization is in a thoroughly prosperous condition, and is doing an aggressive work in the evangelization and Christian teaching of the community. Harry W. Reed, Doctor of Philosophy, has been…

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First Methodist Episcopal Church

…built at a cost of about $4,000. It was dedicated in December of the year of its completion. It remained the home of the church for eleven years, until the erection of a. much more commodious and imposing structure, on the site of the present church. The conference of 1843 made Rock Island a station, and Reverend Andrew Coleman was appointed pastor. During the pastorate of Reverend G. L. S. Stuff. 1850-1851, the first parsonage was built; a brick building still occupied as a residence, on Nineteenth Street just north of Fifth Avenue. This house when built was in a…

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Sacred Heart Belgian Catholic Church, Moline

…is upward of three hundred families. In September, 1907, there was opened in connection with the church, a parochial school, numbering at present two hundred and sixty pupils. This school follows the public school program in all its grades and is free to children of all denominations. The congregation possesses at present a church and school edifice, a parsonage, and a residence for the Sisters conducting the school. The present pastor is Reverend J. B. Ceulemans, residence 1304 Sixteenth Avenue, Moline, Illinois. Churches of Rock Island County Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908…

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The United Presbyterian Church

…the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street, where it yet stands, doing service for the German Presbyterians first, and now for the Swedish Free Evangelical Church. The building was entered the first Sabbath of January, 1855. The pulpit furniture was not upholstered, for the Reverend J. R. McCallister’s pulpit sofa was a nail keg with a board across it, while the pulpit itself was a dry goods box. The pews were planks laid across nail kegs or boxes. The lights were plain tallow candles. Most of the work on the building was done by the members, under the direction…

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Giles M Adams

Biography of Giles M. Adams

…our subject emigrated to Illinois with his wife and the children who had been born to them in Tennessee, making the journey Northward with teams. He first stopped in Madison County for a time, but in 1830 came to this county. At that time there was but few white settlers here, and deer, wolves and other kinds of wild animals were very numerous. He entered Government land near Dorchester, and for nearly five years lived in the log house that he built there. At the expiration of that time he sold his place, and coming to what is now Brushy…

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