What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Woodford County, Illinois and its people.

 

7    Books on this 8GB USB Flash Drive !

(Over 2300 Pages)

 

Book 1) Portrait and Biographical Album of Woodford County, Illinois –1889

 

Book 2) The Biographical Record of Livingston and Woodford Counties, Illinois – 1900

 

Book 3) The Past and Present of Woodford County, Illinois -1878

 

Book 4) History of Woodford County – 1877

 

Book 5) History of Woodford County – 1910

 

Book 6) History of the Baptist Churches of Woodford County, Illinois - 1913

 

Book 7) Soldiers of the War of 1812, Whose Bounty Land Grants were Located In Woodford County, Illinois - 1913

 

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BOOK 1

 

Portrait and Biographical

Album of

Woodford County, Illinois

Containing

Full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county,

Together With

Portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state and of the presidents of the United States.

 

Chicago,

Chapman Bros.

 

1889

 

595 pages

 

Surnames Found in Index

 

Adams, Allen, Arthur, Baker, Banta, Baringer, Barton, Bassett, Beal, Bell, Belsly, Belsley, Berg, Beveridge, Biebes, Bigger, Billinger, Blackmore, Bond, Bonlier, Bourn, Brubaker, Buckingham, Bullock, Bullock, Cheedle, Clark, Coen, Colburn, Combes, Converse, Corbly, Crawford, Cribben, Curtiss, Danforth, Darst, Davison, Davis, Davison, Dawson, Denman, Detweiler, DeRevries, Dickinson, Dodds, Donner, Down, Edwards, Eft, Ege, Ellis, Ellwood, Engel, Erskin, Evans, Fauber, Fehring, Filger, Fillmore, Fishburn, Fisher, Forsyth, Fort, Freese, Fuller, Fursman, Garber, Gardner, Gibson, Goodrich, Goodwin, Gough, Glessing, Grafft, Grieser, Gross, Grove, Gudeman, Haas, Haase, Hall, Hallom, Hammers, Hamm, Harper, Harrison, Harseim, Hayes, Hazen, Hefler, Held, Hepperly, Hereford, Herr, Herrick, Hill, Hitch, Hodgson, Hogelucht, Hohulin, Hollenback, Homer, Hunzmger, Hurd, Irving, Johann, John, Johnson, Jury, Kamp, Kaufman, Kellogg, Kennel, Kerr, Kerrick, Kief, Kingdig, Kingdon, Kipp, Knapp, Koehler, Krater, Krug, Kurtz, Lallman, Learned, Lemon, Lesch, Livingston, Lybarger, Major, Marshall, Mason, McChesney, McClure, McCord, McCulloch, McGuire, McHugh, McSparran, Meek, Meginnes, Michael, Miller, Molitor, Montgomery, Moore, Moschel, Moser, Mundell, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Nash, Owen, Padin, Page, Parker, Parkin, Parnham, Patterson, Patterson , Patton, Peard, Phillips, Pickard, Pierce, Piper, Plackett, Polhemus, Potter, Punke, Radford, Ramsey, Ranney, Rediger, Reed, Reeser, Render, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richardson, Riehl, Rippel, Robeson, Robbins, Robinson, Rogers, Roth, Russell, Ruvencht, Sadler, Schertz, Schofield, Schrock, Scott, Shafer, Shugart, Shuman, Shur, Simpson, Slyter, Smiser, Snyder, Spencer, Spires, Steider, Stephens, Stephensen, Stevenson, Stitt, Stoddard, Straight, Strathman, Stumbaugh, Sutton, Swan, Swartz, Tanton, Taylor, Theena, Thorpe, Tjaden, Tomb, Tool, Tucker, Tweddale, Tyler, Uphoff, Van Fossen, Van Pelt, Vanscyoc, Varble, Waggoner, Wagner, Wagner, Waite, Ward, Warren, Weber, Webber, Wheelwright, Whitmire, Wickler, Wilcox, Wilson, Williams, Wineteer, Woltzen, Wylie, Yambert, Yerion, Zeller, Zimmermann, Zinser,

 

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BOOK 2

The Biographical Record

of

Livingston and Woodford

Counties, Illinois

ILLUSTRATED

Chicago,

The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company

 

1900

 

684 pages

 

INDEX

 

Adams, Albrecht, Allen, Andrews, Armitage, Armstrong, Baird, Baker, Balmer, Bangs, Barickman, Barnhizer, Barr, Barton, Baleman, Bauman, Belsley, Bennett, Bentley, Biddle, Bischoff, Bocock, Boyer, Brace, Bradle, Bradley, Briggs, Broadhead, Brownson, Brown, Brubaker, Bruce, Bruner, Brunskill, Buck, Burns, Burroughs, Buttler, Button, Caldwell, Call, Camp, Capes, Carson, Cavan, Chapman, Childs, Clandin, Cleary, Collins, Conrad, Converse, Cornell, Countryman, Cowan, Crabb, Crawford, Cribben, Crumbaker, Dahl, Damman, Daniels, Darst, Davenport, Davidson, Dearth, Defenbaugh, Denehe, Dennis,  Desire, Dierking, Dixon, Duckett, Dunham, Dunmire, Earp,  Eckhart, Eichhorn, Eilts, Ellinger, Ellingwood, Ellis, Engel, Engelsen, Erickson, Evans, Fagot, Farley, Farney, Faw, Feehan, Fellows, Finchman, Finley, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Flagler, Flessner, Fosdick, Foster, Fox, Frakes, Francis, Frederick, Frederick, Fry,

Gaff, Gardner, George, Gletz, Gibbons, Gingerich, Gingrich, Gish, Glinnen, Goembel, Goodman, Goodwin,

Gordon, Gourley, Graftt, Graham, Grandy, Gregory, Grieser, Grove, Guenther, Guthrie, Hack, Hall, Hancock, Harms, Hart, Hartman, Hausslar, Hawk, Hayes, Haynes, Hays, Heisner, Hemstreet, Hertlein, Hester, Hodgson, Hogelucht, Hoke, Holman, Holt, Hoobler, Hoover, Horneman, Horton, Hoshor, Hotaling, Houder, Huffman, Hughes, Humiston, Huxlable, Irving, Ivins, Jacquin, Jamison, Jenkins, Jeter, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jury, Kane, Karr, Kellog, Kellogg, Kenney, Kent, Kerrick, Ketcham, Kimber, Klein, Kleen, Knisht, Kull, Kuntz, Large, Lawrence, Learned, Leffers, Leggate, Leiserowitz, Lehmann, Lemon,  Leonard, Lewis, Linville, Lommatch, Long, Louderback, Lovell, Lower, Lucus, Liming, McCabe, McClintock, McCormick, McGregor, McGuire, McKinney, McMillan, McOneber, Manhser, Marshall, Meek, Michels, Miller, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Mourer, Munson, Murphy, Murtaugh, Myer, Myers, Naffziger, Nelhs, Nichols, Nicol, O'Brien, O'Connor, Oleson, Oliver, Ore, Oughton, Owen, Parker, Patterson, Patton, Pearson, Perryman, Peterson, Pettett, Phillips, Pifer, Pillsbury, Piper, Potter, Prisk, Quinn, Rabe, Radford, Ray, Reed, Reineke, Reising, Ringler, Riss, Robeson, Robinson, Rohrer, Romberger, Rook, Roth, Rumbold, Ryerson, Saemisch, Santelman, Schafer, Schlosser, Schoenbeck, Schroeder, Schweizer, Seamans, Shafer, Shantz, Shedd, Siegert, Simmons, Simpson, Skinner, Smith,

Sneyd, Somers, Springer, Stephenson, Starry, Stewart, St. John, Stoddard, Streid, Stroud, Sullivan, Sumner, Sutton, Swartz, Swatsley, Talbott, Tallyn, Tambling, Tanquary, Taylor, Theena, Thomson, Tiffany, Tombaugh, Torrance, Trecker, Truitt, Tucker, Turner, Tuttle, Vahey, VanAlstine, Vance, Van Seyoc, Vaughan, Veerkamp, Vercler, Vincent, Von Nordheim, Wagenseller, Watkins, Wallace, Walsh Walter, Warner, Wassom, Watson, Weber, Welte, Whalen, Whitham, Whitmire, Wilcox, Willems, Williamson, Wilder, Wilson, Winkler, Witt, Womeldorff, Woodling, Worthington, Wright, Wyatt, Wylie, Yates, Zeller,

Zimmerman, Zinser, Zollinger,

 

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BOOK 3

 

The Past and Present

of

Woodford County, Illinois

Containing

 A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, & c., a Directory of its Tax-payers, War Record of its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, General and Local Statistics, Map of Woodford County, History of Illinois illustrated, History of the Northwest illustrated, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, & c., & c.

 

ILLUSTRATED

Chicago,

Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co.

 

1878

 

670 pages

 

Contents:

Historical

Illustrations

Woodford County History

General History of Woodford Co.

Cazenovia Township

Clayton Township

Cruger Township

El Paso Township

Greene Township

Kansas Township

Linn Township

Metamora Township

Minonk Township

Montgomery Township

Olio Township

Palestine Township

Panola Township

Partridge Township

Roanoke Township

Spring Bay Township

Worth Township

Lithographic Portraits

Woodford County War Record

Township Directory

Abstract of Illinois State Laws

Miscellaneous

 
 
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 BOOK 4

History

of

Woodford County

Giving a Brief Account of its Settlement, Organization, Physical Characteristics and Progress

By B.J. Radford

Peoria, Ills

W.T. Dowdall, Printer

1877

78 pages

Contents:


Chapter I. Description, natural history and early settlers
Chapter II. Organization of county
Chapter III. Domestic and social life
Chapter IV. Agriculture and farm products
Chapter V. Manufactures, trade, etc.
Chapter VI. Politics, law and medicine
Chapter VII. Educational and religious matters

BOOK 5

 

History

of

Woodford County

 

 

A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE SETTLEMENT

AND GROWTH OF WOODFORD COUNTY

 

By Roy L. Moore A.B.

 

Eureka, Ill.,

Woodford County Republican

 

1910

 

250 pages

 

CONTENTS

  Chapter I. Early Indian Population
 
Chapter II. Relics of Indian Life
 
Chapter III. Settlement of Metamora
 
Chapter IV. Walnut Grove Settled
 
Chapter V. History of Minonk
  Chapter VI. Palestine Settled
  Chapter VII. The Settler’s Cabin

  Chapter VIII. Education and religion
  Chapter IX. The county organizes
 
Chapter X. The county seat
 
Chapter XI. Travel and communication
 
Chapter XII. War records
  Chapter XIII. Storms and epidemics
 
Chapter XIV. Political views
 
Chapter XV. Industrial and Manufacturing
  Chapter XVI. Towns of the county
 
Chapter XVII. Slabtown and Farniville
 
Chapter XVIII. Minonk
 
Chapter XIX. Eureka
  Chapter XX. Miscellaneous

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BOOK 6

 

History of the

Baptist Churches

of

Woodford County, Illinois

 

By A.F. Marshall

 

Eureka, Ill.,

Woodford County Republican

 

1913

 

45 pages

 

CHAPTER I. Early Heroes of the Church.

CHAPTER II. The Richland Baptist Church.

CHAPTER III. The Metamora Baptist Church.

CHAPTER IV. The Washburn Baptist Church,

CHAPTER V. The Panola Baptist Church.

CHAPTER VI. The El Paso Baptist Church

CHAPTER VII. The Meridian Baptist Church

CHAPTER VIII. The Minonk Baptist Church

CHAPTER IX. The Clayton and Benson Baptist Churches.

CHAPTER X. The Roanoke Baptist Church.

CHAPTER XI. The German Baptist Church of Minonk.

CHAPTER XII. Neighboring Churches

Deer Greek Church.

Belle Plain Baptist Church.

 

 

BOOK 7

 

 

Soldiers of the

War of 1812

Whose Bounty Land Grants were Located in Woodford County,Illinois

 

By A.F. Marshall

 

Bloomington, Illinois

 

1913

 

7 pages

 

Names of Soldiers, Rank, Company, Regiment, Etc., Warrant Number,

Date of Deed, Book Number or Designation, Page

Number, Etc. (Words "War of 1812" in Deeds

Omitted in Condensing Material)