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Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Cass County vol 2 toc

Biography of Gilbert Jeptha Armstrong

Cass County, Macon County, Morgan County

…Democrats who place principle above party. He is interested in his friends and, not seeking office for himself, has never hesitated to go into the field and work for others. He is at present the democratic committeeman from Chandlerville Precinct and has won the approval and good will of the public for his careful, conservative and honest political dealings. Religiously, he is affiliated with the First Christian Church of Chandlerville, and serves as a member of the official church board. A man of upright life and high ideals, he enjoys the highest esteem of his fellow citizens, and never does…

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Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois

Biography of John M. Ahrens

Macoupin County

…Mr. Ruther is still living at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died in Fosterburg in 1848, at a comparatively early age. She was a member of the Lutheran Church, with which her husband has always been identified. Mrs. Ahrens remained with her parents until her marriage. She has proved a true helpmate to him and has made for him a pleasant home. Their union has been blessed with twelve children, two of whom are now deceased. Dora, who became the wife of Edgar Golightly, died at the birth of her first child, a son, when twenty-six years of…

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Additional Publications of Rock Island County

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…Woodman (monthly); official paper of the Modern Woodmen of America; Frank O. VanGalder, editor. Mystic Light (monthly) ; Henry E. Burris (colored), publisher. Rock Island Credit Rating Book and Daily Bulletin; published by Rock Island Business Men. Polk’s Rock Island-Moline Directory, R. L. Polk and Company, publishers. Tri-City Unionist; published by the Unionist Publishing Company. The Villa Shield; published by the Sisters of the Visitation. The Davenport Daily Times, of Davenport, conducts a news bureau in both Rock Island and Moline. The Press Of Rock Island County Source: Historic Rock Island County, pub. Kramer & Company, Rock Island, Illinois, 1908…

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Early Settlements of Rock Island County

Rock Island

…Lake Pepin and the mouth of the St. Croix, which Charlevoix says became “the centre of commerce for the western parts.” Le Sueur discovered lead mines on both sides of the Mississippi River (at Dubuque and Galena), and Penicault, his reporter and companion, speaks of the rapids at Rock Island. We know that agents of Anthony Crozat at some time between the years 1712 and 1717 worked the lead mines around Dubuque and Galena; that as early as 1792 printed maps of this country show the Rock Island Rapids, naming them “Nine-mile Rapids,” and we further know that from 1788…

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7th Illinois Infantry

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…Company D, Litchfield and vicinity; Company E, Atlanta and vicinity; Company F, Bunker Hill and vicinity; Company G, Springfield and vicinity; Company H, Lincoln and vicinity; Company I, Springfield and vicinity; Company K, Carlinville and vicinity. The regiment was mustered into the United States service at Camp Yates April 25, 1861, by Captain John Pope, U.S.A. Was forwarded to Alton, St. Louis, Cairo and Mound City, where it remained during the three months service. Was reorganized and mustered for three years service July 25, 1861, by Captain T. G. Pitcher, U.S.A. Proceeded to Ironton, Missouri, and joined the command of…

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24th Illinois Infantry

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…this battle were Captain Aug. Mauff and Captain Geo. A. Guenther; and the companies were commanded as follows: Company A, by Sergeant Chas. Fritze, afterward its Second Lieutenant. Company B, by First Lieutenant Andrew Jacobi, afterward transferred to another regiment and promoted. Company C, by First Lieutenant Wm. Blanke, afterward Captain. Co. D, by Sergeant Major Wm. Vocke, afterward Second Lieutenant, Adjutant of the Regiment, and finally Captain of Company D. Company E, by First Lieutenant Arthur Erbe, subsequently Captain of Company H. Company F, by Second Lieutenant Hugo Gerhardt, afterward First Lieutenant. Company G, by First Lieutenant Peter Hand,…

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John P Binney

Biography of Dr. John P. Binney

Macoupin County

…years were no manifold that he could not, if he haul desired, take an active part in political affairs. He and his wife are numbered among the most highly esteemed citizens of the county, where for almost half a century they have made their home, and the confidence and good ‘ wishes of the community are accorded them. In connection with this brief biographical review the reader will notice a lithographic portrait of Dr. Binney, whose lineaments will be thus perpetuated for coming generations. Source Chapman bros. Portrait and biographical record of Macoupin county, Illinois. Chicago: Biographical publishing company, 1891….

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of Richard S. Farrand of Dixon

Lee County /

…employment as a farm laborer in the summer seasons, and devoted his winters to attending school until he was eighteen years old. At that age he began teaching in Viola Township and taught school for seven years. In 1877 he was called to public life by his appointment as Deputy Sheriff by J. N. Hill. He came to Dixon to assume the duties of his position and soon commenced the study of law with A. C. Bardwell. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and formed a partnership with Mr. Bardwell, with whom he practiced until 1882. He rose…

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of Thomas W. Brown of Franklin Grove

Lee County /

…part of the village of Franklin Grove, where he has a home replete with all the comforts and luxuries necessary to the best social life. His dwelling is a large brick house, second to none in the village in beauty of architecture and the convenience of its interior arrangements. It is supplied with the modern improvements, heated by a furnace, and has hot and cold water in all parts of the house, besides a well-appointed bathroom. Among the most pleasant features of this elegant home is the good cheer always to be found within its walls, its inmates understanding well…

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Lee County Illinois

Biography of Charles A. Morris

Lee County, McHenry County /

…began his education in the district school and subsequently pursued a good course of study in the East Paw Paw Seminary, where he ranked well for scholarship. At the age of eighteen, he commenced to learn the art preservative in the office of the Lee County Times. Having become quite an expert typesetter, he entered the office of the Paw Paw Herald a year later as a compositor. In 1866 he bought the office, its appurtenances, and the goodwill of the former proprietor, and has since conducted a good business as a job printer, as well as an editor and…

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