(The following is a small excerpt of the history of Tazewell County townships from the book
“Souvenir of Early and Notable Events in the History of the North West Territory, Illinois and Tazewell County.”)
Submitted by: Linda T - 2008
The township of Cincinnati, joining Pekin on the south, lost its northern tier of sections by assignment to Pekin, thus bringing the spot where Jonathan Tharp built his first log cabin within Pekin’s limits. The first election was held in Pekin at the “Cincinnati Hotel.” Maj. Perkins, Elisha Perkins, William Woodrow, Hugh Woodrow, Samuel Woodrow, and John Summers, settled in this township as early as 1826; also Daniel Rankin and brother about the same time. The first school-house was built on the Summers and Woodrow settlement not later than 1828. South Pekin, in this township, was laid out July 10, 1913.
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Samuel P. Bailey |
1850-52 |
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Lemuel Allen |
1853-54 |
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G.H. Rupert |
1855-57 |
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Samuel P. Bailey |
1858 |
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Samuel Woodrow |
1859 |
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James Hawkins |
1860-62 |
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John W. Coleman |
1863-65 |
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Jas. S. Hawkins |
1866 |
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Timothy Larimore |
1867-68 |
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John Eidmann |
1869-72 |
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Geo. Stoehr |
1873-78 |
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John Eidmann |
1879-81 |
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Geo. Stoehr |
1882 (did not qualify) |
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John Eidmann |
1882-84 |
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Philip S. Ripper |
1885-93 |
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Wm. Bell |
1894 (failed to qualify) |
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Philip S. Ripper |
1894-97 |
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Ben. Bailey |
1898-02 (resigned) |
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H. Lutz |
1903-05 (to fill vacancy) |
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Henry Lutz |
1905-13 |
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John Alfs |
1914-16 |
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C.J. Abbott |
1916-18 |
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