Donated by Susan Cook, copied from microfilm
THIS IS ABOUT THE 1890 Tornado
Just before striking the barns of WHIPCOMIER and IRVIN, it
divided into two parts, the part that blew down the homes of MR.
WHEATLY and REV. MCMILLAN pursuing the original north-east course
and the other part going off at an angle up through Randolph
County, from where MR. W. C. DEAN and WHIT GILBREATH, who
returned from St. Louis on the 8:32 train brought reports of
houses blown down and a number seriously injured in the
neighborhood of Houston. It will probably be several days before
the full extent of the injury to persons and the damage to
property is reported.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1890
MR. S. K. WILLIAMS received a letter this week from
Thompsonville, Franklin county, this state, informing him of the
death at that place of his sister, MRS. MENERVA CRILEY. MRS.
CRILEY formerly lived in this county near Shiloh Hill, where she
had a large circle of friends and acquaintances who will regret
to learn of her death. At the time of her death deceased was in
her fifty-second year.
FRIDAY AUGUST 29, 1890
MAYOR ALLEN, of Sparta, died suddenly of heart disease last
Tuesday.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 1890
On Tuesday, VAN BROUGHTEN, who lives near Shiloh Hill, Ill.,
met his death very suddenly. He had been to the creamery and
returning home with a barrel of skimmed milk in the wagon,
entered his barn lot when the team took tright and began circling
the barn. The wagon turned over throwing MR. BROUGHTEN out, the
barrel of milk striking him, causing almost instant death. We
could not learn the particulars of the Interment.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1891
MR. and MRS. JAS. HARKNESS and little WANDA returned home
Monday evening from Chester where they had attended the funeral
of MR. HARKNESS' father, GEO. HARKNESS, who died on Thursday at
the residence of his son in law, G. S. DOUGLAS near Chester. He
was the last of the twenty young Scots who came to this country
in 1848 and made up what has always been known as the Scotch
Settlement.
FRIDAY MAY 29, 1891
AUNT POLLY HOLMAN, of Shiloh Hill, died on Monday the 25th,
after an illness of about three months. She was buried at the
Millcreek Cemetery Tuesday the 26th at 11 o'clock am.
FRIDAY JUNE 5, 1891
The death of THOMAS KELLY, father of A. J. KELLY, of this village, took place at the home of his daughter, MRS. JOHN KIRKPATRICK, one and a half miles eastof Rockwood, Ill., on Friday, May 29, 1891. Death was caused by heart failure.
THOMAS KELLY was eighty years old. He was born and raised in
Ireland coming to this country nearly sixty years ago, since
which time, with the exception of two years, he has been a
resident of Randolph County. He joined the church at sixteen
years of age since which time he heas been a faithful, devoted
member. He has survived as elder of the Presbyterian church for
forty-four years. Three years ago he became blind, but the angel
of death approaching touched his eyelid and sight came back and
he looked once more upon the faces of his beloved daughters. Then
quietly, the spirit stole away and left the cacant windows open.
A life lived out was laid aside and another as faithful begun.
The funeral services were conducted by the REV. FISHER. Interment
took place Saturday at the Ebeneezer graveyard.
FRIDAY JULY 24, 1891
On Tuesday, July 21st, at Sparta, Ill., at the residence of
her daughter, MRS. FRED LINER, MRS. J. L. TAGGART, of Campbell
Hill, quietly departed this life after a long illness. Her
children had come from their far off homes; DR. THOS. and MISS
BERT from Tulare, Cal., DR. DAVE from Birmingham, Ala., and the
others from their homes in this county, to be near thier beloved
mother in her last illness. Thus surrounded by her husband and
children, except DR. CHARLES of Tulare, Cal., she passed into the
great beyond, there to receive the reward that the life of a
consistent Christian faithful wife and kind and devoted mother
entitles her to. The interment took place at her old home at
Palestine, Ill., on Thursday. (There is a poem written for Anna
Taggart by her friend, MRS. MARION RUSSELL)
These items were sent over from Jackson Co by Susan Cook. If you have relatives in RC you might want to visit over in Jackson Co.