Description: Free Media Mail! For faster delivery, upgrade to Priority. NAMES! NAMES! NAMES! NAMES! NAMES! Hamilton County, Illinois USA New! 89-Page Book Early days in Hamilton County, IL, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales, factual data and personal biographies in this brand new spiral-bound book. The book is an excerpt from the hard-to-find 1887 book, History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois published by Goodspeed Publishing Co. of Chicago. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. The book contains 89 pages. However, because we use a 2-up format on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, it has the equivalent of over 170 pages from the original book. Books on Gallatin, Saline, Franklin and Williamson counties from this same source are also available in our eBay Store. Among the many subjects discussed are: Physical Features; an extentive list of early settlers; Tales of Indians; a list of land entries made prior to Feb. 8, 1821; Organization of the county and names of officials; Military history with names of many participants -- Black Hawk War, Mexican War, and the Civil War; Courts and court cases, including several murder cases; Settling disputes by "fighting exercises" in a "stray pen; McLeansboro -- the first house, businesses, societies with names of officers, newspapers, city officials; Dahloren, Thackeray, Logansport, and other towns; Agricultural board; Schools, including Hamilton College and Teachers institutes; Churches; and other bits of history and trivia. Attention Genealogists: This booklet contains biographies of many county residents of yesteryear. Some are brief, but others include ancestors, previous residences, children, in-laws, affiliations, war records, and business activities, in the course of which they often shed light on the businesses, churches, professions and institutions, and on the events of the day. The biographies include: Major John T. Anderson, Heirom Atchisson, John C. Asher, R.C. Atkinson, Dr. Valentine B. Benson, Isaac G. Berridge, James H. Brown, William W. Buck, James M. Burton, James R. Campbell, Ira B. Carey, Aaron G. Cloud, Chalon G. Cloud, Capt. Joseph Coker, William A. Coker, John H. Corn, Warren D. Crouch, John H. Dale, Marion C. Dale, William J. Darnall, William C. Davis, R. Davis, Benjamin F. Douglass, Louis Eswine, William R. Flannigan, Thomas J. Garrison, Dr. Samuel E. Gates, R.M. Gowdy, Dr. Wilford F. Hall, H.W. Hall, C.M. Hall, David Hamill, William Hamill, Daniel Hanagan, Prof. James J. Hassett, Newton C. Henderson, Hiram Hinkle, Dr. John T. Hunt, John E. Irvin, W.B. Johnson, Capt. Charles A. Johnson, John W. Johnson, John Judd, Lieut. Henry A.W. Kipp, Johnson H. Lane, James Lane, E.W. Ledbetter, John R. Lee, Dr. Charles M. Lyon, Will McConnell, George W. Mangis, Samuel S. Marshall, John W. Marshall, Robert L. Meador, Aaron S. McKinzie, William McGehee, I.N. Mercer, E.N. Miller, Abner R. Moore, F.W. Morgan, Capt. James P. Moorman, Dr. E.G. Neel, Dr. John S. Organ, Samuel J. Pake, C.W. Pope, Robert Proudfit, David Proudfit, Alex H. Pulliam, William Rickcords, James E. Robinson, John B. Standerfer, Thompson B. Stelle, Alexander T. Sullenger, John M. Suttle, Charles S. Todd, Squire James Twigg, Joseph H. Upchurch, John H. Upton, Thomas B. Vaughn, Leonidas Walker, Albert Walters, Dr. Charles W. Weaver, James K.P. White, John H. Wilson, John J. Wood and Alvin A. Young. Wouldn't this make a unique gift?
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