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Christian Hileman, Eli Littleton, John Treese, Charles Treese, Armistead H. Brown, Lewis Bryant and Daniel Barringer.

Armstead H. Brown returned into court the return of John Bradshaw, Thomas Deen and S. C.? Brown commissioners appointed to serve so much of the road leading from Jonesborough to Golconda as lies between Henry Baringer and the ford of Cash to met beginning at the ford of Cash and running a direct course to A. H. Brown's from thence a strait direction to intersect the old road, which we consider better and nearer than the old one. Signed by we commissioners and it is orale? that John Hughes superior open and work on road and all hands living _____ bounds are redirected to work on road.

Ordered that George Smith in addition to his former list of hands allotted to work the road leading from Jonesborough to Green's Ferry be allotted the following named hands and they are hereby allotted S. Smiley L______, Samuel Hures asked J_____ George Daughters by Charles Daughterty and Sarr__et Welty.

Ordered that Jacob Littleton be allowed and additional list of hands to work under him to met Abner Hunsaker, Benjamin West, James Lerrsler? and they are hereby required to work under S. Littleton.

Ordered that James Brown be allowed four dollars for his attendance on the circuit court.

John Bradshaw one of the commissioners appointed to review a road beginning at or near Concord Meeting House to Brownville returned into court a return that they had marked out the contemplate road beginning at the Johnson County line near Concord Meeting House from thence to William Barton's, thence to Thomas Jones' on the Golconda Road thence north said road to John Bradshaw's from thence to Boyel Billingsly thence with the old Brownsville Road to John Lopes on Drewry's Creek and from thence north the old Brownsville Road to where it intersects with the road leading from Jonesborough to Brownsville near Laymers old horse mill.

Ordered that John Bradshaw be appointed Supervisor of the road leading from the Johnson County line to the road leading from Jonesborough to Brownsville intersecting the said road at Laymer's old horse mill. Commencing at the ford of Cash and working to Boyal Billingly and all the hands living south of the road leading from Jonesborough to Bradstown and all living south of Patterson's old horse mill and John Finney's and living within five miles of road.

SAD MORTALITY

St. Louis Republican, July 16, 1850

We have before us a letter written by George R. Bradley, and dated Liberty, June 21st. The writer says that his wagon, to which were attached his brother and himself, from Union County, Ill., H. J. Ostetter, from Chester, Ill., and two of the MacDills, from Union county, Ill., left Independence in a company of twenty seven persons, on the 11th of June. When one day out, one of the company was attacked with the cholera; on the third day they were stopped by the cholera and small-pox breaking out amongst them; they remained encamped two days during which they lost ten men. Next day the men were so alarmed that they proposed to turn back, and the resolution was adopted almost unanimously. On the return route there were seven more deaths before they reached Independence, where the company separated--only 10 of the 27 surviving. They left everything behind them except their mules.

COTTON SHIPMENT FROM UNION COUNTY

Lowell Daily Citizen and News, January 28, 1862

The first shipment of cotton from Union County, Ill., was made on Friday last.
The shipment, consisting of eight bales, was made to Philadelphia.

STEAM BARREL FACTORY

A steam barrel factory that turns off from one thousand to twelve hundred barrels per week,
is in full tide of operation in the town of Anna, Union County, Ill.

Chicago, April 12--A special despatch from Anna, Ill., to the Times says that James M. McIntire, an old and respected citizen of the southeastern portion of Union County, was found dead in a field three-quarters of a mile from his house, with his gun by his side and his hunting knife thrust through his throat. The body was so arranged as to give the impression that he had committed suicide, but on examination it was found he had been shot through the back of the head. An old enemy McIntire was known to have was an uncle, with whom he had quarreled concerning the uncle's wronging the murdered man's daughter.

A. Woodward is Santa Claus head quarters. See his big line of nice things before you buy. He has a full line of candies and oranges, and asks for your patronage. --From the Cairo Weekly Citizen, Thursday, December 22, 1892.

Oregon's Oldest Homesteader Sincere in Proving up Claim at Parkdale

Morning Oregonian, Oct. 5, 1913

HOOD RIVER, OR, Oct. 4--(Special)--Although with furrows of age written deep on her face, having celebrated her 85th birthday the past August, Mrs. S. C. McIntosh, of Parkdale, the oldest homesteader in Oregon and probably in the Northwest, has a clear sparkle in her eye and possesses still more of the optimism than many people have in days of youth. Mrs. McIntosh, who was born in Union County, Ill., in 1831, removed from The Dalles after having been left a widow, her husband having died in 1905, and at the age of 80 years filed on a choice tract above Parkdale in the upper valley. She never left the place a day after having taken the claim. So sincere was she in her desire to maintain the rules of the Land Office that she would not pass the night with her son, C. E. McIntosh, who homesteaded a tract across the road from her. Mrs. McIntosh has been a resident of Oregon since 1877, having come with her husband to The Dalles in that year.

John Adams, 35 years old, Duquoin electrician, was killed at 12:15 a. m. today when he came in contact with a high tension wire of the Illinois Power & Light Co., at Sixth and West Main streets, Belleville.
According to his brother, Roy Adams, with whom he was working on a pole, tightening copper mountings, his wrench touched the wire carrying 33,000 volts from the Keokuk power plant. He fell 30 feet to the ground, suffering a fractured neck and skull. The body was badly burned and the head of the wrench was melted away, according to the brother. Work with a pulmotor was abandoned after three hours.
He is survived by his widow and three small children.

(Note by descendent Virginia Adams Pierce: He was an electrician and was only in Belleville for two days. The article fails to mention that John Q. was under pressure to finish a job he was doing as it was 12 midnight. The power to the lines had been turned off while he was working on them. Someone, accidentally and in a hurry to go home, switched the power back on while John Q. had a tool on the line.) --Mr. Adams was originally from Dongola. See Death Certificate.

ANNA, Ill., Nov. 14-(UP--Authorities today were seeking to identify a child who was one of three persons killed yesterday when their automobile was
struck by a northbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio passenger train at a Jonesboro grade crossing. The two men killed in the crash were Claud Winn and Hoover Carter of Jonesboro. All three died in a hospital here shortly after the collision. Chief Dispatcher Harry Wilson, of the G. M. & O. railroad division office in
Murphysboro said both crossing signals and flasher lights were operating at the time of the accident.
--THE DAILY REGISTER Harrisburg, IL Wednesday, November 14, 1945, contributed by Pat Hardenstine.