Douglas County Index to History Topics "Tuscola, a city and the county-seat of Douglas County, located at the intersection of the Illinois Central and two other trunk lines of railway, 22 miles south of Champaign, and 36 miles east of Decatur. Besides a brick court-house it has five churches, a graded school, a national bank, two weekly newspapers and two establishments for the manufacture of carriages and wagons. Population (in 1880), 1,457; (in 1890) 1,897; (in 1900) 2,569" ["Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois", 1901] 1884 History of Douglas County Index of names found within the Township histories Biographical Sketches Murdock Twp bios: Samuel Baxter; W.C. Campbell; William H. Ewin; B.B. Helm; R.F. Helm; Samuel A. Howard; Abram Jones Township Histories Arcola Township Bourbon Township Bowdre Township Camargo Township Garrett Township Murdock Township Newman Township Tuscola Township Sargent Township   History of Hindsboro - Printed in the Arcola Record, 1894 History of Pleasant Ridge - from "1857-1957 Centennial, A Tribute To Our Pioneers"   Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, 1900 Pioneers of Douglas County Biographical Sketches Samuel Hawkins Owen Jones James Kincaid   First Officials   Miscellaneous Biographies William M. Beckman Scott Burgett Arthur A. Deardruff (NEW) Eversole Brothers Abram Jones Sarah Kincaid Lilla M. Lee John B. Merrell Roy A. Palmer Andrew Anderson Thomas Thomas White HOME ©Genealogy Trails