Pioneers of Marshall County Illinois

Marshall County Pioneer Settlers

  • 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)

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