The Republican, Carthage, Illinois
Local chatty news columns for various towns and neighborhoods including:
Adrian, Basco, Bowen, Burnside, East Carthage, LaCrosse, Oak Grove
 

Thomas Gregg, Editor of the First Hancock County Paper
Article by Pearl Gordon Vestal from the
Hancock County Journal, June 18, 1953, photo

McCubbin - Rupe - Bloyd
Pioneer Families in Hancock Township
By John C. McCubbin

Early Hancock Township Fords, Schools, Mills
Revisits McCubbin, Rupe and Bloyd history, as well as other early
pioneer families; names fords, schools, mills and a few cemeteries.
By John C. McCubbin

Old Settlers Association, First Meeting - 1869
Attendees, year arrived in Hancock County, previous residence

The Smith Murder Trial 1844-1845
Indictments - Jury Selection - Verdict
From the Scofield History of Hancock County, 1921

The Story of a Bridge Built at Brown's Ford - 1904
Hancock Township - A Long-Needed Bridge over Crooked Creek
Completed Through Energy and Pluck - List of Subscribers

Barb, James 1818-1894 & Baker, Jemima Elizabeth 1827-1899

Barbe, Orrin Willis 1876-1921 & Alton, Myrtle Belle 1881-1963

Beckwith, Charles 1812-1892 & Wilcox, Sarah 1816-1890

Beckwith, Delphine R., Obenchain, Alfred T., Higgins, William R.

Beckwith, Frederick C. 1869-1942 & Parsons, Effie Mae 1882-1962

Beckwith, Jerusha & Bullock, John Thomas

Beckwith, John D. 1802-1875; Dossett, Mary; Lank, Lucretia

Beckwith, Thadeus W. ca. 1842-1920 & Obenchain, Virginia Texana

Bernethy, Mrs. Elizabeth 1801-1893

Biery, Alfred ca. 1837 - ca. 1901 & Hartman, Mary E. 1857 - ca. 1954

Bivens, Forrest Leon 1882-19-- & Bullock, Harriet Esther 1886-1953

Blythe, Eva E. (nee Booz) 1873-1945

Booz, Calvin S. 1849-19-- & Roberts, Rebecca Ellen 1852-1927

Booz, William 1807-1898

Booz, Dr. William 1831-1901 & McCubbin, Elizabeth Jane 1832-1916

Boston, James Wesley 1838-1911

Bowen, Kinzy Hill 1866-1933 & Finch, Anna M. 1871-1940

Brown, William S. & Strange, Amy

Browning, Charles T. 1869-1919 & Riggins, Lillie M. 1873-1934

Burrow, James 1870-1955 & Simmons, Jennie Ann 1870-1960

Burrow, Mary Jane ca. 1853-189_ & Burrow, Zachary Taylor ca. 1849-1928

Burrow, William L. 1847-1829 & Dye, Rachel M. 1850-1928

Cameron, Ida ca. 1868-19-- & Woodside, Marion C. ca. 1857-19--

Cameron, James 1821-1850 & Ballou, Almira

Cameron, John 1799-1866 & Lee, Elizabeth 1799-1873

Cameron, John James ca. 1849 - ca. 1887 & Rhea, Lucy Adelia 1856-1940

Cameron, Joseph S. 1874-1967

Campbell, Charles Irving 1861-1950 & Simmons, Florence M. 1874-1941

Camren, Alexander Lee 1852-1938

Cartwright, William Harry 1892-1962 & Wright, Millie M. 1887-1953

Conboy, Ruth (nee Sammons) ca. 1865-1947

Congdon, John H. 1884-19-- & Kropp, Nora M. 1891-1971

Conn, Charles Arthur 1877-1948 & Downer, Eliza A. 1885-1949

Conn, George V. 1888-1959; Claycomb, Clara R.; Dustman, Minnie Rose

Conn, Marlow M. 1845-1922 & Hamilton, Mary E. 1848-1928

Conn, William J. 1881-1947 & Munson, Emma Mae 1881 or '82 - 1942

Crow, David 1803-1891

Curry, John Alton ca. 1902-1962

Curry, Samuel E. Curry 1845-1926 & Sweeney, Mary Florella 1849-1939

Damron, Mary Florence 1873-1891

Decker, Mary Darlos (nee Booz) 1905-2002

Denison, John B. 1808-1897 & Hykus, Leah 1811-1881

Dickenson or Dickerson, William and Lincoln, Elizabeth

Drouot, Charles P. & Roberts, Lorena

Duffie, Martin V. B. & Rhea, Fidelia
Duffie, Laura 1872-1894

Duffy, Anthony 1811-1883 & Spangler, Mary Matilda 1815-1872

Dunham, Alfred J. 1877-1964 & Mourning, Edna Mae 1886-1969

Dunham, Clarence L. 1891-1953 & Helmers, Lydia M. 1892-1948

Dunham, George 1839-1912 & Carnes, Sarah Ellen ca. 1846-1904

Dunham, Benjamin F. 1884-1945 & Sears, Bessie Ellen

Dunham, Harley E. 1892-1926

Dunham, Harriett Lucile (nee Taylor) 1903-1945

Dunham, Logan G. 1868-1955 & Monarch, Nettie M. 1866-1950

Dye, William & Cameron, Susannah

Ebert, James Oscar; Cochran, Nellie May; Cowdry, Minnie

Ellis, Eugene 1857-1913 & Wade, Celestia E. ca. 1863-1931

Fisher, Minnie K. (nee Simmons)

Fletcher, James D. 1827-1917 & Wright, Martha 1828-1915

Fletcher, John Thomas 1852-1907 & Savidge, Lenora Eliza 1851-1927

Fortney, Franklin 1852-1916 & McConnell, Margaret Frances 1855-1916

Fortney, James Alexander 1879-1951 & Patterson, Lillie Jane 1881-1970

Fortney, Samuel M. 1834-1897 & Towler, Amanda Melvina 1839-1916

Gipe, Cyrus ca. 1855-1912 & Hyde, Mary M. ca.1859-1928

Gipe, Otis 1889-1952 & McGee, Murl 1893-1962

Gittings, William K. & Hardy, Amelia Elizabeth

Hawkins, Rosealpha C.; Cacheux, Frank; Mourning, Dr. William H.

Hobart, Isaac Newton 1834-1911 & Duffy, Mary E. 1840-1928

Hobart, Joseph N. 1864-1940 & Wright, Eva E. 1864-1940

Hobart, Willis A. 1928-1952

Hoch, Andrew M. 1832-1898

Houtchens, George L. 1872-1844 & Robinson, Myrtle L. 1874-1944

Huey, Erastus 1830-1913 & Dale, Martha Susan 1836-1891

Huntley, William Lewis 1844-1925

Huston, Margaret Jane (nee Henderson) 1862-1921

Huston, Thomas B. 1850-1924; Campbell, Sarah Bell; Newland, Nellie C.

James, Henry Thomas 1863-1939 & Sammons, Margaret E. 1864-1947
James, Lota Mearl 1904-1923

James, Marcus Lee 1877-19--; Martin, Marietta ca. 1881-1918; Edna M. ca. 1888-19--

Jones, Byron L. 1844-1920 & Alton, Mary Ann 1848-1928

Jones, Joseph Gilbert 1867-1857 & Mort, Julia Etta ca. 1865-1897

Kimbrough, Alfred Chesterfield 1876-1950 & Shields, Lizzie Lee, 1881-1971

Kirchenschlager, Sebastian 1828-1914 & George, Maria E. 1834-1922

Krieg, Jacob & Ray, Jane

Lawton, Amos Duane 1855-1945 & Mourning, Clora Iona 1860-1955

Liberty School Girls, circa 1894

Lincoln, Emily Susan 1830-1902

Lincoln, James Riley 1832-1906 & Gibbons, Margaret 1835-1902

Lincoln, John Robert 1863-1938 & McClure, Florence 1871-1952

Lincoln, Stephen Thomas 1859-1945 & Smith, Lela Adah 1869-1947

Lincoln, Thomas L. ca. 1860-1939 & Howe, Lila M. 1869-1920

Long Family Reunion August 1948

Long, Samuel G. 1887 - ca.1951 & Gipe, Caroline 1894-1964

Martin, Charles R. & Ferris, Alice L.

Martin, Ethan A.; Stowe, Naomi E.; Frank, Lillian Garrett

Martin, Stephen Lincoln 1884-19-- & Long, Lena E. 1877-1952

McGee, James C.; Pope, Rebecca; Pope, Elretta; Long, Frances A.

McGee, Joseph T.; Greenleaf, Eva E.; Climer, Lela

McGee, Lewis Richard & Green, Jane

McGee, William; Tungate, Sirena 1814-1895; Cason, John P.

McManus, Thomas F. 1875-1947 & Lincoln, Alice V. 1873-1957

McMinimy, Richard 1814-1891

Miller, Jesse A. 1864-1933 & Miller, Jennie ca. 1861-1914

Miller, John; Oakes, Sarah Ellen; Smith, Ruth Ann

Mort, Jacob B. 1818-1887 & Oakman, Jane 1825-1897

Mort, John Oakman 1845-1926 & Phelps, Mary Frances 1857-1927

Mort, Joseph Biglor 1851-1899 & Brewer, Letha Ann 1857-1942

Mourning, Effie & Salter, Paul D.

Mourning, Nellie G. & Stamp, Perry A.

Munson, Victor 1889-1943 & Roberts, Jennie M. ca. 1888-1936

Nelson, Homer F. & Mosley, Ida B.

Niehaus, Herman H. ca. 1861-1937 & Callahan, Mary M. ca. 1860-1946

Oakman, Jacob E. & Ullrich, Elizabeth C.

Odell, Oscar L. 1880-1950 & Dorothy, Alta May ca. 1881-19--

Old Settlers' Picnic, Plymouth, Illinois, ca. 1918

Osborn, Abram O. & Roberts, Dora Dell

Parker, Charles Z. 1849-1926 & Barb, Sarah Jane 1853-1919

Parker, Henry Clay 1872-1935 & Calhoun, Dellah Armilda 1876-1921

Parker, James Scott 1870-1930 & Duncan, Maggie Effie 1874-1951

Peck, Lyman J. 1868-1962 & Burrow, Parielee 1872-1947
Peck, Elbert J. 1892-1918
Peck, Minnie & Ingram, Charles
Peck, Frieda 1903-1977

Perkins, Iroby S. 1832-1910 & McMillen, Amanda Jane

Pittenger, Edgar S. 1874-1927 & Simmons, Grace C. ca. 1879-1942

Reiselt, Sherman C. 1889-1947

Rhea, Stokely P. & Cameron, Sarah 1823-1850,& Oakes, Elizabeth D.
Rhea, Calvin M. ca. 1845-19--

Ritchey, Josiah; Knowles, Amanda F.; Curry, Isabelle

Roberts, John T. & Maharry, Ellen

Roberts, Jozedic 1822-1874 & Shipley, Mary Ann 1826-1864
Horn, Mary Ann (nee Cox) 1832-1875

Roberts, Theodore L. ca. 1856 - 1918 & Maharry, Julia A ca. 1857 - 19--

Robinson, Henry ca. 1821-18__ & Cameron, Kiziah 1827-1911

Robinson, Homer Ellis 1870-1948 & Thompson, Lillie 1880-1954
Robinson, Maxine Lottie 1916-1935

Sammons, John William & Greenly, Wilhelmina Gertrude

Scott, Hiram ca. 1870-19-- & Pierce, Lucy Jane ca. 1872-1940

Shelton, Florence Ellen (nee Shields) 1878-1948

Shields, Goldie V. ca. 1890-19-- & Baughman, Claud William 1888-19--

Shields, John E. 1854-1919, Sammons, Mary J. 1858-1923, Sticklen, John

Shields, Lyman Morris 1881-1962 & Jarboe, Mary E. ca. 1878-19--

Siegfried, Dr. Henry D. 1871-1918

Siepel, Mary Jane 1849-1920

Simmons, Daisy Jane 1878-1946 & Losey, Ernest Walter 1879-1948

Simmons, Edwin William 1875-1960 & Gray, Emma Jane ca. 1880-1950

Simmons, John A. 1848-1907 & Lincoln, Harriett Ellen 1856-1907

Simmons, Ninian E. 1838-1927 & Seelinger, Wilhelmina 1851-1922

Smith, James E. 1921-1990 & Huey, Lois 1914-2006

Spangler, Helen 1889-1891

Stambaugh, Jacob P. 1868-19--

Thompson, Charles A. & Wright, Flora Eva

Thompson, John Henry 1845-1924 & Holliday, Isabella ca. 1841-1931

Urton, Samuel C. & Ebert, Grace D.

Wade, Robert T. 1838-1904; Fowler, Mary 1837-1887; Rhea, Lucy 1856-1940

Ward, Mr. & Mrs. John W.

Wear, Alfred S. & Goodman, Margaret

Wedeberg, Opal Stone (nee Robinson) 1905-1989

Westfall, James William 1861-1933 & Mills, Laura 1867-1944

White, Edward T.; Frank, Lucinda; Canote, William Henry

White, James Armstrong & Boyd, Permilia Ann

White, John Wesley 1821-1884 & Gilman, Rhoby Ann 1826-1915

White, Morris A.; Ewing, Pearl; Falder, Mary

White, William Harrison; Foy, Irene Lucretia; Beebe, Eunice Ferris; Thomas, Elizabeth

Williams, Eli Hughes 1817-1895

Wright, Bessie B. 1885-1964

Wright, Frances Adaline; McVey, William; Curtis, Elonson J.; Johnson, Joseph B.

Wright, Jessie M. 1893-1986

Wright, Junius W. 1901-1950 & Pocock, Muriel C.

Wright, Willis 1834-1923 & Sharp, Elizabeth F. 1842-1924

Yetter, Albert S. 1891-1922 & White, Florence M. ca.1899-19--

Yetter, Christopher Christian 1841-1921 & Kief, Elizabeth 1847-1938

Yetter, Eugene L. 1873-1953; Austin, Alice L. ca. 1878-1919; Boston, Cornelia F. 1901-1987

Yetter, George Washington 1835-1908 & Briley, Mary A. 1836-1905

Yetter, Henry C. 1843-1933 & McGee, Ida J. ca. 1856-1942

Yetter, Samuel R.; Goodrich, Marilla; Halbert, Hester A.

Yetter, William G. ca. 1800-1853 & Rock, Lydia 1800-1893