Early Edward County 1884 Patrons
Township 3 South, Range 11 East
Transcribed by Laurie Selpien from the Combined History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois with Illustrations Descriptive of their scenery and Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men and Pioneers published by J. L. McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1883
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NOTE: be sure and check out early settlers for more information on the many of the people listed below!
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Name |
P. O. Box |
Residence |
Occupation |
Nativity |
Settled |
|
Coad, Thomas |
Grayville |
Sec 7 |
Farmer |
Cornwall, England |
1821 |
|
Margaret, Rotamel |
Decd July 7, 1872 |
|
Late wife of Thomas Coad |
Logan Co., Ky |
1830? |
|
Johnson (nee Kellett) Ellen |
Grayville |
Sec 18 |
Retired Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1838 |
|
Johnson, Job T. |
Decd Jan 10, 1866 |
|
Late Husband of Ellen Johnson |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1836 |
|
Johnson, George |
Grayville |
Sec 6 |
Farmer |
Sussex Co., England |
1830 |
|
Rhonda Ann Gumbrell |
|
Sec 6 |
Wife of George Johnson |
Ohio |
1846 |
|
Kellett, John A. |
|
Sec 7 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1841 |
|
Virginia McLaughlin |
|
Sec 7 |
Wife of John A. Kellett |
Posey Co., Indiana |
1869 |
|
Woodham, Compton |
|
Sec 6 |
Farmer |
Wayne Co., Il. |
1837 |
|
Ann Potter |
|
Sec 6 |
Wife of Compton Woodham |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1842 |
|
|
Township 3 |
South |
Range 14 |
west |
|
|
Coles, William S. |
Grayville |
Sec 5 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1837 |
|
Mary J. Cowling |
|
Sec 5 |
Wife of William S. Coles |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1836 |
|
Cowling, Charles |
|
Sec 8 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1836 |
|
Mary A. Johnson |
|
Sec 8 |
Wife of Charles Cowling |
Sussex Co., England |
1850 |
|
Coles, Joseph G. |
|
Sec 8 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1843 |
|
Julia Compton |
|
Sec 8 |
Wife of Joseph G. Coles |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1861 |
|
Coles, Henry S. |
|
Grayville |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1830 |
|
Rebecca A. Hoskins |
|
|
Wife of Henry S. Coles |
White Co., Il. |
1853 |
|
Etheridge, John |
|
Sec 18 |
Farmer |
England |
1851 |
|
Nancy C. Price |
Decd May 25, 1873 |
|
Late wife of John Etheridge |
Posey Co., Indiana |
1867 |
|
Thrash, Thomas J. |
Grayville |
Sec 17 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1839 |
|
Mary Lindy |
|
Sec 17 |
Wife of Thomas J. Thrash |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1865 |
|
|
Township 1 |
North |
Range 10 |
East |
|
|
Brown, James |
Samsville |
Sec 23 |
Farmer |
Delaware Co., Pa. |
1847 |
|
Bennett, William |
|
Sec 29 |
Farmer |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1868 |
|
Elizabeth Bernhart |
Died Dec 27, 1881 |
|
1st wife of William Bennett |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1857 |
|
Margaret Bernhart |
Samsville |
Sec 29 |
Present wife of William Bennett |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1862 |
|
Bernhart, George |
|
Sec 29 |
Farmer |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1852 |
|
Annie M. Lambert |
|
Sec 29 |
Wife of george Bernhart |
Pittsburgh, Pa. |
1854 |
|
Byford, Henry C. |
Maple Grove |
Sec 6 |
Farmer & Carpenter |
Rutherford Co., Tenn. |
1841 |
|
Nancy J. Greathouse |
|
Sec 6 |
Henry C. Byford |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1833 |
|
Blood, J. H. |
Parkersburg |
Sec 8 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1856 |
|
Permelia A. Holtzhousen |
|
Sec 8 |
Wife of J. H. Blood |
Wayne Co., Il. |
1874 |
|
Blood, Sarah A. |
|
Sec 8 |
Farming |
England |
1842 |
|
Blood, John M. |
Died April 30, 1876 |
|
Late husband Sarah A. Blood |
Vermont |
1841 |
|
Byford, Wm. A. |
Samsville |
Sec 36 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1850 |
|
Martha E. Creason |
|
Sec 36 |
Wife of Wm. A. Byford |
Cannon Co., Tenn. |
1863 |
|
Buxton, William E. |
|
Samsville |
Physician & Surgeon |
Scott Co., Ind. |
1868 |
|
Alice C. Peters |
|
|
Wife of William E. Buxton |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1860 |
|
Eliz R. Buxton (nee Crawford) |
|
|
Mother of William E. Buxton |
Scott Co., Indiana |
1868 |
|
Curtis, John |
Albion |
Sec 33 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1826 |
|
Mahala Mounts |
|
|
Wife of John Curtis |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1830 |
|
Curtis, Franklin |
Samsville |
Sec 35 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1857 |
|
Mary Gawthorpe |
|
Sec 35 |
Wife of Franklin Curtis |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1868 |
|
Curtis, Thomas |
Albion |
Sec 33 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1836 |
|
Susan M. Click |
|
|
Wife of Thomas Curtis |
Lehigh Co., Pa. |
1857 |
|
Deischer, Delia B. |
Samsville |
Sec 29 |
Farming |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1871 |
|
Fildes, William |
|
Sec 23 |
Farmer |
Lakeshire, England |
1838 |
|
Ann Hill |
|
|
Wife of William Fildes |
Derbyshire, England |
1837 |
|
Fildes, William E. |
|
Sec 26 |
Farmer & Carpenter |
Delaware Co., Pa. |
1837 |
|
Sarah Slandring |
|
|
Wife of William E. Fildes |
Delaware Co., Pa. |
1837 |
|
Fuller, Isaac J. |
West Salem |
Sec 14 |
Farmer |
Wabash Co., Il. |
1868 |
|
Eliza L. Greathouse |
|
|
Wife of Isaac J. Fuller |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1848 |
|
Rebecca J. Fuller (nee Moore) |
|
|
Mother of Isaac J. Fuller |
Orange Co., Indiana |
1866 |
|
Frost, James P. |
Maple Grove |
Sec 9 |
Farmer |
Allen Co., Ky. |
1860 |
|
Julia Shelby |
|
Sec 9 |
Wife of James P. Frost |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1841 |
|
Greathouse Francis |
West Salem |
Sec 13 |
Farmer |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1831 |
|
Ennice Wright |
Died Sept 9, 1871 |
|
1st wife of Francis Greathouse |
Pennsylvania |
1831 |
|
Sarah J. Shilling |
West Salem |
Sec 13 |
Present wife of Francis Greathouse |
Edwards Co., Il. |
1854 |
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