HISTORY
OF
MENARD & MASON COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
CHICAGO:
Published by: O.L. Baskin & Co.,
Historical Publishers
186 Dearborn Street
1879
The following index and chapters from the 1879 History were transcribed and submitted by:
Jeanie Lowe,
Kristin Vaughn &
Ellen Booth.
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CHAPTER |
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| Opening by Rev. R. D.
Miller |
189 |
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Old Salem |
310 |
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| Agriculture |
192 |
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Tallula Precinct |
316 |
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| Early Settlements |
196 |
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Settlement of Precinct |
317 |
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| Aboriginal Inhabitants |
211 |
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Early Privations |
320 |
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| Early Manners and
Customs |
213 |
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Educational & Religious |
322 |
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| Mills and Milling |
215 |
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Village of Tallula |
325 |
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| Clothing |
216 |
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Athens Precinct |
328 |
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| The Early Churches |
220 |
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Early Settlements |
328 |
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| Regular Baptists |
221 |
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Kate Yates Greene -- picture |
331 |
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| Anti-Calvinists Baptists |
222 |
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Early Trials & Difficulties |
336 |
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| John E. Tice -- picture |
223 |
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Churches of the Precinct |
338 |
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| The M. E. Church |
225 |
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Athens Village |
340 |
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| The Disciples |
228 |
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Churches, Schools, Etc. |
342 |
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| The Cumberland
Presbyterians |
230 |
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Village Incorporated |
343 |
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| The Presbyterian Church |
233 |
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Fancy Prairie |
344 |
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| The Episcopal Church |
243 |
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Greenview Precinct |
344 |
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| Lutheran Church (German) |
243 |
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The Early Settlement |
345 |
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| Catholic Church |
243 |
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The History of the Past |
347 |
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| Deaths and Cemeteries |
244 |
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Births, Deaths, Marriages, Etc. |
351 |
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| Railroads |
246 |
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Village of Greenview |
352 |
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| Navigation of the
Sangamon |
249 |
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Sugar Grove Precinct |
356 |
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| Education |
250 |
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The Settlement |
357 |
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| War Record |
254 |
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Village of Sweetwater |
364 |
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| War of the Rebellion |
257 |
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Indian Creek Precinct |
366 |
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| W. G. Greene -- picture |
259 |
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J. Q. Spears -- picture |
367 |
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| Soldiers of the War of
1812 |
275 |
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Settlements of Indian Creek |
369 |
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| Harris Guard |
279 |
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Educational and Religious |
372 |
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| County Officials Listed |
280 |
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The Village of New Market |
374 |
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| Petersburg Precinct |
282 |
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Sandridge Precinct |
375 |
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| Early Settlement |
283 |
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Early Settlements |
376 |
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| The Pioneer Days |
291 |
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Early Milling, Blacksmithing, Etc. |
379 |
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| The City of Petersburg |
292 |
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Village of Oakford |
381 |
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| Mrs. W. G. Greene --
picture |
295 |
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Rock Creek Precinct |
383 |
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| Petersburg as the County
Seat |
297 |
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Its Early Settlement |
384 |
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| Schools - Past and
Present |
299 |
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Churches, Schools, Shops, Etc. |
389 |
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| Church History |
300 |
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Last Page of Menard History |
390 |
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| The City Press |
308 |
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County Business Directory |
863 |
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| Miscellaneous Items |
309 |
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