Schuyler County Newspapers From 1835-1882

 

Current Schuyler County Newspaper [December 2005] Rushville Times 110 E. Lafayette St. Rushville, Illinois 62681 217-322-3321

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Here and There       notes from Schuyler Citizen and Rushville Times on movements of people with Schuyler County connections 1857 -1881

1834    Cholera cames to Schuyler County, July 1834, written in later years

1859   OUR CALIFORNIA BOYS: Schuyler residents that went to California in 1849, appeared in the Schuyler Citizen, March 2, 1859.

1859-1861   1859-1861: Marriage Licenses Issued via The Schuyler Citizen Newspaper

1872    Removal Of The Dead - Cemetery Burials Moved

1892   June 1892: Sarah Luttrell Celebrates her 100th Anniversary

1896   Illinois River Camping Trip: about 1896.   Welker - Montooth Wedding Announcement, October 14, 1896.

1899   Lawrence Dean and Nettie Florence Wetzel Wedding Announcement, February 26, 1899.   ELI YOUNG POSSIBLE MURDER - near Industry, March 1899.   Meets Tragic End! - L. R. Shannon, Killed in Clinton, IL November 8, 1899.

1900    STRUCK BY TRAIN: death of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Aten, November 13, 1900.

1901    President McKinley Autopsy - September 15, 1901.    President McKinley Death Certificate - September 15, 1901.

1904    Celebrates 92nd Birthday: Mrs. Jane Walker celebrates her 92nd Birthday, January 16, 1904.

1905    Littleton Grain Elevator Bought - September 7, 1905.

1907    Littleton Elevator Sold - June 13, 1907.

1918   CORP. H. STAMBAUGH INFLUENZA VICTIM - October 1918.

1921    TRIAL DATE SET FOR BARTON vs. EXCELSIOR STATE & MANUFACTURING CO.

1923   Baseball Players Struck By Lightning - June 28, 1923. 1 killed, 2 injured, 2 knocked off feet.   RECLUSE'S ESTATE HAS NO HEIRS - August 30, 1923.   DONATED ESTATE TO BUILD COLLEGE - September 6, 1923.

1927   HOGS ATTACK LEANDER WARD IN FARM FIELD: death of Leander Ward, July 27, 1927.

1929   POISONED LIQUOR - March thru July, 1929

1935   ROBERTSON FAMILY REUNION: August 1935.

1937   Two of the Nation's Oldest Odd Fellowes Died Last Week - May 12, 1937.   CLARENCE BADER MOVING - August 18, 1937.

1941   60TH ANNIVERSITY OF ALBERT AND SUSAN STAMBAUGH, January 12, 1941.

1948   1948 RUSHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA picture.   FREE METHODIST CHURCH Building Debt Free - October 7, 1948.

1949   FRED PATTON IS DROWNED IN CROOKED CREEK: July 10, 1949.

1953   COLONY PIONEER CLAIM TO SOONER OUTLAWS IN 1889: article on Archibald Theodore Graham, born near Birmingham, Illinois from the Carnegie, Oklahoma newspaper in 1953.

1956   PULASKI DIED IN AN OLD HOTEL: January 19, 1956.

1977   TWO MEN KILLED IN CRASH EARLY MONDAY MORNING - week of August 1, 1977. Dead is Michael Bollinger and Robert Knous.

1995   Remembrances of Browning Township by Bob Reno: 1995.

Unknown Year   George D. Duncan Dead (probably around 1900).   Mrs. Sarah Waddell Drowns In a Cistren at Her Home in Astoria (probably around 1900).   Picture of Bishop John M. Walden (from circa 1880-1910).

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