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Franklin County History

Franklin County History

search is available by clicking on the hourglass icon in the display below. Digital Book Table of Contents The geography of Franklin County Origin of Franklin County Organization Settlers and settlements Character of the early pioneers Roads Land entries Industries among the pioneers Society and manner of living Slavery in the state and county Northern and Ewing townships Barren and Goode Tyrone township Benton township Browning, Eastern and Cave Frankfort Denning and Six Mile Railroads County officials Schools Coal mines Early courts and law Source Aiken, Hiram M., Franklin County history, centennial Edition; Illinois : Franklin County Centennial Committee, 1918…

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History and reminiscences vol 1

The William P. Blanchard Family

…had gone to their long rest. All honor to the brave and noble men and women who were not afraid to brave the dangers, endure the hardships, deny themselves the comforts and associations of their early homes, that we, their descendants, might have a broader scope, greater opportunities and more freedom in a better country. Source Old Settlers’ Union of Princeville and Vicinity. History and Reminiscences, from the Records of Old Settlers Union of Princeville and Vicinity; Material Comprised in Reports of Committees on History and Reminiscences for Years 1906-1910. Vol. 1. Peoria, Ill., E. Hine & Co., Printers, 1912-….

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of Frank King

…left his island home to join the adventurers who were going to cruise to California in search of gold. He secured passage on a vessel bound around Cape Horn to the Golden State, obtaining a situation as cabin boy, and on August 8, 1849, entered the Golden Gate at San Francisco. After landing, he accepted a good office to go to the gold fields as a driver of an ox-team up the valley of the Yuba River. He mined some, and afterward drove team for some time. He had a full experience of all the various phases of frontier life…

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Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois

Biography of William T. Beeby

…born in England, her birthplace being Dorsetshire, and her birthday being July 11, 1838. She was about eleven years old, when with her parents she came to America in the spring fo 1851. They belonged to the farming class and made their living in this way. Our subject carried on his farm for over twenty years, making it pay handsomely for the care that he bestowed upon it. At the end of this time he sold his place and free from business cares he paid a visit to his native land, being gone about six months. He could not, however,…

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This drawing of Rockford in 1855 illustrates that it was thriving, with a well-established business district, churches, and numerous houses.

The Rock River and the First Swedes in Rockford

…stagecoach only lasted two decades. Local residents petitioned the legislature to build a canal from the Rock River to Lake Michigan. This too failed. In 1844 a committee surveyed a route for a plank road from Rockford to Chicago at a cost of $312,731.29. The idea failed because of a proposed railroad from Chicago to Galena. On January 16, 1836, the state granted a charter to the Galena and Chicago Union Rail Road (G & CURR) to construct a railroad with a single or double track. Work began immediately. The committee surveyed a route and soon realized that Chicago’s ambition…

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1921 Alton illinois City Directory

Alton Illinois City Directories 1874-1923

…This state of prostration continued until 1842. From that time until the present there has been steady, healthy and constant growth. The “Town of Alton” was incorporated by the Legislature, Feb. 6th, 1833; the “City of Alton,” was chartered by the same body, July 21st, 1837. Free Alton Illinois City Directories 1874-1923 These 21 city directories have been placed online at the Internet Archive by the Hayner Genealogy & Local History Library. They can be read online, searched, or downloaded freely. 1874 Alton Illinois City Directory 1876-1877 Alton Illinois City Directory 1886-1887 Alton Illinois City Directory 1889-1890 Alton Illinois City…

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Crittenden H C Anderson

Biography of Crittenden H. C. Anderson

…displayed good judgment as to the quality and value of land, he became the companion and business associate of his father in dealing in land and in stock generally. They traveled the country in all directions, and for long distances, for the purpose of buying hogs and cattle, frequently going together on horseback and driving cattle as far north as Wisconsin and Michigan to a market, and also driving stock of all kinds overland to the St. Louis market. At one time they were offered forty acres of land now in the heart of Chicago for a cow, which was…

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Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois

Biography of William T. Beeby

…born in England, her birthplace being Dorsetshire, and her birthday being July 11, 1838. She was about eleven years old, when with her parents she came to America in the spring fo 1851. They belonged to the farming class and made their living in this way. Our subject carried on his farm for over twenty years, making it pay handsomely for the care that he bestowed upon it. At the end of this time he sold his place and free from business cares he paid a visit to his native land, being gone about six months. He could not, however,…

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Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois

Biography of Capt. Joseph F. Ballinger

…farm in Greene County. Captain and Mrs. Ballinger began their domestic life on a farm near Dover, Greene County, where they resided for many years, so developing and improving their one hundred and sixty acres until it was called one of the finest farms in that county. At Length, having acquired through his individual efforts and the assistance of his estimable wife a comfortable competence, Capt. Ballinger resolved to lay aside business cares and in the fall of 1875 they went to Brighton, where he lived in quiet retirement, enjoying the fruits of his labors until called to the home…

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Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois

Biography of George W. Arnett

…years. At the expiration of that time he rented the farm for a period of two years, and then bought land on section 9, of the same township. A log cabin and a small tract of broken prairie constituted the improvements at the time of the purchase. Our subject erected a comfortable frame house, which he later replaced by a more modern and commodious residence, besides making many other substantial improvements, that made that farm one of the best in its vicinity. It comprises two hundred and ten acres of farming land and forty acres of choice timber. In 1888…

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