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Source: Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois by George B. Harrington
A reproduction of the original book on CD (purchased from OLD GLORY ACCENTS) Originally published by Pioneer Pub. Co., Chicago, IL, 1906
947 pgs
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INDEX (pdf format - includes first names)
Transcribed Bios
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES
* surname with more than one individual
** surname with five or more individuals
Abbott*, Abell, Adams, Albrecht*, Allen*, Anderson**, Andrews, Ansteth, Anthony*, Apgar, Atkinson, Attig, Baechler, Bailey, Baird, Barkman, Barrett, Wm. J. Barth, Bash, Bass*, Battey*, Banschbach*, Bauer*, Beatty, Becker, Behrens, Belknap, Bennett*, Bentley, Theodore J. Berge, Berry, Bill, Blackburn, Blazey, Bloom, Boal, Bohm, bonnell*,Collin N. Booth,Harry C. Booth,Newton Booth,Wm. H. BOOTH, Borop, Boyden*, Boyland*, Brady, Brigham, Brokaw, Brooks, Brown*, Bruton, Bryan, Bryant**, Bumphrey, Burden, Burke, Burnett, Burnham, Buswell, Butler, Callinan, Campbell, Capperrune, Carpenter*, Carper*, Cass, Cassidy, Cater, Cauffman, Cecil, Chambers*, Chase Chesney, Chritzman, Clancy, Clark*, Clarke< Clement, Cochran, Coddington*, Coffey, Coggins, Coleman, Condon, Conrad, Conley*, Conner*, Corey*, Corss, Costehlo, Coulter, Craig, Crater, Crisman, Crownover*, Curtis*, Dabler*, Dahlgren, Dale*, Daniels, Davis, Dean, Decker*, Delano*, Dewey, Dorr, Doty*, Benj. Dow, Downing, Draper*, Dreman, Drummer, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunne, Dunteman, Dwyer, Eddy, Edwards, Jos. H. Eickmeier, eigsti, Ellberg, Elliott, Ely, Emerson, Ennis, Erikson, Evans, Faber, Fagan, Fahs, Fairbanks, Fassett, Fate, Fauble, Fay, Fetrow, Fetzer, Field*, Fifield, Fisher, Flint Follet, Ford, Fordham, Foster, Franklin, Frazee, Fuller*, Gardner, Garten, Garvin*, Garwood, Gebeck, Germain, Geuther, Gibbs*, Gingery, Gingrich*, Golby, Golding, Gosse, Gould*, Graham, Graves, Gray*, Greener, Alfred R Greenwood, Griswold, Guither, Gunkel, Gunning*, Gustavson, Gutshall, Haines*,Ernest J. Hall; Richard Hall Hamilton, Hamrick*, Haney, Hanley, Harrington*, Hartz*, Hasenyager, Hassler, Hatch, Hawthorne, Hayden, Hayes, Hays, Hazen, Hechtner, Heinze, Heitz, Henderson, Hensel*, Herbolsheimer, Herzog, Hewitt, Hickey, Hickman, Hills, Hohertz, Holler, Holmes, Holroyd, Michael Hoover,J.K. Hopkins, Hoppler, Hopps*, Houghton, Howard, Humphreys, Hunt, Hupp, Henry Hurst Sr.., Huseman, Immke, Ireland, Isaacson, Jackson, Jacoby, Ignatius Jagodzinski, Jensen*, Johnson**, Jontz, Kane, Asa Kasbeer, Keel, Keith, Kelley, Kendall, Kinnick, Kipp, G. W. Kirkpatrick, John Kitterman, Knipple, Knox*, Knudson*, Kramer, Krooss, Kumpf, E. A. La Due, Lamb, Landis, Larkin, Laughlin, Law, Lawton*, George M.Lewis, Lindner, Link, Littlewood, Lockwood, Lewis Long, Lord*, Lovejoy, Lungren, Luther, Lyle*, McCabe*, McCleary, McCray, McCreedy, George W. McDonald, McElroy, McGann, McIntyre, McKenzie, McMahon, McManis*, McWilliams, Makutchan, Malaney, Malm, Maloney, Markee*, Marriott, Marshall, Martin*, Mason**, Mathis*, Matson*, Matteson*, May*, Mercer*, Metcalf, Meyer, Michael, Miller**, Mitchell, Monier, Moran, Morgan, Morrasy, Morris*, Moseley, Mosher, Mount*, Murphy, Murtaugh, Myer, Myers*, Nawa, Neill, Nelson*, Norris, Norton*, Oakford*, Oberg, Oberschelp, James O'Brien, Odell, O'Hollaran, John H.Olds, Oloffson, Olson*, Oppenheim, Ottoson, Paddock*, Paden, Palmer*, Parker, Patten, Patterson*, Peckham, Pendleton, Perkins, Jesse Perry, Clayton C. Pervier; Rev. Sylvester L. Pervier; Peterson*, Pettee, Pettigrew, Pettit, Phelps, Phillips*, Pickering, Pierce, Pierson*, Piper**, Pittman, Poole, Popp, Porterfield Prendergast, Prescott, Priestley, Prunk, Prutsman, Quinn, Rackley*, Rasmusson, Rawson, Reed*, Reid, Remsburg*, Reynolds, Rhyne, Richardson*, Rick, Riley*, Rippley, Roberts, Robinson*, Rogers, Rollins, Ross*, William Ruck, Runft, Russell*, Ryan, Salmon, Saltzman, Sandberg, Sapp*, Charles L. Savage, Schendel, Schoettler, Schultz, Schuneman, Schwartzentraub, Scott*, Searl*, Seguine, Seibel*, Showalter, John J. Shugart, Simington, Sisler, Sitterley, Skeffington*, Skinner, Skoglund, Daniel H. Smith,Daniel P. Smith, Henry C. Smith, John M. Smith; Lisle P. Smith; Smith**, Soverhill, Splain, Spooner, Sprague, Springer, Stabler*, Stadler, Steele*, Stein, Stier, Stiver, Stoodley, Story, James E Stothard Studley*, Sutton, Swanson*, Andrew Swanzy, Swarts, Sweeney, Taylor, Tellkamp, Templeton, Terpening,Frank C. Thackaberry, Thackaberry*, Thompson*, Thomson, Tibbetts, Tinley, Tomlinson, Tonkinson, Trimble*, Tucker, Umholz, Van Ormer, Van Sickle, Vaughn*, Virden, Vroom, Wade, Wagner, Walrath, Ward, Warfield*, ValentineWarkins, Warner, Washburn, Waterhouse*, James Watson, Waugh, Webb, Wedding, Weeks, Weise, Weller, Wells, Weissenbuger, Westover, Whaley, Whaples, Whipple, Whitaker, White*, Whiting, Wickersham, Wiggim, Wiggins, Wilkinson, Williams**, Wilson*, Wiman, Winser, Winter*, Wolfersberger, Wood**, Woolley, Wright, Yeater, Young*, Yount, Zearing*, George ZINK, Zink*
CONTENTS
Historical.
Chapter I. Introductory
Chapter II. The Northwest Territory, Illinois
Chapter III. Early settlement of the county
Chapter IV. Early Settlement
Chapter V. Black Hawk War
Chapter VI. Organization of the county
Chapter VII. Religions
Chapter VIII. Educational
Chapter IX. The press
Chapter X. Courts and bar
Chapter XI. Legislative
Chapter XII. County officers
Chapter XIII. Medical
Chapter XIV. Banking
Chapter XV. Princeton
Chapter XVI. Railroads and public improvements
Chapter XVII. Townships
Chapter XVIII. The Civil War
Chapter XIX. Fraternal Societies
Chapter XX. Miscellaneous
Chapter XXI. Bureau County Fair
Chapter XXII. Illustrious dead Biographical
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