Abt, Paul W., 1362 Adams, Robert L., 1528 Adams, Willard W., 1299 Adams county, 174 Adderly, Henry C., 575 Adles, Max, 923 Agnew, T. Lee, 780 Agricultural resources— Preponderance of rural population, 419; average size and price of farms, 420; per cent of value in lands, buildings, etc., 420; number of farms, 421; educational agencies, 421 Aiken, Hiram M., 1233 Akers, Peter, 385 Albion, 453, 454, 549 Alexander, James, 1376 Alexander, John, 1376 Alexander, Milton K., 205 Alexander, Walter C., 569 Alexander, William M., 425 Alexander county—First settlers near Thebes and at Cairo, 425; county seat changes, 425; Cairo surveyed and founded, 427; lumber interests and levees, 427; Alexander in the war, 427; industries, railroads and schools, 428; noted visitors, 429; some prominent men of the county, 431; the old town of Thebes, 431; the visit of the “Concord,” 431; Alexander county court house (illustration)—At Cairo, 424; at Thebes (1845), 426 Allen, James C.,314,338,447,1608 Allen, Thomas 0., 329 Allen, William J., 338 Allio, James H., 1139 Allyn, Robert, 402, 407 Almira College, 435 Alsbrook, Arthur B., 811 Alsbrook, Robert W., 793 Alsup, James T., 1509 Altgeld, John P., 341 Alto Pass, 545 Alton Battalion, 332 Alton city hall where Lincoln-Douglas debate was held (illustration), 302 Alton Seminary, 383 Alton Spectator,” 348 Ames, E. R., 384 Amity Academy, 434 Andel, Casimir, 334 Anderson, Amos, 514 Anderson, Benjamin H., 902 Anderson, Charles E., 1040 Anderson, Cyrus H., 956 Anderson, George H., 1642 Andrews, George W., 1106 Anna, 545 Anti-Nebraska party, 250 Antrim, Hugh 5., 740 Apple, Elmer L., 1579 Applegath, Joseph, 455 Applegath, (Mrs.) Joseph, 456 Archer. William B., 436 Asbury, Isaac M., 1417 Atherton, William N., 1699 Attractive architecture, McLeansboro (illustrated), 476
Badgley settlement, 173 Bailey, Henry, 1540 Bainhridge, 564 Baird, Samuel W., 1161 Baker, Carl, 1135 Baker, David J., 166, 527 Baker, E. D., 230, 560 Bald Knob, 544 Baldwin, Theron, 372 Ballance, John W., 603 Bank of Cairo, 410 Bank of Illinois (Shawneetown), 125, 198, 223, 409, 412 Bank bills (illustrations), Issued by Edwardsville bank in 1821, 141; by Cairo bank, 196 Banks and banking First land offices and banks in Egypt, 409; Bank of Illinois” created, 409; Bank of Cairo, 410; the state banks, 410; internal improvement schemes, 411; financial complications and embarassments, 412; the Free Banking Law, 414; Wild Cat” banks; 415; one hundred and fifteen banks of issue, 415; effects of national banking system, 416; illinois Bankers' Association, 416; group No. 10, (Southern Illinois), 417; building and loan associations, 124, 194, 243, 417 Banks and banking (illustrations), Cairo bank, Kaskaskia, 410; old banking house in Shawneetown (1840), 413 Bankson, James, 552 “Baptist Banner,” 348 Baptists (early), 121, 179 Barclay, Guy 0., 1492 Barclay, Phil C., 626 Barker, Daniel P.. 878 Barker,Lewis, 489 Barnett, William U., 1482 Barr, William W., 817 Barringer, George, 602 Bartlett, Oscar L., 632 Bartmes, Frank, 1030 Barton, John H., 1697 Bateman, Newton, 255, 393 Battle of Bad Axe, 191 Beach, Herbert C., 877 “Beacon,” 445 Bean, Jerome F., 1694 Beatte, Ira, 1305 Beclitold, Herman T., 1193 Bechtold, William G., 1123 Beck, Guy, 461 Beckemeyer, Herman H., 1633 Becker, Edward P., 1076 Beecher, Edward, 372 Beever, John C., 980 Beever, W. George, 961 Begg, J. Cyril, 1357 Belleville, 532, 533, 535 Bellefontaine, 509 Bellmann, Emanuel, 1497 Bennett, John, 941 Benson, Newton J., 693 Benton, 467 Bergen, John G., 178 Bernreuter, Louis, 1234 Berry, William, 346 Beveridge, John L., 340 Bierer, Frederick C., 662 Bierer, Frederick G., 663 Big Four Depot and Y. M. C. A. building, Mt. Carmel (illustration), 550 Big Muddy river, 355 Biggs, William, 433, 509 Binder, John F. W., 1056 Birkbeck, Morris, 143 153, 346, 453, 454, 456, 457, 559 Birkner, Edward H., 1182 Bissell, L. H., 459 Bissell, William H., 229, 251 Bissell (William H.), administration Official oath against dueling, 253; Bissell-Davis affair, 254 Black Hawk (portrait), 185 Black Hawk war, 183 Blake, Edward L., 1405 Blake, William B., 1072 Blanchard, Israel, 322 Boewe, Ernest E., 1589 Boggs, Vivian 0., 772 Boisbriant Pierre Duque, 59, 66 Bon Pas block house, 549 Bond, Shadrach, 103, 117, 118, 135, 136, 147, 494, 509, 527 Bond (Shadrach) administration Starting the new machinery, 136; Illinois Black Code, 138; in the new capital, 139; attempted financial relief, 139; Military tract, 142; the English Prairie settlement, 142; Governor Bond returns to his farm, 147. Bond county Two' neighborhood forts built (1811), 432; the Cox massacre, 432; Salt works, 433; slavery issue in Bond county, 434; schools, 434; farms and finances, 435 Bone, Finis E., 975 Bouncy, John R., 1242 Borah, William E., 556 Borah, William N., 556 Borah, James L., 1636 Boswell, Charles J., 911 Bour. Frank i5~4 Bouthillier, 175 Bowlesville, 472, 482 Boys corn club in Johnson county (illustration), 374 Boyd, Christopher J., 1201 Boyer, Eli, 531 Bracy, Benjamin D.. 1080 Bradbury, Presley G., 1536 Braden, Clark, 390, (389 portrait), 391 Braden, William B., 1175 Bradley, Daniel J., 1326 Bradley, James,, 383 Bradley, Thomas A, 625 Bramlett, John D., 863 Brayfield, Benjamin F., 695 Breese, Sidney, 238, 376, 445 Breeze, Emanuel, 906 Brick, 19 Bridges, Gus H., 699 Bridges, Harry T., 678 British occupation, 72 Britton, Edward G., 657 Brock, F. M., 1655 Brookport (Brooklyn), 507 Brooks, John F., 372 Brooks, William, 439 Brosman, William H., 1595 Brown, Alfred, 1165 Brown, Austin I., 1327 Brown, Charles, 982 Brown, Columbus, 614 Brown, John J., 1615 Brown, John M., 630 Brown, John P., 886 Brown, Joseph M., 1144 Brown, R. B., 596 Brown, Samuel B., 1523 Brown, William H., 166, 346 Browning, John L., 1579 Browning, Levi, 1577 Browning, Nelson, 667 Browning, 0. H., 251 Brownsville's only remaining house, 483 Bruchhauser, William, 625 Brush, Daniel H., 1398 Brush, Samuel T., 1395 Bryan, Silas Lillard, 338, 503 Bryan, William Jennings, 338, 504 Bryant, Emmett 0., 1516 Bryden, William, 577 Bucher, Eberhard, 789 Building and loan associations, 417 Bunch, Andrew J., 264 Bundy, Joseph B., 744 Bundy, William F., 1479 Burbes, Henry 5., 963 Burch, Elmer, 1261 Burgess, Hampton 5., 1610 Burkhardt, Henry, 1377 Burkhardt, John M., 1309 Burkhardt, Phillip, 1037 Burkhart, James M., 1049 Burnett, C. P., 1290 Burnett, Henry L., 1300 Burnett, John H., 1104 Burns, Henry E., 979 Burton, Charles C., 1170 Burr, Aaron, 506 Burns, Hiram H., 692 Burritt, Eldon G., 386, 435 Bushnell, D. I., 28 Butler, William N., 814 Butner, Andrew J., 862
Cache river, 355 Cahokia, 51, 100, 172, 532, 534 Cahokia Building, view of, 1361 Cairo, 118, 427 Cairo City and Canal Company, 427 Caldwell, Andrew 5., 1067 Caledonia, 519 Calhoun, Hugh, 528 Callahan, Ethelbert, 1245 Calvin, Allen F., 1197 Calvin, Robert, 521 Camp, Abram, 447 Campbell, Alexander, 555 Campbell, Bruce A., 958 Campbell, James R., 335, 477 Campbell, J. M., 400 Canal scrip bill ($100) (illustration), 248 Cantrell, William 5., 830 Cantril, John, 1706 Capel, Sigel, 1374 Capitols (illustrations) At Kaskaskia, 137; at Vandalia, 139, 462; at Springfield, 204, 338 Carbondale, 484 Carbondale College, 397 Carbondale National Bank, 761 Carlile, R. A., 818 Carlin, Thomas, 219 Carlin, William P., 328 Carlyle, 443 Carlyle, James C., 1662 Carlyle, Thomas, 444 Carmi, 558, 559 Carr, John E., 801 Carrier Mills, 540 Carroll, Charles, 471 Carroll, McDaniel, 1371 Carson, William C., 1119 Carson, Zenas C., 1108 Carter, George E., 1571 Carter, James C., 765 Carter, Marcus L., 861 Carterville, 564 Cartwright, Peter, 384 Casey, Thomas 5., 330 Casey, William, 489 Casey, Zadoc, 179, 181, 192, 489, 503 Caspar, Edward J., 1519 Casper, Walter J., 1140 Casteel,' Burton L., 893 Catholic missions (early), 121, 175 Catlin, Oren, 176 Cave-in-Rock, 479, 480 Centerville, 549 Central City, 505 Centralia, 505 Cereal Springs, 564 Cerre, John Gabriel, 101 Chaffin, Horatio C., 1253 Chamberlin, John M., Jr., 574 Chapman, James C., 1469 Chapman, Pleasant 5., 496 Chapman, Pleasant T., 750 Charlottesville, 498 Chase, Charles H., 717 Cherry, Thomas L., 707 Chester, 527 Chicago Inter-State Exposition, 341 Cisne, William H., 1661 Citizens' State & Savings Bank, 1602 City Hall, Mt. Carmel (illustration)7 546 City National Bank of Murphysboro, 677 Civil war period Logan's popularity 315; Logan In congress and the field, 316; state conventions and assemblies, 316; Knights of the Golden Circle, 317; Southern Illinois in camp and in battle, 322; three years service, 326; one hundred days service, 332; the Alton Batallion, 332; one year service, 332; cavalry service, 333 Clanahan, Milo R., 1262 Clark county First settlements, 436; Marshall and the national road, 436; professional men of the county, 437; agricultural and financial, 437 Clark, George Rogers, 83 (portrait), 495, 506, 561 Clark, Harry H., 1622 Clark, James 5., 1079 Clark, John, 179 Clark, Thomas A., 1651 Clark's conquest of the Illinois country Conditions in Illinois, 79; Clark's expedition, 80; public and private instructions to General Clark, 81; down the Ohio, 82; across southern Illinois, 83; capture of Kaskaskia, 85 Clay City, 441 Clay county Maysville, oldest settlement, 439; county seat moved to Louisville, 439; busy early decade (1840-1850), 440; Ohio and Mississippi railroad built, 440; founding of churches, 440; settlement in western sections, 441; present villages and towns, 441 Clays, 19 Clayton, Walter E., 1075 Clements, Frank, 633 Clendennin, T. C., 429 Clinton county Carlyle, first settlement and county seat, 443; laid out in 1818, 443; candidate for state capital, 444; Judge Sidney Breese, 445; present conditions, 445. Clinton, DeWitt, 443 Cloud, Newton, 234 Coal, 15, 467 Cobbett, William, 143 Cobden, 545 Cockrum, Matthew W., 1205 Cole, Charles B., 1248 Cole, Hermon C., 1248 Coles, (Edward) administration a man with convictions, 148; the slavery issue, 150; a bitter campaign, 152; the result, 155; the Sangamon country, 157; a distinguished visitor (LaFayette), 160; the elections of 1826, 163 Coles, Edward (portrait), 149 Coles, Frank, Jr., 1593 Coles, Frank, Sr., 1580 Collier, Homer, 1084 Colp, John, 1532 Colyer, Walter, 1586 Comings, Alfred, 727 Company of the West, 54 Compton, Levi, 547 Concrete railroad bridge over Salt creek, near Effingham (illustration), 459 Connaway, Norman W., 831 Constitutions Territorial bill of 1809, 109; of 1818 (state), 133; of 1848, 233; of 1870, 339 Cook, Daniel P., 164, 510, 527 Cook, John, 324 Cook, Marion C., 854 Cook, Rufus E., 1502 Cook, Thomas M., 624 Cooper, John L., 1605 Copeland, James P., 1589 Copeland, Louisa, 1592 Copeland, Minnie L., 1593 CoughanOwr, George W., 784 County of Illinois, 87-90 Covington, 552 Cowan, Thomas J., 797 Cowling, Edward J., 969 Cox, Henry, 1493 Crab Orchard, 564 Cram, Clam, 977 Crawford county Lamott,first white resident, 446; terrible Hutson massacre, 446;. Palestine, the old county seat, 447; Robinson made the county seat, 447; school interests, 447; agriculture, 448 coming of railroads and oil, 448; Oblong, 449; the oil industry, 449 Crawford, Francis E., 1156 Crawford, James W., 1073 Cremeens, George L., 1195 Crichton, George K., 687 Crim, Charles W., 1506 Cross, John R., 1427 Crowley, Joseph B., 1511 Crozat, Anthony, 53, 59, 175 Cruiser Concord in port at Cairo, (illustration), 430 Cruse, Grant, 1154 Cullom, Edward, 447 Cullom, Shelby M., 340 Cumberland c o u n t y County s e a t changes, 451; general facts of interest, 451; newspapers, 451; the national road and railroads, 451 Cunningham, J. M., 562 Cunningham, James T., 314 Curtis, Henry C., 672 Cutler, Manasseh, 99
Dailey, Samuel M., 1275 Daily, Whitson W., 477 Daniel, Marshall R., 1422 Dare, Eugene M., 1331 Daugherty, John E., 1463 Davenport, George 0., 1380 Davenport, John, 1378 Davidson, Charles A., 1402 Davis, Charles C., 1301 Davis, David, 251 Davis, Frank M., 1574 Davis, Henry L., 1332 Davis, Jefferson, 192 Davis, Joseph W., 842 Dawson, Duly M., 674 Dawson, Lewis A., 769 Dell'Era, Louis, 1400 Deneen, Charles 5., 343, 385 Denison, Leon E., 767 Dense woods, Johnston county (illustration), 494 DeRenault, Phillipe Francois, 54, 66, 67, 105 De Rocheblave, Chevalier, 75, 96 Dewey, Robert K., 1138 Dewey, William 5., 859 DeWitt, John C., 713 DeWitt, William M., 1623 Diamond Grove Prairie, 173 Dick, Edgar B., 821 Dickens, Alfred Tennyson, 431, 537 Dickens, Charles, 536 Dickey, Thomas M., 1623 Dill, John D., 607 Dillon, Andrew, 1530 Dillon, Elisha, 1123 Dillon, Hettie A., 1125 Dillon, Wilford F., 1478 Dimmock, Thomas, 216 Dinwiddie, Charles C., 1354 Dixon, William, 518 Dodd, George E., 1513 Doherty, Anthony, 1460 Dollins, James J., 330 Donaghy, Mrs. Minnie J., 778 Donaghy, William B., 778 Donaly, James, 1002 Dorris, William 5., 909 Dougherty, Henry, 327 Dougherty, James, 520 Douglas, Stephen A., 238, 249, 255, 301, 313, 314, 371, 429 Dowell, George W., 1450 Dowell, William C., 1204 Draper, Newton W., 1468 Drone, Marion N., 1285 Dry, Alva R., 847 Dubois, Jesse K., 251, 497 Dubois, Toussaint, 497 DuCoign, Jean Baptiste, 26 Duff, A. D., 322 Dulany, William A., 1612 Dunaway, Samuel W., 1069 Duncan, George E., 1061 Duncan (Joseph) administration—election as governor, 193; banking legislation recommended, 194; United States and state banks, 195; redemption extension, 197; suspension of specie payments, 198; State Bank in liquidation, 200; internal improvements, 200; recommendations, 200; bill passed over governor's veto, 203; capital removed to Springfield, 203; also passed over council's veto, 205 Duncan, Joseph, 157, 165, 169, 185, 192, 193, 222, 368, 436 Duncan, Mathew, 344 Dunn, Joel, 1538 DuQuoin, 515 Dwyer, Mrs. W. T., 716 Dye, John W., 851
Early-day dwelling of clay and straw, Richland county (illustration), 529 Early River boats, 353 Early schools, 120 Early school houses, 369 Early school teachers, 120, 366, 455 Easley, William T., 1324 Easterday, Elmer P., 731 Easterday, Melancthon, 612 East St. Louis, 537 Eaton, Abel C., 914 Eaton, Samuel B., 898 Ebers, William, 945 Echols, Thomas B., 1613 Eddy, Henry (portrait), 154, 344, 471 Edgar, John, 103 Edwards county Settlement of the English prairie, 453; Albion founded, 454; Judge Walter L. Mayo, 454; Piankashawtown, 455; an early teacher, 455; an early civil engineer, 456; the manufacture of clay products, 456; interesting county items, 457. Edwards, Cyrus, 371, 376 Edwards, Francis M., 1104 Edwards, James E. N., 1070 Edwards, James G., 348 Edwards (Ninian) administration The State Bank, 166; an interesting doctrine, 168; school legislation, 169; the Winnebago War, 170 Edwards, Ninian, 109, 164, 533 Edwards, Ninian W., 373 Edwards, William 0., 829 Edwardsville, 344 Effiugham, 458 Effingham county Ewington, first county seat, 458; present seat of justice, 458; Illinois College of Photography, 459; Teutopolis, 459; land values, 459 Eighteenth Infantry Regiment, 327 Eighth Illinois Infantry, 335 Eightieth Infantry Regiment, 329 Eighty-first Infantry Regiment, 330 Eighty-seventh Infantry Regiment, 330 Eis, Gustave E., 1315 Eldorado, 540 Eleventh Infantry Regiment, 326 Elizabethtown, 479 Elliott, Thomas 0., 1003 Ellis, John M., 176, 178, 382 Elvira, 494 Emmerson, Louis L., 1373 Emporium Real Estate and Manufacturing Company, 521 Enfield, 560 English, George W., 745 English Prairie settlements, 144, 453 Epler, Elbert, 1659 Equality, 472 Ernest, Ferdinand, 462, 463, 559 Ernest (Hanover) colony, 463 Ernst, Frank, 1097 Eshleman, Hugh B., 905 Etherton, James M.,759 Evans, Joseph T., 1028 Everest, Harvey W., 407 Ewing College, 385 Ewing, W. L. D., 192 Ewington, 458
Fager, Daniel B., 1157 Fairfield, 557 Faller, Louis, 1239 Farmer, Robert, 75 Farmer, William M., 1152 Farms (illustrations) Oakdale farm, Vienna, 493; P. S. Chapman farm, Vienna, 495; Wm. E. G. Britton, Mounds, 519 Farris, Dawson, M., 1336 Fayette county First settlers in the county, 461; first capitol at Vandalia, 461; second capitol, 462; Perryville, seat of Fayette county, 462; Ernest, or Hanover colony, 463; Fayette and Vandalia items, 463 Feirich, Charles E., 816 Feldmeier, Samuel H., 1277 Felts, Benjamin R., 1683 Fern, William J., 588 Ferrell, Benjamin B., 1527 Ferrell, Hosea V., 1163 Ferrell, William F.. 1183 Feuchter, Charles, 873 Fifer, Joseph W., 341 Fifth Cavalry Regiment, 333 Fifteenth Cavalry Regiment, 334 Fifty-fourth Infantry Regiment, 329 Fifty-sixth Infantry 'Regiment, 329 File, Charles R., 1490 Finley, John Evans, 122 First American school teacher in Illinois, 120 First Cavalry Regiment, 333 First court of law, 69 First High School in Illinois, 382 First magazine in Illinois, 347 First National Bank of Mound City, 798 First Republican governor of Illinois, 253 Fischer, John G., 1060 Fisher, George, 117 Fisher, Orcenith, 553 Fithian, Charles D., 1550 Fitzgerrell, Daniel G., 1341 Fitzgerrell, Evan, 1024 Flack, John, 513 Flanagan, Samuel J., 399 Flannary, Abraham, 425 Flannary, Joshua, 425 Flannary, Thomas, 425 Flannigen, John L., 932 Flathead and Regulator war, 224 Fleming, Richard G., 1387 Fleming, R. K., 346 Flora, 441 Flower, George, 144, 346, 454, 457 Flower, Richard, 144, 145 Fly, Jesse J., 697 Ford, J. B., 919 Ford, Theodore M., 618 Ford, Thomas, 166, 348, 510 Ford, William H., 1143 Ford (Thomas) administration —Illinois and Michigan Canal progresses, 223; a brighter outlook, 223; s some social problems, 224 Fordham, Elias Pym, 454, 456 Foreman, Ferris, 230, 231, 463 Forester, John, 892 Fort Chartres, 54, 66, 71 and 72 (illustrations) Fort Clark, 174 Fort Crevecmur, 45 Fort Dearborn (Chicago) in 1812 (illustration), 114 Fort Dearborn massacre, 112 Fort Edwards, 115 Fort Gage, 527 Fort Massac, 506, 507 (illustration), 508 Fortieth Infantry Regiment, 328 Forty-third Infantry Regiment, 328 Forty-eighth Infantry Regiment, 328 Fouke, Philip B., 327 Four Mile Prairie, 513 Fourteenth Cavalry Regiment, 334 Fourth Illinois Infantry (Spanish-American war), 334 Fox, Erwin D., 1320 Fraim, Oliver M., 739 Frankfort, 467 Franklin county Cave township first settled, 465; pioneer mills erected, 465; early-time items, 466; slaves and land, 466; Benton, the county seat, 467; Logan and Douglas, 487; growth of coal interest, 467 Fraser, Alexander 5., 643 Free Banking law, 244, 414 French, Augustus C., 255 French (Augustus C.) administration End of Flathead and Regulator war, 226; Mexican war, 228; Mormons, 228; constitution of 1848, 233; Ill. Cent. R.R., 237; a new banking system, 243 French, D. P., 378 French, George H., 573 French villages, religious life of, 60 Frier, Harry L., 1006 Friganza, Commodore, 1392 Friganza, Willis T., 1393 Fuller, R. C., 1384 Funkhauser, John J., 330 Fyke, Edgar E., 1542
Gahm, George L., 1557 Galbraith, John T., 579 Galena, 175 Gallatin county The county's first white settler, 469; a land of floods and levees, 470; the Wilsons, 470; General Thomas Posey, 471; other prominent men, 471; town of Equality, 479; pioneer industry, 479 Gallatin County Bank, 1702 Galligan, James H., 890 Garretson, James, 509 Garrison, I. L., 1624 Gas, 18 Gasaway, Americus, 1294 Gaskins, Edward, 833 Gaskins, John T., 858 Gaskins, Wilson, 825 Gatewood, William J., 371 Gauen, Albert, 1054 Gauen, Roy E., 1032 Gee, Harl L., 1330 Gee, Knox, 1503 Gen. Grant and Gen. McClelland at Cairo (1861) (illustration), 323 Geology Civilization based on, 2; General scientific phase, 3; eras, 4; time divisions, 5; Southern Illinois, 5; Glacial period, 7 George, William E., 1200 Georgetown, 552 Gerhart, Thomas 5., 1225 Gerlach, Jacob P., 578 Gerould, Theodore F., 1293 Gibbs, William I., 226 Gibson, Elijah P., 1271 Gibson, James Walter, 1158 Gibson, James W., 1421 Gilbert, Edward L., 795 Gilbert, Miles F., 726 Gilbreath, 'Whitney, 933 Gill, E. E., 1058 Gillespie, Joseph, 39, 314 Gillespie, Robert E., ~72 Gilliam, William H., 1304 Glass, William T., 1339 Glynn, John P., 600 Goddard, George A., 682 Goddard, Henry T., 1677 Goddard, Reuben J., 924 Golconda (bird's eye view), 517 Goodman, Thomas B., 1115 Gordon, Abram G., 1172 Gordon, George A., 1497 Gordon, H. 5., 1497 Goudy, John, 376 Grammar, John, 542 Grand Rapids dam, Mt. Carmel, 356 (illustration), 551 Grand Tower, 484 Grant, Ulysses 5., 324 Grant, William A., 997 Grant, William H., 822 Gravier, James, 49 Greaney, William P., 826 Great Medicine Water, 518 Great Western Railway Company, 238 Green, Earl, 1352 Green, Reed, 842 Green, William H., 1353 Green, William P., 609 Green, Judge William P., 1240 Greenup Tribune,” 451 Greenville College, 386, 435 (illustration) Grierson, Benjamin H., 333 Grissom, William M., 1207 Griswold, Stanley, 109 Gum, George W., 1489 Gun "Capt. Billy Smith", Cairo (illustration), 428 Gunboats at Cairo (illustration), 325 Gusher near Robinson, Crawford county (illustration), 449
Hacker, Fanny P., 429, 1297 Hacker, John 5., 543 Haertling, G. H., 1575 Hale, James I., 628 Hale, John A., 584 Hall, Frank H., 422 Hall, Henry R., 1319 Hall, James, 344, 347 Hall, William B., 880 Hall, William 0., 1455 Halliday, Samuel, 1692 Hambleton, W. L., 522 Hamilton, Charles E., 658 Hamilton, James W., 1364 Hamilton College, 477 Hamilton county—First settlers, 475; Judge Stelle's pioneer pictures, 475; which Rector was massacred, 476; town of McLeansboro, 476; as to education, 477; James R. Campbell, 477; general information, 477 Hamlin, John, l74 Hammond, Jackson L., 756 Hansen, Nicholas, 151 Hardin county Picturesque and prosperous, 478; lead mines and towns, 478; first settlers, 479; Cave-in-Rock described, 480 Hardin, John H., 229 Hardy, John G., 690 Hardy, Solomon, 178 Hargrave, Jean, 796 Harker, Oliver A., 1100 Harlan, James D., 1617 Harmon, John, 385 Harper, John B., 1539 Harreld, William E., 1344 Harrington, Lawrence R., 685 Harris, Clyde D., 774 Harris, Gilham, 555 Harris, Isaac, 555 Harris, Thomas W., 329 Harrisburg, 540 Harrison, Francis 0., 1220 Harriss, Judson E., 938 Hart, Samuel, 1096 Hart, William H., 1274 Hartwell, Dausa D., 1038 Hartwell, DeWitt T., 1022 Hasenjaeger, Henry, 808 Hatch, 0. M., 251 Hawkins, Louis A., 1324 Hawks, Walter 5., 322 Hay, W. D., 560 Haynie, Isham N., 328 Heard, Montreville, 1444 Hearn, William 0., 733 Heckert, Henry F., 1226 Helm, Douglas W., 1670 Hemenway, Justin G., 884 Henderson, W. H., 222 Henry, James D., 185 Henson, John H., 1250 Herbert, Oscar L., 876 Herrin, 564 Herrin, Paul D., 1118 Hersh, E. W., 1065 Hess, L. Jasper, 805 Hester, James 5., 648 Hewitt, Francis M., 1098 Heyde, John B., 1055 Hickman, George A., 749 Hicks, Stephen G., 231, 328 Higher education First High School in Illinois, 382; Southern Illinois College, 387; state aid and legislation, 392; Southern Illinois high schools, 394; Southern Illinois Normal University, 395; work of the State Teachers Association, 395; Legislature creates Normal University, 396; educational conventions, 397; Carbondale, site of Illinois Normal University, 400; University opened, 402; building burned, 404; the New Main Building, 406; general review, 407 Hight, James F., 758 Hileman, George T., 694 Hill, William 5., 732 Hill, William H., 1425 Hill, Robert P., 1089 Hillman, A. C., 378 Hill's fort, 432 Hines, Frank B., 386, 1685 Hirons, John D., 1237 Hodges, Edmund J., 1485 Hoffman, Francis A., 251 Hoffman, George, 1626 Hoffmeier, Fred, 1316 Hofsommer, Charles W., 1114 Rogue, James H., 1466 Hogue, Wilson Thomas, 386 Holbrook, Darius B., 427 Holcomb, Matthew R., 1562 Holdoway, John A., 897 Holshouser, William 0. 1480 “Homestead Exemptior Law,” 235 Hood, Fred, 752 Hoopes, Thomas F., 1432 Hopkins, Frank, 585 Hopp, Edward J., 867 Hord, George Y., 1511 Horn, Henry, Sr., 985 Horn, Mary F., 987 Horn, Thomas, 987 Hostettler, Henry W., 1244 Hotels (illustrations) Old Sweet hotel, Kaskaskia, 162; the Rawlings hotel, Shawneetown, 163; old Jonesboro hotel, headquarters of Lincoln and Douglas (1858), 542 Hovey, Charles E., 396 Howe, Elbridge Gerry, 176 Howell William H., 1472 Hubbard, Adolphus Frederick, 164 Hubbard, William H. 1134 Huddleston Orphans” Home, 380 Hudgens, Hiram A., 677 Hudgens, John B., 696 Hudson, Ira J., 719 Huegely, John, Jr., 1310 Huegely, Julius, 1173 Huffman, G. Riley, 721 Huffman, George H., 734 Hughes, Aurelius G., 737 Hull, John, 407 Hull, Nathaniel, 599 Hundley, Robert M., 331 Hunsaker, George, 542 Huntsinger, Harrison P., 894 Huthmacher, Charles C., 1062 Huthmacher, George, 725 Hynes, Thomas W., 433
“Illinois Advocate and Lebanon Journal,” 385 Illinois Agricultural College A part of the General System, 376; created by the state, 377; school opens in 1866, 378; uncertainty as to status, 379 Illinois and Michigan Canal, 202, 223 Illinois Bankers Association, 416 Illinois Central Railroad, 238 Illinois College, 385 Illinois College of Photography, 459 Illinois country, 62 “Illinois Emigrant,” 344 “Illinois Gazette,” 344 “Illinois Herald,” 344 “Illinois Intelligencer,” 346 “Illinois Monthly Magazine,” 347 “Illinois Republican,” 346 Illinois State Trust Company, 1361 Illinois S t a t e The constitution o f 1818; first state election, 135 Illinois Teachers Association, 372 Illinois Temperance Herald, 348 Indiana Territory Harrison and the Indian problems, 104; slavery in the territory, 105; erection of, 108; War of 1812, 111; matters of local interest, 115; a second-class territory, 116; a retrospect, 119; services of Nathaniel Pope, 129; the constitutional convention, 131; immigration to Illinois, 126; Indian trails, 357 Indians Great families, 23; Illinois Indians, 24; great chiefs, 25 lndustrial League of Illinois, 376, 395 Ingersoll, Ezekiel J., 406, 650 Ingersoll, Robert G., 471 Inglis, Samuel M., 435 Ingraham, Charles E., 703 Internal Improvements, 201, 221,229 Irvin, Cyrus H., 1190 Irvington, 378 Isley, Albert E., 1491
Jackson, Charles A., 809 Jackson county Settled early part of nineteenth century, 481; salt industry founded, 482; Illinois Central brings settlers, 483; Carbondale platted, 484; coal mining, 484; Grand Tower, 484; Murphysboro, 485 Jackson, Earl B., 1035 Jackson, James W., 1072 Jacksonville, 178 James, Bennett, 1674 James, Fountain E., 1576 James, George W., 715 Jasper county Newton, the county seat, 486; population and agriculture, 486; villages in county, 486; Mt. Vernon made, the county seat, 489; military record, 490; car shops, 490; judicial and legal center, 490; Mt. Vernon of today, 491; facts of interest, 491 Jenkins, David P., 334 Jenkins, Henry R., 807 Jennelle, John J. 1464 Jeremiah, Thomas 1212 Jesuits, 60, 80 Jinnette, Ezekiel R., 1418 Jo Daviess county, 174 Johns, Frederick A., 332 Johnson, Charles, 1638 Johnson, Edgar F., 1434 Johnson, Matthew, 75 Johnson, Stephen A., 1039 Johnson, William L., 910 Johnson county Created by Governor Edwards, 492; agriculture and stock raising, 492; early settlers, 494; slavery contest (1823-4), 494; Major Andrew J. Kuykendall, 495, Clark passed through the county, 495 Johnston City, 564 Johnston, James F., 1142 Johnston, William R., 708 Joliet, 36, 40 Jones, Alfred H., 1486 Jones, Emsly, 481 Jones, Gabriel, 527 Jones, James~ 348 Jones, James M., 966 Jones, Obadiah, 109 Jones, Robert 5., 1541 Jones, Thomas T., 1470 Jones, William, 179 Jones, William C., 1563 Jones' fort, 432 Jonesboro, 542 Jonesboro College, 385 Jonesboro Gazette,” 348 Joplin, James M., 1236 Joppa, 508 Jordan, Joshua, 547 Jordan brothers, 561 Journalism First Illinois newspapers, 344; slavery question stimulates journalism, 346; uncertainty of pioneer journalism, 346; able old-time editors, 347; later stimulating issues, 348; papers forced to suspend, 348; founded prior to 1880, 349 Judd, Norman B., 251 Judy, Samuel, 173
Kane, Elias Kent, 157, 527 Kane, W. C., 868 Kansas-Nebraska act, 249 Karraker, Jacob, 1191 Karraker, 0. M., 1192 Karraker, Thomas N., 992 Karsteter, William R., 968 Kaskaskia, 49, 102, 110, 172, 524 Kaskaskia, Capture of, 85 Kaskaskia eighteenth-century mill, ruins of (illustration), 120 Kaskaskia Presbyterian church, 176 Kaskaskia view from Fort Gage, 342 Kaskaskias, 24 Kasserman, Henry M., 1443 Kasserman, Rudolph J., 1405 Keefe, David E., 1481 Keen, Frank B., 683 Keen, John, Jr., 1646 Keen, Raab D., 1664 Keener, George W., 332 Keith, Leroy G., 712 Keith, L. D., 665 Keller, P. J., 964 Kellogg, A. N., 349 Kellogg, Elisha, 173 Kellogg, Seymour, 173 Kellogg, William Pitt, 312 Kelly, Daniel E., 701 Kelly, George H., 1057 Kennedy, George, 1043 Kennedy, George, Sr., 1043 Kennedy, James B., 855 Kennedy, Marcus L., 904 Keokuk (chief), 183 Kerley, Thomas B., 666 Keys, Willard, 174 Kickapoo Indians, 25, 102 Kidd, Robert, 509 Kimmel, Singleton H., 344 Kimzey, Loranzey D., 922 King, Freeman, 942 Kinney, Williani, 180, 205 Kirkham, Robert, 329 Kirkpatrick, Cornwall E., 773 Kirkpatrick, R. D., 973 Kitchell, Joseph, 447 Kneffner, William C., 332 Knights of the Golden Circle, 318, 322, 539 Knoph, Aden, 1272 Knox, James, 250 Koch, Fred J., 1105 Koenigsmark, Alois J., 1048 Koenigsmark, Jacob J., 1047 Koenigsmark, John J., 930 Koenigsmark, Thomas, 1046 Koennecke, Frederick H., 1415 Koerner, Gustavus, 246, 251, 340, 533, 534 (portrait) Kohn, H. H., 640 Kramer, Edward C., 571 Kramer, James H., 1634 Kuhls, Frank G., 1133 Kuny, Frederick J., 1704 Kuykendall, Andrew J., 495
Lackey, George W., 1437 Lacky, William A., 882 LaFayette, 160, 161 (portrait) Lamer, Charles R., 1192 Lamott creek, 446 Lamott prairie, 446 Land, George L., 1702 Langan, Peter T., 644 Lansden, John M., 1672 Largent, W. W., 871 LaSalle, 41 Latham, S. W., 881 Lauder, Hugh, 567 Laughlin, William T., 783 La Ville de Maillet (Peoria), 174 Lawler, Michael K., 231, 327, 471 Lawrence county Pioneer French settlers, 497; the deep snow and milk sickness, 498; schools, 498; Charlottesville, 498; old trails across the county, 498; Lawrenceville, the county seat, 499; oil and gas wells, 499 Lawrenceville, 499 Lawrenceville High School (illustration), 499 Layman, Thomas J., 300, 1065 Lead, 19, 174, 478 Leavitt, J. A., 385 Lebanon Seminary, 384 Leib, Daniel, 185 Lemen, James, Sr., 509 Lengfelder Brothers, 1520 Lengfelder, Charles R., 1521 Lengfelder, Gustavus A., 1521 Lengfelder, Louis F., 1522 Lentz, E. Gilbert, 1112 Leonhard, Adolph M., 1452 Leppo, Frank T. I., 1220 Lesemann, Philip B., 1260 Levett's Praitie, 439 Levy, Ibaac K., 568 Levy, Mike, 1411 Lewis, Albert W., 1318 Lewis, Cassie B., 1177 Lewis, Elijah, 1066 Lewis, John S., 1013 Lewis, Steven C., 1273 Libke, Andrew E., 1667 Lightuer, Alfred 5., 1631 Lillard, Joseph, 122 Lime, 17 Limestone, 16 Lincoln, Abraham, 192, 204, 251, 255, 304, 306, 308, 309 (portrait), 310 Lincoln-Douglas debate Arrangements for, 256; some matters of local interest, 257; political situation in Southern Illinois in 1858, 258; at Cairo, 261; Lincoln in Anna and Jonesboro, 263; at Jonesboro, 267; Douglas at Benton, 300; last debate at Alton, 301 Lindly, Cicero J., 1546 Linegar, David T., 314 Lingle, Fred L., 597 Lingle, Willis E., 1134 Link, Robert R., 917 Lippincott, Thomas, 177 Lippitt, William D., 907 Lockwood, Jesse C., 476 Log school house (illustration), 371 Logan, John A., 231, 255, 314, 315, 316 (portrait), 327, 467, 471, 485, 538, 539, 563 Logan, Thomas M., 1148 Long, James M., 1321 Looney, William A., 615 Lord, Hugh, 75 Louisiana, 61 Louisville, 439, 441 Lovejoy (Elijah Parish) and his martyrdom—a moral hero, 209; Lovejoy becomes an editor, 210; constitutional right, 211; "Observer" moved to Alton, 211; mob destroys presses, 212; Lovejoy a martyr, 215 Lovejoy monument (illustration), Alton, 218 Lovejoy, Owen, 251 Lowe, Ausby L., 1435 Lowis, William W., 1120 Lufkin, John E., 1179 Lusk, Jack, 869 Lyerly, Andrew J., 627 Lyerly, William D., 729 Lyle, John D., 1198 Lynch, John, 531 Lynn, Charles, 1705 Lyon, Charles M., 1431
McAdams, Clark, 28 McAdams, William, 28, 30 McBaen, William, 507 McCall, Daniel. 730 McCann, Oria M., 1661 McCann, Patrick 5., 1147 MeCarley, Herman, 896 McCartney, Marcus N., 1566 MeCaslin, Warren E., 1130 McClernand, John A., 471 MeClintock, Charles E., 779 MeClun, J. E., 250 McClure, Chester A., 1669 McClure, John, 510 MeClusky, Frederick W., 1291 MeCollum, Harvey D., 1258 McConnell, Murray, 205 McCormick, Alphonso, 1159 MeCreery, Walker W., 1286 MeCullom, Vandalia, 463 McCullough, J. 5., 243 McElroy, Isaac N., 983 MeElvain, Robert J., 1100 MeEwing, William, 515 MeFall, William W. 1322 MeFarlan, James, Sit, 479 MeGehee, Moses P., 1264 McGoughey, John E., 1257 McGuyer, John B., 1536 Mcllrath, Robert J., 962 McIntyre, Norman, 994 McKeaig, George W., 331 McKee, John IA, 1052 McKendree College, 384 McLaren, Archibald B., 1254 McLean, John; 135, 157, 471 Madison county, 116 Maeys, Edward, 1627 Maeys, Jacob, 1627 Mahan, I. 5., 378 Main street, Elizabethtown (illustration), 482 Maps Showing royal grants, 33; American Bottom (French villages), 56; Clark's route from Fort Massac to Vincennes, 91; settled portions of Illinois in 1812, 113; first fifteen state counties (1818), 127; showing vote on slavery question (1824), 158 Marberry, Oscar J., 447 Marest, Gabriel, 50 Marion, 564 Marion county Agriculture and live stock, 502; Old Salem; the county seat, 503; State Policy” abandoned, 503; father of William J. Bryan, 503; Gen. James S. Martin, 504; the present Salem and Contralia, 504; late discovery of oil, 505 Marker of Lincoln-Douglas debate at Jonesboro (illustration), 266 Marks, Daniel, 451 Marlow, James T., 903 Marquette, 35, 40 Marquette among the Indians, (illustration), 36 Marshall, 436 Marshall, Charles, 1483 Marshall, John, 125, 471 Marshall, John A., 321 Martin, Edward A., 1639 Martin, George E., 616 Martin, James R., 676 Martin, James 5., 331, 504 Martin, Sidney C., 654 Massac county 226; Old Fort Massac, 506; Metropolis laid off, 506; Brookport (formerly Brooklyn), 507; Joppa, 508; drainage and agriculture, 508; the old fort to be preserved, 508 Mason, Charles H., 1021 Mason, Tice D., 1595 Matheny, John W., 1413 Mather, Thomas, 195, 205, 527 Mathews, John, 176 Mathews, W. A., 385 Mathis, George W., 655 Mathis, John B., 887 Mathis, John P., 743 Mathis, Robert D., 798 Matteson (Joel A.) administration— Matteson elected governor, 246; Illinois Central built, 247; slavery agitation, 247; Canal scrip fraud, 248; state and national politics, 249 Matthews, William A., 654 Maulding, Ambrose, 489 Maxey, Bennett M., 1180 Maxey, James C., 490 Maxey, Moss, 1027 Maxey, Walter 5., 1349 May, Leonidas J., 1094 Maynard, Charles E., 1504 Mayo, Walter L., 454 Maysville, 439 Meads, Joseph L., 582 Medill, Joseph, 251 Meirink, Bernard J., 1219. Menard, Pierre, 117, 135, 141, 367, 521 Mermet, P. J., 50 Merrifield, Walter E., 1391 Merritt, Wesley, 504 Meserve, Frank C., 1169 Methodists (early), 122, 178 Methodist Episcopal church, Mt. Carmel (illustration) 548 Metropolis, 507 Meyer, Frantz J., 1033 Meyer, George L., 1333 Meyer, H; A. 435 Mick, Robert: 1420 Military Bounty lands, 173 Miller, Alexander W., 1206 Miller, Andrew E., 591 Miller, Ernest F., 1087 Miller, James, 251, 255 Miller, Jesse E., 1673 Miller, John P., 1326 Miller, John W., 1111 Miller, Robert H., 1087 Miller, Sidney B., 1475 Mills, Commodore, 1191 Mills, Charles W., 673 Mills, Virgil W., 1641 Milispaugh, Albert C., 1354 Miner's Journal,” 347 Mitchell, H. C., 563 Mitchell, Henry C., 1064 Mitchell, James C., 1045 Mitchell, John W., 539, 540 Mitchell, Samuel M., 563 Moffat, Thomas, 1390 Mohlenbrock, William, 1278 Molitor, John, 1229 Monken, George J., 1102 Monk's Mound, 28 Monroe county First American settlers, 509; Jefferson's estimate of James Lemen, 509; old Lemen 'fort' (second brick house in Illinois), 510; Thomas Ford and Daniel P. Cook, 510; first county court, 510; schools and slaves, 511; old French land grants, 511; Elder Peter Rogers, 511; Col. William R. Morrison, 512 Mooneyham, James P., 637 Moore, Carroll, 1170 Moore, Hosea H., 1630 Moore, Henry W., 234 Moore, James, 509 Moore, John, 222 Moore, John W., 583 Moore, Risdon M., 331 Moore, Thomas L., 553 Moorehouse, Thaddeus, 528 Moorman, Howard, 1029 Morgan county, 173 Morgan, Ambert D., 646 Morgan, Charles E. 947 Morgan, Harry P., '1561 Morgan, James D., 326 Morgan, Lewis C., 1343 Mormons, 222, 224, 228 Morony, James J., 1128 Morray, Damie, 652 Morris, Buckner 5., 252 Morrison, Joseph, 527 Morrison, William R., 231, 512 Moss, Douglass, 1507 Moss, Harry C., 1600 Mound City, 520 Mounds, 523 Mt. Carmel, 549, 551 Mt. Vernon, 173, 179, 489 Mozley, Norman J., 668 Muer, A. C., 175 Mulcaster, John G., 761 Munndell, Cornelius W., 1531 Murphy, Penina 0. 1654 Murphy, William K., 1652 Murphysboro, 482, 485 Murray, Hugh V., 1505 Murrie, William J., 664 Musselman, Edward, 943
Nashville, 553 Nashville at the Golconda wharf (illustration), 518 National Cemetery near Mound City (illustration), 522 National road, 358, 360, 437, 451, 464 National Stock Yards National Bank, 1092 Nauman, John A., 1472 Nauvoo, 224, 228 Needham, Daniel, 1160 Needles, Thomas B., 1411 Neely, George W., 332 Nelson, Elijah, 528 Nelson, Snowden B., 955 Nesbitt, William A., 660 Newbold, Joseph H., 348 Newby, E. W. B., 232 New Chartres, 55, 68, 69 New counties, 116, 118, 124,141 New Design, 509 New Grand Chain, 523 Newland, H. W., 322 Newlin, Enoch E, 1446 Newlin, LeRoy, 1518 Newlin, Thomas J., 1516 Newton, 486 Newton, Lawrence C., 711 Niebur, B. Clemens, 1095 Nimms, Alexander J., 330 Ninety-seventh Infantry Regiment, 330 Ninety-eighth Infantry Regiment, 330 Ninth Illinois Infantry, 335 Nixon, Madison G,, 1019 Noleman, Frank F., 1457 Norris, George W., 681 Norton, Jesse 0., 250 Northwest Territory Civil government north of the Ohio, 98; ordinance of 1787 passed, 99; government organized, 100; conditions in Illinois, 100; local government, 103
Oakley, Charles, 205 Oblong, 449 Oblong Oracle,” 449 O'Connor, Ephraim, 172 O'Gara Coal Company, The, 1224 Ogilvie, Lewis, 1598 Oglesby, Richard J., 251, 340, 341 Ohio valley, struggle for, 64 Oil, 449, 499, 505 Oil in transit Lawrence county (illustration), 500 Oil territory. A common sight in (illustration), 450 Okawyille, 554 Old Illinois Agricultural College, Irvington (illustration), 379 Old Kaskaskia disappears, 342 Old "Lemen Fort," 510 Oldest Illinois publication (facsmilie of "Illinois Herald,") 345 Olmsted, 523 Olney, 528 One Hundred Ninth Infantry Regiment, 330 One Hundred Tenth Infantry Regiment, 330 One Hundred Eleventh Infantry Regiment, 331 One Hundred Seventeenth Infantry Regiment, 331 One Hundred Twentieth Infantry Regiment, 331 One Hundred Twenty-eighth Infantry Regiment, 331 One Hundred Thirty-first Infantry Regiment. 331 One Hundred Thirty-sixth Infantry Regiment, 332 One Hundred Forty-third Infantry Regiment, 332 One Hundred Forty-fourth Infantry Regiment, 332 One Hundred Forty-fifth Infantry Regiment, 332 One Hundred Forty-ninth Infantry Regiment, 332 One Hundred Fiftieth Infantry Regiment, 332 Ozburn, Harry 0., 1602 Ozburn, John L., 611 Ozment, Marshall, 1042
Page, Oliver J., 1514 Palestine, 447 Palmer, Elihu J., 399 Palmer, John M., 251, 258, 305, 338 Palmyra, 549 Pape, Gustavus, 526, 952 Parish, John J., 846 Parish, William H., 844 Park, Edmund C., 1246 Park, Roswell, 529 Parker, Charles A. C., 781 Parker, George N., 1424 Parkinson, Daniel B., 407, 1602 Parmly, Walter D., 1459 Parrish, Braxton, 466 Parsons, George, 1188 Parsons, S. H., 99 “Patent inside,” 349 Pautler, Nicholas B., 972 Pavey, C. W., 341 Pavey, Louis G., 1185 Payne, William 5., 1340 Pearce, Jo R., 852 Peck, Ebenezer, 205 Peck, John M., 153, 348, 382, 534 Peeler, Samuel D., 1414 Pellett, Ezra B., 794 Peltier, P. P.. 511 Penvler, Hugh, 1495 Peoria, 174 Permanent settlements Kaskaskia settled, 49; grants of land, 52; war and progress, 58 Perrine, William A., 1312 Perry county Pioneer settlers and incidents, 513; Pinckneyville selected as county seat, 514; first circuit court, 515; DuQuoin and Tamaroa, 515 Perry. Enos, 670 Perry County Times,” 515 Perryville, 462 Personeau, Etienne. 532 Pilasterer. Frank. 963 Phillips, A. J.. 261, 264 Phillips, David L.. 261 Phillips, D. W.. 378 Phillips. .Tohn E.. 1386 Phillips, William FT., 619 Phillips, Winfield 5.. 1371 Philp, Harry 0., 1303 Piankashawtown, 455, 371, 372, 376, Piasa bird,(illustration) 32, 38 Piatt, Hiram H., 1388 Picket Guard,” 349 Pickrell, Andrew J., 775 Picquet, Joseph, 1712 Pictographs on Illinois river bluffs, (illustrations), 31 Pier, Charles 5., 1688 Piercy, Willis D., 1284 Piggott's fort, 509 Pillers, George W., 835 Pinckneyville, 514 Pinkel, Armin B., 1378 Pinkstaff, John, 498 Pioneer monument at Old Kaskaskia, (illustration), 343 Pioneer of the Valley of the Mississippi,” 348 Pippin, W. H., 1252 Pitner, Homer W., 1643 Pixley, Harvey F., 1265 Plummer, Walter B., 1453 Pontiac, 26, 73 Poorman, Andrew J., Jr., 1606 Pope county Sarahville (Golconda), the county seat, 516; educational and social, 516; noted personages, 517; Great Medicine Water, 518; statistics, 518 Pope, B. F., Sr., 823 Pope, Benjamifi W., 823 Pope, Nathaniel, 109, 128, 129, 366, 444 Pope, Payton S, ~21 Pope, Pleasant N., 837 Porter, kdward K., 800 Porterfield, John F., 1279 Portraits George Rogers Clark, 83; Abraham Lincoln, 309; John A. Logan, 316; Edward Coles, 149; Henry Eddy, 154; Lafayette, 161; Black Hawk, 185; Clark Braden, 389; Peter White, 473; James C. Maxcy, 488; Gustavus Koerner, 534; Samuel Westbrook, 539 Posey, Thomas, 471 Post, Frank H., 1031 Potter, William 0., 1010 Potthast, Fred, 1213 Powell, Alfred B., 786 Powell, H. K., 1155 Powell, William H., 251 Prairie areas, 21 Prairie du Pont, 535 Prairie du Rocher, (winter view) 55, 59 Prehistoric people Evidences of, 27; the Cahokia mounds, 28; implements, pottery and pictographs, 30 Prehistoric relics from Wabash county (illustration), 26, 29 Prentiss, B. M., 324 Presbyterians (early), 122, 176 Press (See Journalism) Price, George B., 445 Prill, Max, 1558 Proctor, David Choate, 176 Protestant churches (early), 121 Pruett Family, the, 1474 Public schools—First American, 365; basis of Illinois system, 366; primitive school houses, 369; conventions to encourage public education, 370; best friends of the cause, 372; state law of 1855, 373; present system of public education, 373 Pulaski county Caledonia, the old county seat, 519; Mound City of the earlier times, 520; General M. M. Rawlings, 520; plans for the great emporium city, 521; Union Block, Civil war hospital, 522; the present Mound City, 523; villages of the county, 523 Pulley, Lewis B., 999
Quick, Thomas, 378 Quincy, 174 Quindry, S. Eugene, 1588
Raab, Henry, 341 Raddle, Frank J., 1621 Railroad strike of 1877, 340 Railroads, 203, 236, 237, 503 Rainey, Henry T., 338 Raith, Julius, 328 Raleigh, 538 Randolph county County and state history parallel, 524; Kaskaskia court house of 1819, 525; a slave county, 529; population, 1825-1840, 525; county seat moved to Chester, 526; decline of Kaskaskia, 527; on the ramparts of Old Fort Gage, 527 Rapp, Frederick 0., 1137 Rapp, Isaac, 405, 636 Rapp, John M., 1644 Rathhone, Valentine, 849 Rathbone, Walter R., 849 Raum, Green B., 329 Raum, John, 517 Rawlings, M. M., 205, 520 Rawstron, R. N., 1650 Ray's settlement, 494 Rea, Herman M., 1259 Reardon, James 5., 327 Rebman, Emma, 1709 Rector, John T., 362 Rector, Nelson, 115, 476 Reed, Frank 5., 690 Reed, John, 75 Reed, Joseph B., 688 Rees, Samuel R., 736 Reichert, August, 1628 Reichert, John F., 1570 Reinhardt. 0. F., 1565 Renault, Phillip, 207 Renault land grant, 511 Rendleman, Andrew J, 598 Rendleman, Drake R., 1575 Renfro, John 11. B., 706 Renfro. Robert B., 705 Republican Advocate,” 346 Repudiation of state debt, 221, 223 Residences—(illustrations), John Marshall's residence. Shawneetown, 125; John A. Logan's home at Benton, 466; childhood home of William J. Bryan, Salem. 504; residence of the late William R. Morrison, Waterloo, 513; mansion of Pierre Menard, near old Fort Gage, 525; home of Daniel Stookey, near Belleville, still standing, 535 Reuter, Theodore L., 1231 Revolutionay flag owned by Robinson brothers, Shawneetown (illustration), 469 Reynolds, H. G., 400, 401 Reynolds, John, 167, 255, 533 Reynolds, Marcus Green, 483 Reynolds, Thomas, 527 Reynolds (John) administration— How Governor Reynolds was elected, 180; the inaugural message, 181; deep snow of 1830/1, 182; the Black Hawk war, 183; call to arms, 184; the end, 190; second half of administration, 192 Rhodes, Orange H., 659 Rich, George D., 580 Rich, George W., 1129 Rich, Robert L., 1109 Richards, J. H., 343 Richardson, A. M., 31 Richardson, James A., 489 Richardson, William A., 252 Richart, Fred W., 1007 Richland county Conditions in 1820, 528; Elijah Nelson and Roswell Park 528; customs of early settlers, 529; the hard year, 1881, 530; f irst institutions, 530; the Civil war, 531; Olney, 531 Rickert, Nelson, 949 Rickman, Joshua H., 1210 Rider, William H., 383 Ridgeway, Thomas 5., 340, 471 Risley, Theodore, 549 - Ritter, Charles L., 1209 River steamers on the marine ways, Mound City (illustration), 520 Roads (early), 357 Roberts Family, 926 Roberts, George W., 1131 Roberts, Harry W., 930 Roberts, Ira T., 1017 Roberts, John F., 586 Robinson, 447 Robinson, J., 540 Robinson, James C., 314 Robinson, Luther F. 1222 Robinson Township High School (illustration), 448 Robison, Thomas L., 1151 Rock Springs, 173, 382 Rock Spring Seminary, 382; (illustration), 383 Rodenberg, William A., 1508 Roedel, Carl, 1243 Rogers, Peter, 511 Rogers Seminary, 511 Ronalds, K. C., 608 Rose, Albert M., J535 Rose, James A., 517 Rose, Pleasant W., 776 Rosiclare, 478 Ross, Charles H. 5., 948 Rothrock, Walter 5., 1583 Rude, Hankerson, 538 Ruf, John, Jr., 1093 Russell, John, 376 Russell, William, 111 Russellville, 497 Rutherford, Friend 5., 330 Rutherford, Larkin, 509
Sabin, Frank A., 777 Saguinn (Blackbird), 25 Sailor Springs, 441, 442 Ste. Anne, 71 St. Clair, Arthur, 100, 101, 532 St. Clair county, 100, 102 St. Clair county's first court house (now in Jackson Park, Chicago), 533 St. Clair county General St. Clair creates the county, 532; county seat transferred from Cahokia to Belleville, 532; early settlements, 532; German immigrations, 533 John Reynolds and John M. Peck, 533; Cahokia and Prairie du Pont, 534; the present county and county seat, 535; Charles Dickens and son, 536; East St. Louis, 537 St. Francisville, 497 St. Joseph's academy, 511 St. Marie, 487 St. Phillipe, 55, 71 Salem, 503, 504 Saline county Pioneer events, 538; county seat located at Raleigh, 538; political history, 538; Civil war sentiment, 539; Harrisburg, 540; Eldorado, 540; Carrier Mills, 540; the old stone fort, 540 Saline river, 354 Salt, 18, 433, 472, 482, 484 Salzmann, Ferdinand, 1389 Sanders, Carl D., 1348 Sandstone, 17 Sangamon country, 157, 159 Sangamon Spectator,” 348 Sarahville (Golconda), 516 Sargent, Winthrop, 100, 101 Sauer, Albert N., 714 Sauer, George N., 1443 Saner, Nicholas, 1439 Sauer, Philip E., 1442 Saussier, Jean R., 68 Schaefer, Charles, 963 Schaefer, Herman L., 1671 Scharfenberger, Frank, 1018 Schatz, William, 870 Schauerte, Kasper, 1283 Sebmidgall, John L., 643 Schmidt, Henry E., 1116 Schmitt, Edward G., 1110 Schorr, John S. 1004 Schroeder, Edw'ard A., 1581 Schroeder, Henry W., 1088 Schuh, Paul G., 1703 Schulmeister, Ernst F., 1009 Schurmann, Edward, 1657 Schuwerk, William M., 1162 Schwartz, William, 1458 Schwartz, William A., 1034 Schwarzlose, Gideon, 1641 Scott, Charles L., 1665 Scott, J. H., 594 Scott, Thomas W., 557 Scudamore, Joseph B., 1618 Seaman, Jonathan, 1146 Seeber, William P., 788 Second Cavalry Regiment, 333 Seed, Maurice J., 1370 Seeley, John, 366 Seely, Samuel J., 120 Sellers, George Esehol, 472 Sessions, A. Ney, 1048 Seten, Ross, 1351 Seventh Cavalry Regiment, 333 Seventy-first Infantry Regiment, 329 Shadle, Jacob, 440 Shaw, Charles W., 1658 Shaw, John, 151 Shaw, John W., 622 Shaw, Raleigh M., 1676 Shawneetown, 125, 173 Sheets, John M., 1288 Sheley, Laurence B., 1063 Shelton, William, 385 Shields, James, 527 Shoupe, Walter C., 1091 Shriner, Harvey W., 1255 Shryock, Henry W., 1214 Shull, John, 175 Shurtleff College, 383 Sims, Horace R., 885 Simpson, John C., 970 Simpson, S. 5., 435 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, 333 Sixtieth Infantry Regiment, 329 Sixty-second Infantry Regiment, 329 Sixty-third Infantry Regiment, 329 Sizemore, M. Wilson, 1025 Skaggs, Charles P., 888 Skaggs, Pryor L., 889 Slack, William P., 753 Slade, Charles, 192, 444 Slade, James P., 435 Slater, W. Frank, 1005 Slavery in the Illinois country, 105 Slavery in the state, 150, 207, 247, 346, 434, 494, 525 Slocum, Rigdon B., 181 Sloo, Thomas, 164 Small, William M., 498 Smith, Decatur A., 891 Smith, Dudley C., 332 Smith, Egbert A., 1560 Smith, Frank 5., 698 Smith, George W., 243, 312, 1714 Smith, Henry M., 1167 Smith, James, 121 Smith, James B., 1707 Smith, Joseph, 224 Smith, Randolph, 1269 Smith, Rozander, 547, 551 Smith, Sarah A., 1167 Smith, Theophilus W., 197, 202, 346 Smith, Thomas B. F., 1296 Smith, Ulysses E., 722 Smith, Virginius W., 1305 Smith, Walter S. p., 994 Snider, Andrew L., 1404 Snoddy, Lewis 0., 1599 Snodsmith, John, 1529 Snyder, Adam W., 222 Snyder, John, 68 Social life (early), 123 Soils, 10 Sondag, William, 981 Sons, Walter, 1633 Southern Collegiate Institute, 386 Southern Illinois College, (illustration) 388 Southern Illinois College First building erected, 387; the "Herald of Truth" 388; college revived, 389; closed in 1870, 391 Southern Illinois high schools, 394 Southern Illinois Hospital for the Insane, Anna (illustration), 543 Southern Illinois Milling & Elevator Company, 1696 Southern Illinois Normal University, 391, 395, 400, 401, 403, 405, 406 and (illustrations) 407 Spanish-American War, 334 Spann, William A., 1554 Specie circular, 197 Spectator,” 344 Spencer, Thomas J., 402 Spiller, Adelbert L., 592 Spiller, William F., 803 Spivey, Allen T., 1215 Sprague, Daniel G., 176 Sprigg, Ralph E., 1465 Springfield selected as state capital, 204 Sprinkle, Michael, 469 Sproul, Alexander B., 857 Stahlheber, Charles, 1449 Staley, George A., 1639 Staley, Ulla 5., 1635 Star of the West,” 344, 346 Starved Rock (illustration), 46 State Bank of Illinois, 166, 182, 194, 198, 200, 223 State capitals Kaskaskia, 137; Vandaha, 139; Springfield, 204 State Normal University, 396 State Policy, 236, 503 State Teachers Association, 395 State Teachers Institute, 396 Stead, W. H., 242 Stecker, Rudolph, 1053 Stelle, Thompson B., 475 Stephenson, Benjamin, 124, 128 Stephenson, James W., 205 Stephenson, Thomas B., 954 Steward, Lewis, 340 Stewart, James C., 782 Stewart, Warren, 334 Steyer, Theodore, 516 Stilwell, C. D., 1279 Stirling, Thomas, 75 Stockade and blockhouses (about 1812), (illustration), 112 Stock certificate of Cairo City and Canal Company (illustration), 239 Stone, 16 Stonecipher, John 5., 1544 $tonefort, 540 Stookey, Vincent A., 840 Stotlar, Harry, 1495 Stout, Amos N., 1395 Stout, John B., 1476 Stratton, Charles T., 341 Stringer, Daniel W., 1553 Stringer, William M., 1051 Strong, Judson E., 828 Sullins, Thomas B., 1375 Sunnyside coal mine, Herrin (illustration), 562 Supreme court building, Mt. Vernon (illustration), 490 Suspension bridge across the Kaskaskia, Carlyle (illustration), 444 Sutherland, Prior W., 498, 1710 Swanner, Francis A., 642 Sweitzer, John, 1145 Swift, Eben, 334 Swift, Hardy M., 1178 Sycamore near Mt. Carmel (illustration), 13
Taffee, John 0., 850 Talley, Henry, 1151 Talley, Richard, 1149 Tamaroa, 515 Tanner, James M., 1647 Tanner, John R., 341, 343 Taylor, Harry, 1380 Taylor, Joseph H., 1385 Taylor, Robert M., 1381 Taylor, Samuel L., 1572 Taylor, S. Staats, 431 Taylor, Zachary, 115 Tecumseh, 25 Tenth Infantry Regiment, 326 Templeton, James 5., 874 Templeton, Robert B., 1467 Terpinitz, Joseph E., 264 Terry, Henry, 684 Teutopolis, 459 Thacker, Francis B., 1408 Thebes, 431 Third Cavalry Regiment, 333 Thirteenth Cavalry Regiment, 334 Thirtieth Infantry Regiment, 327 Thirty-first Infantry Regiment, 327 Thirty-eighth Infantry Regiment, 328 Thistlewood, Napoleon B., 1551 Thomas, Benjamin F., 1668 Thomas, Jesse B~ 109, 367,527 Thomas, William W., 792 Thomason, John W., 1230 Thompson, Sam A., 1336 Thomson, William, 725 Thrash, William H., 1545 Throgmorton, Emmet F., 764 Tibbets, Albert 5., 757 Tillson (Mrs.), John, 177 Timber, 12 Timber areas, 21 "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" campaign, 220 Titus, William 5., 1429 Tobacco field, Clay county (illustration), 441 Todd, John, 95, 100 Tohill, Noah M., 1406 Toler, Silas C., 329 Tolliver, Alsie N., 1276 - Tomb of Gen. Alexander Posey, Shawneetown (illustration), 471 Touti, 42 Tougas, Frank, 497 Tougas brothers, 547 Tourney's fort, 443 Towle, Herman T., 840 Towle, Joseph W., 839 Trainor, William E., 1426 Transportation Early river boats, 353; Southern Illinois waterways, 354; pioneer trails and roads, 357; government highways, 358; work of the state, 363 Trautmann, William E., 984 Treat, Cyrus P., 804 Trousdale, Fletcher A., 639 True, James M., 329 Truth Teller,” 445 Tufts, Charles D., 1359 Turkey Hill, 176 Turner, James W., 1238 Turner, J. B., 372 Tuthill, Lewis B. 724 Tuttle, Isaac R., 865 Twelfth Infantry Regiment, 327 Twenty-second Infantry Regiment, 327 Twenty-ninth Infantry Regiment, 327
Ullrich, William, 931 Underground” railroad station, St. Clair county (illustration), 536 Union Block, 521, 522 (illustration), Union county First settlers, 541; Jonesboro made the county seat, 542; the Willard family, 542; Colonel John S. Hacker, 543; vegetables and fruits, 544; minerals and mineral springs, 544; towns, 545 United States Bank, 197 University of Vincennes, 367 Upton, David, 475
Valter, Peter J., 1356 Van Arsdall, Elmer, 1270 Van Cleve, M. T., 540 Vandalia, 139, 173, 463 Van Kirk, Samuel A., 671 Varnum, Benjamin B., 958 Varnum; James M., 100 Venerable, James E., 1122 Vernor, George, 1346 Vick, John W., 1015 Victor, William A., 1690 Vienna, 494 View of the Mississippi from Chester water tower, 526 Villa Ridge, 523 Vincennes Route to, 90; Vise, Harvey C., 1311 Vise, Hoses A., 593 from Chester capture of, 93 Vogel, Henry, 1410 Vogelpohl, Henry F., 1268 Voris, Hardy C., 1196 Voyles, Lloyd F., 1585
Wabash county tour Tougas brothers, first settlers, 547; the three block forts, 547; timber and saw mills, 549; milk sickness, 549; shiftings of the county seat, 549; aboriginal remains, 561; notes from nature, 561; the Wabash and Mount Carmel, 561; live stock raising, 561 Walker, Allen E., 1585 Walker, Cecil, 1430 Walker, D. Esco, 718 Walker, H. R., 833 Walker, Jesse, 178 Walker, Lindorf, 1102 Walker, Pinckney J., 833 Wall, James B., 1382 Wall mill, 530 Wall, William A., 754 Wall, William T., 864 Wallace, Coke B., 946 Wallace, Thomas L., 940 Wallace, William 5., 971 Wailer, Elbert, 1227 Walnut Hill, 503 Walser, C. R., 763 Walser, Gaither C., 1619 Walters, Peter C., 1582 Ward, Adam, 1611 Ward, Francis M., 1082 Ward, George F. M., 1524 Ward, Guy C., 327 Ward, Harry B., 1394 Ward, Henry B., 1524 Ward, Julius R., 989 Ward, Robert R., 1001 Ward, Todd P., 1524 War of 1812, 111 Warren, Hooper, 344, 348 Warren, Willie E., 1611 Washburn, Benjamin L., 1076 Washburn, Cicero L., 1494 Washburn, John, 385 Washburne, Elihu B., 250 Washington county County seat contentions, 552; Nashville finally selected, 553; court houses, 553; city of Nashville, 553; minor towns, 554 Wastier, Peter, 604 Waterloo, 511 Watson, Andrew, 1455 Wayne county First settlers and events, 555; first county seat, 555; in the wars, 556; Capt. Thomas W. Scott, 557; Fairfield, 557; farm values, 557 Wayne county corn fields (illustration), 556 Weaver, James R; 1461 Weaver, Louis R., 1666 Webb, Byford H4 770 Webb, Isaac H., 1402 Webb, Henry L., 428 Webber, Andrew J., 1307 Weber, Mathias, 1686 Weber, T. C., 1688 Wehrenberg, Charles, 741 Weinel, August F., 1071 Welborn, George B., 1522 Wentworth, John, 251 West, Emanuel J., 346 Westbrook, Samuel (portrait) 539 Western Emporium,” 347 Western Monthly Magazine,” 347 Western Observer,” '348 Western Stage Company, 362 Wheatley, Reuben J., 921 Wheeler Brothers, 1548 Wheeler, Charles B. 1549 Wheeler, Charles W., 589 Wheeler, Fred L., 1550 Wheeler, Walter A., 1584 Whitcomb, Augustus L., 386 Whiteaker, Hall, 747 Whiteaker, Mark, 1328 Whiteaker, William J., 901 White, Horace, 256, 258, 265 White, Isaac, 559 White, James A., 1008 White, W. Thomas, 915 White county Original physical features, 558; the county and its sponsor, 558; early visitors, 559; Carmi, the county seat, 559; Enfield, 560; early-day wild pigeon roost, 560 Whitehead, Noel, 787 Whiteside, Samuel, 115, .185, 186 Whiteside, William, 115 Whiteside statibn (fort), 509 Whitley, Marion 5., 1280 Whittenberg, Alonzo L., 1680 Whittenberg, Daniel W., 1681 Whittenberg, John 5., 1680 Whittenbergs, 1679 Wiebusch, Alfred C. C., 960 Wiegmann, Louis, 1456 Wilcox, J. H. G., 507 Wild Cat banks, 245, 415 Wiley, William W., 771 Wilkins, John, 75 Will, Albert J., 587 Will, Conrad, 172, 482 Willard, Elijah, 205, 543 Willard, Jonathan, 542 Willard, Samuel, 167 Willard, Simon, 812 Williams, Billy, 429 Williams, John C., 1556 Williams, Walter W., 935 Williams, William Green, 483 Williams, William H., 1016 Williams, William M., 680 Williamson, Albert W., 649 Williamson, Thomas B., 1294 William[son] County Fair, Marion (illustrated), 563 Williamson county Last of Indians, 561; the Jordan brothers, 561; industries, 562; Mexican and Civil war matters, 562; towns in the county, 564 Williard, Willis, 543 Willis, Jonathan C., 791 Willis, William A., 1218 Wilson, Albert L., 937 Wilson, Alexander, 470 Wilson, Harrison, 471 Wilson, Henry, 1126 Wilson, J. C., 1648 Wilson, Lyman W., 1597 Wilson, S. J. Harry, 819 Wilson, William, 157 Wilson, William A., 1166 Wilson, William P., 1181 Wilson, William 5., 912 Wing, Robert H., 806 Winnebago war (scare), 170, 183 Winter of the deep snow (1830-1), 182 Winthrop, Dempsey, 991 Wisehart, William, 1695 Woelfle, Francis R., 686 Wood, George H., 606 Wood, James N., 608 Wood, John, 146, 174, 256 Wooden pipe used at Equality Salt Works (illustration), 472 Woodside, Edward E., 709 Woodworth, Abner P., 1281 World's Columbian Exposition (see World's Fair) World's Fair, Chicago, 341 Wren, John, 538 Wright, Joel, 205 Wylie, Walter L., 1202
Yates, Richard, 251, 314, 343 Youngblood, Dewitt C., 1338 Young, George W., 1700 Young, John G., 1345
Zenia, 439, 441 Ziebold, George C., 1368 Ziebold, George W., 1366