Pioneers of Marshall County Illinois

Pioneers of Marshall County  

Old Settlers of Marshall County (Written by L.P. Bates in 1867, a short sketch of the lives of three settlers, Franklin W. Graves, Richard Scholes and F.M. Bates)

The Graves Family (Taken From the Marshall County Republican, December 5, 1867.  Story  of Franklin W. Graves and family, First Settler of Sparland - who tragically died with the Donner Party crossing  the mountains to California.  Written by "An Old Columbian" who actually knew them.)

Pioneer Tidbits:  Short Articles on pioneers of Marshall County Taken From the Henry Republican

• C. C. Camery - Whitefield Township

• Mrs. Lucy Snider - Henry Township

• Mr. and Mrs Richard Hunt - Whitefield Township

• Mr. John T. Smith - Whitefield Township

• Mrs. Elizabeth Wykoff  - Henry

• Aaron Bartlett - Henry

• The Roberts Family Reunion in 1879

• John Spencer, Jerusha Burt, George Burt and Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett - Whitefield township

• Judge P. M. Janney's 70th birthday, 1880

• Mrs. George Burt's 80th birthday, 1880

• Two Revolutionary war veterans - Joseph Warner and Lemuel Gaylord buried in Marshall county

• NEW!! 02/24/07 The Mallary-Frisbey Families (Pioneer settlers of Marshall County)

Sketches of G. F. Wightman and Charles Fosbender - 1879 20th District representatives (Henry Republican, August 21, 1879)