Pioneers of Marshall County Illinois
Biographies, Sketches, News Articles and Obituaries

  • Biographies and Obituaries of Pioneers

    • Biographies:   Ely Albertson, Benjamin Babb, Charles M. Baker, George Ball, Charles Balleweg, Jr., Jesse B. Bane, Samuel D. Baxendale, John Berry, George F. Blackstone, Elenora A. (Bullman) Blackstone, Otto Brauns, Irving Broaddus, Judge John Burns, Olney Burton, Washington E. Cook, Edward Corcoran, John Coutlett, Sarah E. (Dever) Coutlett, Henry L. Crane, Dr. Davis and Mrs. Emily K. Davis, Dr. W. W. Dean, James Dever, Mrs. Nancy Dever, M. P. Dilley, Charles H. Dressler, Robert B. Edwards, G. W. Emerick, Ira Fenn, Cicero M. Ferguson, Capt. Henry Fisher, Capt. Henry Fisher, Allen N. Ford, Willis H. Ford, C. C. Gapen, James F. Gates, Frederick Geude, Samuel Gibb, C. Gould, H. G. Grawburg, Edward Green, A. B. Hall, Jesse Q. Hall, J. H. Hall
    • C. E. Abbott, John Algoe, Abram Allen, S. G. Allen, August Appleton, Aaron Axline, Frank Baer, E. P. Barker, S. C. Barrett, Milton Bayne, R. F. Becher, Zera P. Beckwith, A. Beckworth, George W. Bickerman, John Bickerman, Andrew J. Bishop, Daniel N. Blood, Jr., Francis H. Bond, Frank H. Brant, Johnson Brown, Richard Burroughs, Abner Camp, Edward Clifford, Samuel D. Clifford, Nancy H. (Brassfield) Louden Coan, A. Cohn
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  • 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

    • William Brown - Revolutionary Soldier - Contributed by Bill Brown

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

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