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Lee County Illinois

Biography of William B. Page

Lee County /

William B. Page of Lee County represented the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., a global enterprise with factories in Europe and the United States, including in Dixon, Illinois, where Page managed the successful local branch. Born to pioneer settlers, Page thrived in a family distinguished for enterprise: his brother George H. Page managed the company’s growth into a multi-million dollar entity; his brother Charles A. Page gained fame as a journalist and war correspondent, later contributing to the company’s international expansion until his death; and David S. Page assisted general management in Europe. William’s own international experience in condensed milk production…

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of Simon Rhodes of South Dixon Township

Lee County /

…Rhodes. No member of the farming community of this county is more worthy of representation on these pages than Mr. Rhodes, who has shown the value of his citizenship, as an intelligent and practical farmer; by helping in the great work of carrying on the agricultural industries for which this State is noted; and as a patriotic and useful soldier during the late war who nobly did his part in saving our country from disunion and dishonor. Our subject was born in Somerset County, Pa., January 12, 1839. His father, David Rhodes, was also a native of that county, coming…

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of John Holdren of Compton

Lee County /

John Holdren, a wealthy farmer residing in Compton, Illinois, was born on February 4, 1825, in Mt. Pleasant Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. His father, Edward Holdren, originally from New Jersey, moved to Pennsylvania and became a successful farmer. In 1851, John relocated to Lee County, Illinois, settling on land his father had acquired. He initially improved his farm south of Compton before moving to another property in Brooklyn Township in 1863. In 1876, John moved to Compton village. He married Phebe A. Derr in 1849, and they had five children: William C., Eleanora, Edward, Janet, and Sherman J. John Holdren,…

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Dead Man’s Grove

Champaign County

…the early comers here as landmarks, so conspicuous were they on the horizon, and, in the absence of trails to guide the traveler, they served an excellent purpose as such. “Adkins Point referred to a point of timber reaching to the north from the northwest corner of the Big Grove in Somer Township, and got its name from the residence there of the family of Lewis Adkins. “Nox’s Point meant the locality of the village of Sidney, and received its name from the first settler in the point made by the Salt Fork timber in its eastward trend. The settler…

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La Salle Starts For The Illinois Country

Champaign County

…which was to become a very historic one. There were in all twenty-nine Frenchmen and one Indian. Among them were La Salle, De Tonti, Fathers Louis Hennepin, Zenobe Membre, Gabriel de La Ribourde, La Metairie (a notary) and De Loup, the Indian guide. They crossed the portage of three or four miles under great difficulties, dragging their canoes and their burdens on sledges. The ice was getting thick and a heavy snow storm was raging. Illinois Genealogy Source: A Standard History of Champaign County, Illinois, by J. R. Stewart, published by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago And New York, 1918….

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Illinois Church Records

Illinois Church Records Illinois, Diocese of Belleville, Catholic Parish Records, 1695-1956 A help guide for accessing the images of parish registers recording the events of baptism, first communion, confirmation (to 1907), marriage (to 1930) or death (to 1956) in the Diocese of Belleville (Illinois), Roman Catholic Church. The index to some volumes may reference pages within a given volume beyond current publication dates. As such, these images are not currently available. In addition to traditional parish registers, this collection includes a small number of census, church history, family and financial records. To assist the researcher I have broken down the…

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Illinois Land Records

…titles issued between 1908 and the mid-1960’s) are currently being added to this web site. Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands -Research related to the Southern States, mid 1800s A Location Guide to the General Land Office (GLO) Survey Plats A list of organizations that own GLO plats (originals or copies. Illinois Public Domain Land Sales 19th Century                     Prev | Home | Next…

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The Governor’s Proclamation

Rock Island

…the United States, and May 9 they commenced their march up Rock River. Before marching Governor Reynolds engaged the services of Thomas Kinney, a Rock Island settler as a guide, Mr. Kinney being able to understand a little of the Sac language. In the march up the river, General Whiteside with the Illinois Volunteers marched on the east side. While General Atkinson, with four hundred regulars came, some on the west side and some in boats with the supplies. With Atkinson was Colonel Zachary Taylor. Indian Wars Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908…

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Royal Arcanum

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…A. Robb; vice-regent, William Ranson; orator, Frank H. First; past regent, H. H. Robb; secretary, S. E. Mattison, junior; collector, Joseph F. Schneider; treasurer, A. S. Rasmussen; chaplain, Reverend Thomas J. Shuey; guide, Albert Myers; warden, Benjamin E. Robb; sentry, William M. Johnson; trustees, Phil S. Wilcher, William Emig, Charles Oswald; representative grand council, H. H. Robb; alternate, Will A. Robb. Meetings are held in Math’s Hall, the second and fourth Friday nights of each month. The present membership is eighty-two. Rock Island County Organizations and Societies Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908…

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History of Bureau County, Illinois Title Page

Biography of George H. Bacon of Indiantown, Illinois

Bureau County

…in Bureau County, and reared on the farm. In the spring of 1803 he went west, passing through Denver and Salt Lake City till he reached Virginia City in Montana Territory, where he mined, and was so engaged in the stock business for a period of nearly nine years. During that time he traveled over a great part of the northwest. In the fall of 1863 he, with a party of thirty men, discovered the geysers, solfataras, etc, in the Yellowstone Park, which remained unknown to the outside world till the fall of 1869, when Mt. Bacon acted as guide…

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