History of Madison County, Illinois ... With biographical sketches ..

1882·65.2 MB·English

by  Brink, W.R. & Co

LIBRARY OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
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PREFACE,
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picblishcrsdesire to rcticni their Susan Paddock, Mrs. John Mason, Mrs. fane
sincere thanks to all who have R. Holliday, Mrs. Nancy Eberhardt, D. B. Gill-
aidedintnaking(his work thorough ham, Joseph Cliapman, Samuel Squires, Wm. C.
andcomplete. Forsome oftheinci- McAlilly, Mrs.Nancy S. Barnsback, Mrs. Nan-
dents relative to the early settlement cy J. Barnsback, Bennet Posey,Dr. T. J. Irish,
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ofthe county we a7'e indebted to a Alonzo Foster, George Howard,andmany others.
feT-o ofthe olderinhabitants. I We were also permitted by Mrs. Flagg, to ex-
In localizing events, and cor- I amine the writingsand manuscripts ofthe late
recting dates, we acknowledge our Hon. Willard C. Flagg. Andparticularlyare
obligations to the writings of ex-Governor weindebtedto W. T. Norton, editoroftheAltoft
Reynolds, Rev. fohn M. Peck, Henry Tanner, Telegraph,forthe opportunity ofexaminingmany
yudgeHall, Gov. Ford, Washbunis Life ofGov. of the old files of that paper. We also de-
Coles, the Atnerican State papers, and the zvrit- sire to return our thanks to the countyofficialsfor
ings of the fesuit Fathers. Many old and themany cotcrtesies extended. The editorsofthe
valuablemanuscripts, both in the French atid En- several newspapers have also rendered assistance
glish languages, have been examined. These in thatpromptandcheerful mannerso character-
rare papers have -made ititelligible some of the istic ofthejournalisticprofession.
earliest incidents pertaining to this region of To the Clergymen ofthe various denominations,
the State. Forother facts we areindebted to a whosearticles appearin thiswork, weexpress our
class of intelligent men and women, who, amid thanks for information fwnished relative to the
the ordinary pursuits of life have taken pains history of their churches. Among the chapters
.to inform themselvesas tothepassingeventsof the mostfruitfulin interestto agredtnumberofour
county. Amongthose who have speciallycontri- readers, willbefoundthosewhichtreatofthe early
butedto the completenessofthishistoryare, Joseph historyofthe churches.
Gillespie, Abraham Breath, E. M. West, I. B. Wehaveendeavored,withalldiligenceandcare-
Randall, John A. Prickett, J. R. Newman, Jesse fulness, to make the bestuse ofthe materialat our
Renfro, Thomas 0. Springer, Amos Atkins, Lu- command. Wehave confinedourselves, as nearly
ther W. Lyon, Don Alonzo Spaulding, B. F. aspossible, to the originaldatafurnished. The
^ Long,Hon. Wm. F. DeWolf,ofChicago,aitdoffi- subject matter has been carefully classified, and
^ cers of the Chicago Historical Society, G. C willbeagreathelp to thepublicasa book ofref-
Lusk, Nelson Montgomery, Wm. A. Lantermaji, erence concerningthepastofthe county. We ex-
M. G Dale, AbrahatnPreuitt, Wm. E. Wheeler, pect criticism. All we ask is that it be fnade in
E K. Preuitt, Wm. W. Pearce, J. A. Bruner, thespiritof charity. We hope our patronswill
lA. J. Parkinson, John W. Coventry, Henry C. take into accountallthedifficulties to be overcome,
[Gerke, V. P. Richmond, Alajor Franklin Moore, the car'e Jiecessary in harmonizinsrvarious mem-
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